Puerto Rico: People & Society#
Population | 3,578,056 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens) adjective: Puerto Rican |
Ethnic groups | white 75.8%, black/African American 12.4%, other 8.5% (includes American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and others), mixed 3.3% note: 99% of the population is Latino (2010 est.) |
Languages | Spanish, English |
Religions | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15% |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.4% (male 317,875/female 304,601) 15-24 years: 14.11% (male 258,956/female 245,801) 25-54 years: 38.32% (male 657,713/female 713,511) 55-64 years: 12.19% (male 197,379/female 238,725) 65 years and over: 17.98% (male 276,608/female 366,887) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 50% youth dependency ratio: 28.3% elderly dependency ratio: 21.7% potential support ratio: 4.6% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 39.5 years male: 37.5 years female: 41.4 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | -0.54% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 10.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 8.8 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | -7.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | population clusters tend to be found along the coast, the largest of these is found in and around San Juan; an exception to this is a sizeable population located in the interior of the island immediately south of the capital around Caguas; most of the interior, particularly in the western half of the island, is dominated by the Cordillera Central mountains, where population density is light |
Urbanization | urban population: 93.6% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: -0.21% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | SAN JUAN (capital) 2.463 million (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.83 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 14 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 7.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 79.4 years male: 75.8 years female: 83.1 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.64 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 93.6% of population rural: 93.6% of population total: 93.6% of population unimproved: urban: 6.4% of population rural: 6.4% of population total: 6.4% of population (2001 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.3% of population rural: 99.3% of population total: 99.3% of population unimproved: urban: 0.7% of population rural: 0.7% of population total: 0.7% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
Education expenditures | 6.4% of GDP (2013) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.3% male: 92.8% female: 93.8% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2013) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 26.6% male: 28.9% female: 23.1% (2012 est.) |