Urban population in Puerto Rico

Urban population in Puerto Rico: 40.5% in 1950 and 94.3% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025: 94.3%
Since 1950: +53.8 percentage points
Rank, 2025: 23 of 229; counting from the highest
Projected, 2050: 99.3%; UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

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% of people · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 99.3% in 2050.
The highest was 94.4% in 2000, the lowest 40.5% in 1950.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Puerto Rico
2025	94.3
2024	94.3
2023	94.2
2022	94.1
2021	94.1
2020	94
2019	94
2018	93.9
2017	93.9
2016	93.8
2015	93.8
2014	93.8
2013	93.8
2012	93.8
2011	93.8
2010	93.8
2009	93.8
2008	93.8
2007	93.9
2006	94
2005	94.1
2004	94.2
2003	94.2
2002	94.3
2001	94.4
2000	94.4
1999	94.3
1998	94
1997	93.4
1996	92.5
1995	91.5
1994	90.2
1993	88.8
1992	87.3
1991	85.7
1990	83.9
1989	82.1
1988	80.3
1987	78.5
1986	76.6
1985	74.8
1984	73
1983	71.4
1982	69.8
1981	68.4
1980	67.1
1979	65.9
1978	64.8
1977	63.8
1976	62.8
1975	61.8
1974	60.8
1973	59.9
1972	58.9
1971	57.8
1970	56.8
1969	55.6
1968	54.3
1967	52.9
1966	51.4
1965	50
1964	48.6
1963	47.2
1962	46.1
1961	45.1
1960	44.3
1959	43.7
1958	43.2
1957	42.7
1956	42.2
1955	41.7
1954	41.3
1953	41
1952	40.7
1951	40.6
1950	40.5

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Puerto Rico
2026	94.4
2027	94.5
2028	94.7
2029	94.8
2030	94.9
2031	95.1
2032	95.2
2033	95.4
2034	95.5
2035	95.7
2036	95.9
2037	96.1
2038	96.3
2039	96.5
2040	96.7
2041	97
2042	97.2
2043	97.4
2044	97.7
2045	97.9
2046	98.2
2047	98.5
2048	98.7
2049	99
2050	99.3

Good to know

The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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