Crude birth rate per 1,000 people rose 48.9% to 8.63 births in Puerto Rico in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, crude birth rate per 1,000 people in Puerto Rico reached an all time high of 32.4 births in 1960 and an all time low of 5.80 births in 2023. When compared to Puerto Rico's main peers, crude birth rate per 1,000 people in Dominican Republic amounted to 15.9 births, 20.6 births in Haiti, 14.1 births in Jamaica and 10.5 births in USA in 2024.
Puerto Rico has been ranked 134th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of crude birth rate per 1,000 people, 29 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Crude Birth Rate (Per 1,000 People) | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Canada | births | 7.79 | 7.77 | 7.75 | 7.73 | 7.71 | ||||||||||||||||
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| China | births | 6.81 | 6.74 | 6.67 | 6.60 | 6.52 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cuba | births | 4.69 | 4.58 | 4.48 | 4.37 | 4.27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | births | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.77 | 9.52 | 9.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Haiti | births | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jamaica | births | 9.06 | 8.85 | 8.65 | 8.44 | 8.24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | births | 5.63 | 5.59 | 5.55 | 5.50 | 5.46 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | births | 8.54 | 8.34 | 8.14 | 7.94 | 7.73 | ||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | births | 6.26 | 6.15 | 6.04 | 5.93 | 5.82 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | births | 9.56 | 9.49 | 9.41 | 9.34 | 9.27 |
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