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Introduction - Puerto Rico: | Location - Puerto Rico: | People - Puerto Rico: | Population | 3,944,259 (July 2007 est.) | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 21% (male 422,635/female 403,887)
15-64 years: 65.9% (male 1,247,314/female 1,352,139)
65 years and over: 13.1% (male 223,508/female 294,776) (2007 est.) | | Dependency status | unincorporated, organized territory of the US with commonwealth status; policy relations between Puerto Rico and the US conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of the President | | Median age | total: 35.1 years
male: 33.4 years
female: 36.8 years (2007 est.) | | Population growth rate | 0.393% (2007 est.) | | Birth rate | 12.79 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Death rate | 7.78 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Net migration rate | -1.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.046 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.922 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.758 male(s)/female
total population: 0.923 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | Infant mortality rate | total: 7.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 78.54 years
male: 74.6 years
female: 82.67 years (2007 est.) | | Total fertility rate | 1.77 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | NA | | Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | 7,397 (1997) | | Hiv aids deaths | NA | | Nationality | noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens)
adjective: Puerto Rican | | Ethnic groups | white (mostly Spanish origin) 80.5%, black 8%, Amerindian 0.4%, Asian 0.2%, mixed and other 10.9% | | Religions | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15% | | Languages | Spanish, English | | Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.1%
male: 93.9%
female: 94.4% (2002 est.) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |