Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

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How many babies are born in Puerto Rico?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Puerto Rico through history

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Estimated annual births in Puerto Rico, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 19.1K 3.24M 5.9 UN projection
2026 19.1K 3.22M 5.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Puerto Rico are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1947, at about ~89.6K. That is roughly 43158 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.