1. PopulationPuerto Rico

   Puerto Rico: 79% fewer births than in 1950

   In 1950, the first year of the UN series, 87.4k babies were born; in 2025, 18k. Fertility (1950–2024): 5.21 → 0.87 children per woman.

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

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• 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
• Puerto Rico: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more births
• Most natives abroad relative to the population at home

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