Puerto Rico Rural Population 1960-2023

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Puerto Rico rural population for 2021 was 209,130, a 0.72% decline from 2020.
  • Puerto Rico rural population for 2020 was 210,642, a 2.67% increase from 2019.
  • Puerto Rico rural population for 2019 was 205,163, a 0.04% increase from 2018.
  • Puerto Rico rural population for 2018 was 205,077, a 3.83% decline from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Rural Population
United States 56,843,442
Germany 18,682,511
Italy 16,937,284
Poland 15,070,539
France 12,708,476
United Kingdom 10,669,915
Japan 10,221,684
South Korea 9,617,303
Spain 8,982,440
Canada 7,017,013
Saudi Arabia 5,569,435
Austria 3,672,325
Argentina 3,559,798
Australia 3,503,340
Portugal 3,422,889
Czech Republic 2,709,018
Hungary 2,694,980
Slovak Republic 2,515,539
Chile 2,374,855
Switzerland 2,263,233
Greece 2,124,201
Ireland 1,816,369
Croatia 1,642,337
Panama 1,358,683
Netherlands 1,302,355
Sweden 1,225,108
UAE 1,189,467
Slovenia 939,634
Norway 901,946
Lithuania 889,294
Finland 798,128
Trinidad and Tobago 713,019
Denmark 688,752
Israel 686,007
New Zealand 676,747
Latvia 595,103
Oman 585,672
Cyprus 412,374
Estonia 407,066
Belgium 218,295
Puerto Rico 209,130
Barbados 193,336
Bahrain 151,858
Uruguay 150,653
Channel Islands 119,131
French Polynesia 115,331
Brunei 95,515
New Caledonia 76,092
Antigua and Barbuda 70,492
Bahamas 67,855
Aruba 59,803
Luxembourg 53,305
Seychelles 41,716
Isle of Man 39,540
Liechtenstein 33,390
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,893
Faroe Islands 30,367
Malta 26,912
Iceland 22,560
Qatar 19,409
Curacao 16,703
British Virgin Islands 15,897
Andorra 9,596
Guam 8,501
Greenland 7,078
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 4,192
Northern Mariana Islands 4,013
Palau 3,338
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,782
San Marino 803
Bermuda 0
Cayman Islands 0
Monaco 0
Singapore 0
Hong Kong 0
Macao 0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0
Gibraltar 0
Kuwait 0
Puerto Rico Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2021 209,130 6.41 -0.72%
2020 210,642 6.42 2.64%
2019 205,163 6.42 0.04%
2018 205,077 6.42 -3.91%
2017 213,251 6.41 -2.18%
2016 217,959 6.40 -1.59%
2015 221,453 6.38 -1.33%
2014 224,429 6.35 -1.08%
2013 226,867 6.31 -0.51%
2012 228,028 6.27 -0.46%
2011 229,075 6.23 -0.32%
2010 229,804 6.18 0.45%
2009 228,763 6.12 0.41%
2008 227,833 6.06 0.36%
2007 227,018 6.00 0.37%
2006 226,182 5.94 0.52%
2005 225,002 5.89 0.81%
2004 223,184 5.83 0.99%
2003 220,995 5.78 1.00%
2002 218,792 5.72 1.09%
2001 216,410 5.67 1.17%
2000 213,889 5.61 -1.30%
1999 216,681 5.70 -1.87%
1998 220,778 5.84 -1.81%
1997 224,814 5.98 -1.45%
1996 228,098 6.12 -1.25%
1995 230,967 6.27 -1.46%
1994 234,354 6.42 -1.44%
1993 237,755 6.58 -1.52%
1992 241,390 6.73 -1.72%
1991 245,572 6.89 -1.64%
1990 249,641 7.06 -12.69%
1989 283,432 8.09 -16.13%
1988 333,043 9.59 -15.87%
1987 390,306 11.34 -15.47%
1986 455,619 13.36 -15.05%
1985 529,615 15.68 -14.54%
1984 612,522 18.32 -14.05%
1983 704,908 21.29 -13.41%
1982 806,057 24.59 -12.71%
1981 915,308 28.23 -11.92%
1980 1,031,210 32.17 -3.83%
1979 1,071,511 33.82 -1.22%
1978 1,084,657 34.66 -1.11%
1977 1,096,732 35.51 -0.92%
1976 1,106,837 36.36 -0.70%
1975 1,114,666 37.23 -0.48%
1974 1,119,990 38.10 -0.21%
1973 1,122,324 38.99 -0.09%
1972 1,123,324 39.87 -0.25%
1971 1,126,145 40.77 -0.58%
1970 1,132,645 41.67 -1.70%
1969 1,152,118 42.92 -2.33%
1968 1,179,241 44.30 -2.47%
1967 1,208,703 45.69 -2.22%
1966 1,235,821 47.08 -1.74%
1965 1,257,467 48.48 -1.29%
1964 1,273,815 49.87 -0.81%
1963 1,284,223 51.28 -0.50%
1962 1,290,658 52.67 -0.53%
1961 1,297,458 54.07 -0.78%
1960 1,307,582 55.45 %