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Puerto Rico (US) - Population Growth 1971

Name: Puerto Rico (US) Population Growth 1971
Creator: World Bank
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

1.61% +0.36pp from 1970 Global rank: 73rd

Puerto Rico (US)'s population growth was 1.61% in 1971, increased +0.36pp from 1.25% in 1970. This was the 73rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1971▾

Population Growth by Country - 1971
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Macao SAR, China	-3.96%	-585.8%
2nd	Equatorial Guinea	-1.53%	-186.7%
3rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	-0.90%	63.8%
4th	Portugal	-0.42%	52.2%
5th	Czechia	-0.32%	18.5%
6th	Aruba	-0.29%	-66.1%
7th	Cambodia	-0.28%	-153.1%
8th	Barbados	-0.09%	-284.4%
9th	Malta	0.02%	103.0%
10th	Finland	0.13%	133.3%
11th	Belgium	0.18%	84.8%
12th	Germany	0.18%	-44.8%
13th	Grenada	0.24%	11.2%
14th	Hungary	0.29%	-24.6%
15th	Guinea-Bissau	0.31%	-35.2%
16th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.31%	-71.9%
17th	Poland	0.36%	2.4%
18th	Tuvalu	0.39%	-31.6%
19th	United Kingdom	0.42%	4.8%
20th	Slovak Republic	0.42%	-2.4%
21st	Croatia	0.43%	-8.8%
22nd	Greece	0.43%	90.1%
23rd	Austria	0.45%	27.8%
24th	Italy	0.47%	-11.8%
25th	Switzerland	0.52%	-27.4%
26th	Bulgaria	0.55%	-16.0%
27th	European Union	0.55%	-2.1%
28th	Uruguay	0.56%	-7.5%
29th	Russian Federation	0.57%	0.9%
30th	Montenegro	0.59%	425.4%
31st	Serbia	0.65%	11.2%
32nd	Ukraine	0.66%	8.8%
33rd	Sweden	0.69%	-26.3%
34th	Denmark	0.69%	-7.5%
35th	Norway	0.70%	-3.5%
36th	Latvia	0.73%	7.0%
37th	Nauru	0.77%	-60.2%
38th	Slovenia	0.78%	21.2%
39th	Iceland	0.81%	54.3%
40th	Belarus	0.83%	-6.0%
41st	Dominica	0.90%	-36.7%
42nd	Bermuda	0.92%	-41.7%
43rd	Moldova	0.94%	-21.8%
44th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.94%	-0.7%
45th	France	0.94%	3.5%
46th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.95%	0.9%
47th	Luxembourg	0.95%	93.1%
48th	Cyprus	1.01%	4.5%
49th	Channel Islands	1.02%	0.4%
50th	Romania	1.04%	-13.4%
51st	Georgia	1.04%	7.8%
52nd	Trinidad and Tobago	1.11%	2.1%
53rd	Faroe Islands	1.13%	18.7%
54th	Ireland	1.17%	40.1%
55th	Netherlands	1.19%	-4.0%
56th	Spain	1.21%	8.5%
57th	Estonia	1.23%	12.5%
58th	Lithuania	1.25%	20.2%
59th	United States	1.26%	8.5%
60th	St. Lucia	1.35%	7.4%
61st	Jamaica	1.35%	9.3%
62nd	San Marino	1.37%	74.9%
63rd	Guyana	1.41%	-21.5%
64th	Monaco	1.42%	-14.1%
65th	Gibraltar	1.44%	-26.2%
66th	Samoa	1.49%	-4.4%
67th	New Zealand	1.49%	10.0%
68th	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.52%	474.8%
69th	Argentina	1.57%	0.9%
70th	Mauritius	1.59%	-4.3%
71st	Mali	1.60%	1.1%
72nd	North Macedonia	1.61%	-4.7%
73rd	Puerto Rico (US)	1.61%	28.7%
74th	British Virgin Islands	1.62%	-60.6%
75th	Chile	1.66%	-2.1%
76th	Belize	1.70%	-24.8%
77th	Botswana	1.70%	207.0%
78th	Greenland	1.71%	-48.0%
79th	South Sudan	1.72%	31.9%
80th	Burkina Faso	1.73%	-1.1%
81st	Cuba	1.74%	-3.6%
82nd	Bangladesh	1.75%	-32.5%
83rd	Tonga	1.76%	-3.1%
84th	Timor-Leste	1.77%	0.1%
85th	Guinea	1.80%	-3.8%
86th	Curaçao	1.81%	20.8%
87th	Singapore	1.83%	17.9%
88th	Fiji	1.85%	-6.2%
89th	American Samoa	1.86%	-23.8%
90th	Kosovo	1.86%	27.5%
91st	Sierra Leone	1.86%	-1.8%
92nd	Haiti	1.88%	0.8%
93rd	Kiribati	1.97%	-2.7%
94th	Korea	1.97%	-9.7%
95th	Armenia	1.99%	-5.6%
96th	Isle of Man	2.02%	-10.0%
97th	Seychelles	2.02%	-13.2%
98th	Brunei Darussalam	2.04%	-26.4%
99th	Central African Republic	2.07%	-6.5%
100th	Gabon	2.08%	-2.6%
101st	Kyrgyz Republic	2.09%	-6.2%
102nd	Chad	2.11%	1.5%
103rd	Kazakhstan	2.12%	-1.0%
104th	Cabo Verde	2.12%	-30.5%
105th	Azerbaijan	2.12%	-0.2%
106th	Sri Lanka	2.13%	-5.2%
107th	Liechtenstein	2.15%	711.5%
108th	Hong Kong SAR, China	2.16%	-11.3%
109th	São Tomé and Principe	2.17%	8.2%
110th	Nepal	2.18%	-0.4%
111th	Japan	2.19%	90.5%
112th	India	2.22%	-0.2%
113th	Myanmar	2.23%	-1.2%
114th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.25%	0.2%
115th	Benin	2.25%	2.0%
116th	Paraguay	2.26%	0.5%
117th	Algeria	2.26%	0.1%
118th	Solomon Islands	2.27%	-3.4%
119th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.31%	-2.7%
120th	Viet Nam	2.32%	6.6%
121st	Nigeria	2.34%	2.3%
122nd	Angola	2.34%	52.3%
123rd	Guam	2.35%	4.7%
124th	Philippines	2.35%	-9.0%
125th	Türkiye	2.37%	1.0%
126th	Malaysia	2.38%	3.4%
127th	El Salvador	2.39%	-6.2%
128th	Papua New Guinea	2.40%	1.1%
129th	Lao PDR	2.40%	1.0%
130th	Colombia	2.41%	-4.8%
131st	Albania	2.42%	-5.0%
132nd	Afghanistan	2.43%	-0.7%
133rd	Burundi	2.43%	11.9%
134th	Brazil	2.45%	-1.0%
135th	Mozambique	2.46%	9.5%
136th	Peru	2.46%	-1.8%
137th	Lebanon	2.49%	1.3%
138th	Malawi	2.50%	1.6%
139th	Tunisia	2.51%	0.3%
140th	Liberia	2.52%	-1.6%
141st	Turkmenistan	2.59%	-1.0%
142nd	Guatemala	2.59%	-1.5%
143rd	Morocco	2.60%	-2.0%
144th	Eritrea	2.60%	1.3%
145th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	2.60%	-3.9%
146th	Bahrain	2.60%	148.6%
147th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2.62%	-0.8%
148th	Mongolia	2.65%	2.8%
149th	Costa Rica	2.66%	-2.8%
150th	Cameroon	2.67%	2.2%
151st	Niger	2.67%	-1.6%
152nd	Eswatini	2.68%	2.8%
153rd	Yemen, Republic of	2.68%	-1.2%
154th	Thailand	2.70%	-2.5%
155th	Indonesia	2.71%	-1.6%
156th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	2.73%	-4.3%
157th	Oman	2.74%	3.0%
158th	China	2.75%	-0.5%
159th	Pakistan	2.76%	-4.2%
160th	Zambia	2.76%	-5.8%
161st	Ghana	2.77%	3.5%
162nd	Dominican Republic	2.80%	-0.6%
163rd	Panama	2.80%	-0.9%
164th	Uganda	2.83%	-6.1%
165th	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.87%	-6.4%
166th	Gambia, The	2.87%	1.3%
167th	Madagascar	2.91%	2.1%
168th	Uzbekistan	2.92%	-5.8%
169th	South Africa	2.93%	-3.4%
170th	Canada	2.95%	110.9%
171st	St. Martin (French part)	2.95%	-1.8%
172nd	Namibia	2.95%	1.4%
173rd	Rwanda	2.95%	-3.0%
174th	Ecuador	2.96%	-0.5%
175th	Vanuatu	2.96%	0.4%
176th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	2.99%	-1.6%
177th	Senegal	2.99%	0.1%
178th	Zimbabwe	3.00%	-2.3%
179th	Honduras	3.00%	1.3%
180th	Mauritania	3.04%	-0.5%
181st	Maldives	3.05%	1.3%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	3.06%	1.6%
183rd	Tajikistan	3.09%	-2.5%
184th	Mexico	3.10%	-2.1%
185th	Comoros	3.10%	3.7%
186th	Nicaragua	3.12%	-0.4%
187th	Bahamas, The	3.13%	-19.0%
188th	Israel	3.14%	-5.2%
189th	Togo	3.21%	-11.5%
190th	Suriname	3.24%	-3.6%
191st	Libya	3.35%	0.5%
192nd	Syrian Arab Republic	3.35%	2.4%
193rd	Australia	3.38%	71.6%
194th	Palau	3.38%	82.2%
195th	French Polynesia	3.39%	-2.5%
196th	Bhutan	3.40%	0.1%
197th	Sudan	3.44%	-0.2%
198th	Iraq	3.45%	-0.5%
199th	Tanzania	3.49%	1.4%
200th	Lesotho	3.56%	-1.1%
201st	Kenya	3.63%	-5.7%
202nd	Marshall Islands	3.64%	-34.8%
203rd	Côte d'Ivoire	4.33%	4.6%
204th	Saudi Arabia	4.44%	6.5%
205th	New Caledonia	4.63%	10.3%
206th	Jordan	4.98%	-17.8%
207th	Cayman Islands	5.38%	58.0%
208th	Djibouti	6.64%	2.6%
209th	Kuwait	6.69%	-12.7%
210th	Andorra	7.08%	-4.2%
211th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	7.13%	-5.5%
212th	Northern Mariana Islands	10.28%	472.4%
213th	Virgin Islands (US)	11.11%	116.5%
214th	Qatar	12.12%	-0.3%
215th	United Arab Emirates	15.63%	-12.5%

FAQ

What was Puerto Rico (US)'s population growth in 1971?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s population growth in 1971 was 1.61%. This ranked 73rd globally.

How did Puerto Rico (US)'s population growth change in 1971?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s population growth increased by 28.7% in 1971 compared to 1970.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1971?▾

United Arab Emirates had the highest population growth in 1971 at 15.63%.

What is the population growth of Puerto Rico (US) in 1971?▾

The population growth of Puerto Rico (US) in 1971 was 1.61%. This ranked 73rd globally.

How does 1971 compare to 1970 for Puerto Rico (US)'s population growth?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s population growth went from 1.25% in 1970 to 1.61% in 1971, a 28.7% increase.

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