NationMaster - Time Series > People > Population growth > annual %

DEFINITION
Annual population growth rate. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.

People Statistics > Population growth > annual % > Puerto Rico (historical data)

Date

Amount

Rank

2005

0.44

#154

2004

0.44

#151

2003

0.47

#145

2002

0.53

#146

2001

0.61

#141

2000

0.72

#141

1999

0.72

#140

1998

0.73

#137

1997

0.73

#140

1996

0.73

#137

1995

0.73

#140

1994

0.76

#136

1993

0.79

#133

1992

0.83

#132

1991

0.86

#134

1990

0.89

#132

1989

0.91

#140

1988

0.93

#137

1987

0.94

#138

1986

0.96

#133

1985

0.98

#133

1984

0.99

#134

1983

1.02

#134

1982

1.07

#135

1981

1.13

#138

1980

1.19

#132

1979

1.23

#126

1978

1.31

#126

1977

1.46

#122

1976

1.65

#113

1975

1.84

#109

1974

2.08

#102

1973

2.16

#99

1972

1.97

#109

1971

1.61

#120

1970

1.25

#146

1969

0.83

#168

1968

0.62

#174

1967

0.78

#168

1966

1.19

#149

1965

1.55

#141

1964

1.96

#124

1963

2.19

#104

1962

2.09

#110

1961

1.75

#126

1960

0.94

#167

DEFINITION: Annual population growth rate. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.