1. ForecastsPuerto Rico

   Puerto Rico: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more births

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 58.2k births a year on average for 2020–2025; the outcome was 18.5k (−68%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 26.4k births for 2025; the outcome was 18k (−32%).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Puerto Rico: 87% are online, but only 33% have toilet waste that is safely treated
• Puerto Rico: 2.2 times as many people aged 80+ as children under 5
• Puerto Rico: more people now die than are born
• Czechia and Puerto Rico: almost equal fertility in 2010 (1.51 and 1.62 children per woman); by 2022, 1.62 and 0.94
• Most natives abroad relative to the population at home
• Puerto Rico: 79% fewer births than in 1950

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