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How many babies are born in Puerto Rico?

19.1 thousand babies born in Puerto Rico in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 155th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Puerto Rico: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Puerto Rico’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~0 ~10 44.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~27 ~610 44.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~200 ~4.6K 44.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~5.32K ~146K 36.4 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~35.7K ~981K 36.4 Historical reconstruction
1950 87.4K 2.23M 39.2 UN estimate
2000 59.5K 3.81M 15.6 UN estimate
2023 18.9K 3.24M 5.8 UN estimate
2026 19.1K 3.22M 5.9 UN projection
2050 10.6K 2.5M 4.2 UN projection
2075 6.48K 1.66M 3.9 UN projection
2100 4.53K 996K 4.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Puerto Rico among estimates through 2023 were in 1947, at about ~91.2K. That is roughly 206,044 times the estimated ~0 births a year in 1 CE.

At 0.94 children per woman, fertility in Puerto Rico is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Puerto Rico each year?

An estimated 19.1 thousand babies are born in Puerto Rico in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 52 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico has an estimated 5.9 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 0.94 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.