Puerto Rico vs Uruguay
Uruguay has 6% more people than Puerto Rico: 3,384,688 vs 3,184,835, a gap of 199,853. Uruguay is shrinking more slowly (−0.06% vs −0.55% a year), adding about -1,899 people a year against −17,637. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Puerto Rico is the older society: 25.3% aged 65+ against 16.3% in Uruguay, while Uruguay has more children (17.9% under 15 vs 11.2%). Puerto Rico is 18.7× as densely populated (361.2 vs 19.4 people per km²). People in Puerto Rico live 3.6 years longer on average (81.9 vs 78.3). GDP per capita is 1.6× higher in Puerto Rico ($40,620 vs $25,216).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Puerto Rico) and 2025 (Uruguay); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Puerto Rico vs Uruguay — side by side
 Puerto Rico |  Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,184,8352025 | 3,384,6882025 |
| Growth rate / yr | −0.55%2025 | −0.06%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 5.72024 | 9.82024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 10.32024 | 9.92024 |
| Children per woman | 0.922024 | 1.402024 |
| Life expectancy | 81.9 yrs2024 | 78.3 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 11.2%2025 | 17.9%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 25.3%2025 | 16.3%2025 |
| Density | 361.2 /km²2023 | 19.4 /km²2023 |
| Area | 8,870 km²2023 | 176,220 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 94.3%2025 | 95.7%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +5,4952025 | -1,3382025 |
| GDP per capita | $40,6202025 | $25,2162025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #134 | #133 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Puerto Rico: 1.4× from 1960 to 2025; Uruguay: 1.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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