Country page · Latin America & Caribbean
If you were born in Puerto Rico
1 in 7,390 babies · 0.01% of births · about 18,154 a year
Right now, about 0.01% of the world's babies are born in Puerto Rico — 1 in 7,390, or roughly 18,154 a year and 50 a day. Life expectancy there is 81.9 years.
How the 1 in 7,390 is calculated
This number is not based on population. It uses births: Puerto Rico has about 18,154 births a year, and the world has about 134,147,481. Divide one by the other and you get 0.01% — 1 in 7,390. Using population instead would understate young countries and overstate ageing ones, so every draw is weighted by births.
Life in Puerto Rico, in numbers
| Indicator | Value | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy women 85.4 · men 78.3 | 81.9 years | 27th highest of 172 countries |
| Chance of dying before 5 | — | — |
| Chance of dying before 1 | — | — |
| Mothers who die giving birth per 100,000 births | 11 | 44th lowest of 170 countries |
| Children per woman | 0.92 | 3rd lowest of 172 countries |
| Expected years of schooling | 16.4 years | 25th highest of 168 countries |
| Tertiary enrollment | 77.9% | 30th highest of 168 countries |
| Income per person (PPP) GDP per capita, PPP | $52,196 | 37th highest of 170 countries |
| Income inequality closer to 0 = more equal | — | — |
| People living in cities | 94.3% | 9th highest of 172 countries |
| People working in farming | 1.1% | 10th lowest of 171 countries |
| People using the internet | 87.3% | 64th highest of 172 countries |
| Homicide per 100,000 people | 14.6 | 138th lowest of 155 countries |
| Health costs paid out of pocket share of health spending | — | — |
| Adults living with HIV | — | — |
| People who smoke | — | — |
How to read these numbers
Income is shown in purchasing-power-parity dollars, so it compares what money buys locally rather than market exchange rates. The under-5 rate is the share of babies who die before their fifth birthday; the maternal mortality ratio is per 100,000 live births. A Gini index closer to 0 means a more equal income distribution, and a higher number means a more unequal one.
Each indicator uses the most recent year with a non-empty value, which can differ by country; the rank compares this country with the other 171 in the dataset, not with every country on Earth. Where a value is missing, the page shows a dash rather than an estimate.
Puerto Rico compared with Latin America & Caribbean
Life expectancy in Puerto Rico is 81.9 years, against a Latin America & Caribbean average of 75.1. The under-5 death rate is 0.0%, versus 1.6% across the region. Income per person is $52,196, against $26,587 regionally; expected schooling is 16.4 years against 13.2. 94.3% of people live in cities, against 71.1% in the region.
| Indicator | Puerto Rico | Latin America & Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.9 yrs | 75.1 yrs | 73.3 yrs |
| Under-5 deaths | — | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| Income per person (PPP) | $52,196 | $26,587 | $30,311 |
| Expected schooling | 16.4 yrs | 13.2 yrs | 13.0 yrs |
| People in cities | 94.3% | 71.1% | 61.6% |
What a life there looks like
Put those numbers together and you get a life: about 81.9 years on average, with roughly 0.0 of every 1,000 babies dying before their fifth birthday. A child can expect 16.4 years of school, and income per person is around $52,196. These are averages — every life still lands somewhere on the distribution.
If you play as someone born in Puerto Rico
The game draws Puerto Rico in about 1 of every 7,390 births. From there the life runs year by year: 81.9 years of life expectancy on average, a 0.0% chance of dying before five, and an income of about $52,196 per person. Choices move the odds; the starting statistics do not.
Nearby and similar countries
- Chance of being born in Guyana — 1 in 8,071
- Chance of being born in Trinidad & Tobago — 1 in 9,303
- Chance of being born in Suriname — 1 in 12,223
- All 172 countries
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Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, with UN World Population Prospects 2024 and UN IGME for births and mortality. Values are the most recent non-empty year for each indicator; the year is noted where it differs. Page updated 24 Oct 2026.