Puerto Rico: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	San Juan Bautista • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico • Borinquen • Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
Head Of Government	Governor: Jenniffer González-Colón
Capital	San Juan
Population	(2026 est.) 3,199,000
Currency Exchange Rate	1 US dollar equals 0.891 euro
Head Of State	President of the United States: Donald Trump
Official Languages	Spanish; English
Official Name	Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Spanish); Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (English)
Total Area (Sq Km)	8,868
Total Area (Sq Mi)	3,424
Monetary Unit	U.S. dollar (U.S.$)
Population Rank	(2026) 137
Population Projection 2030	3,226,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi	(2026) 934.3
Density: Persons Per Sq Km	(2026) 360.7
Urban-Rural Population	Urban: (2024) 93.7% • Rural: (2024) 6.3%
Life Expectancy At Birth	Male: (2022) 78.5 years • Female: (2022) 85.1 years
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)	(2024) 82,842
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)	(2024) 25,860
Political Status	self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States, having two legislative houses (Senate [27¹]; House of Representatives [51¹])
¹Minimum number of seats per constitution; minority parties may have additional representation.

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Map of Puerto Rico showing political boundaries and major cities, including San Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez, and Arecibo. The island is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south. Insets provide a locator map of Puerto Rico's position in the Caribbean region.

Map showing the location of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The map highlights Puerto Rico and its capital, San Juan, in relation to nearby countries and islands including the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, The Bahamas, the United States, and Venezuela.

Map of Puerto Rico highlighting its physical features, including major mountain ranges like the Cordillera Central, peaks such as Cerro de Punta and El Yunque Peak, and surrounding bodies of water-the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south. Notable locations such as San Juan Bay, Mayaguez Bay, wildlife refuges, and nearby islands including Mona, Monito, Vieques, and Culebra are labeled. An inset locator map shows Puerto Rico's position in the Caribbean region.

People swim and relax along a white sand beach with turquoise water on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, with palm trees and green hills in the background.

El Yunque rainforest

Small waterfall cascades over dark rocks into a clear pool, surrounded by dense green foliage in El Yunque Rainforest, Puerto Rico.

National anthem of Puerto Rico

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