Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- San Juan
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 3,184,835 (2025)
- Area
- 9,104 km²
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Calling code
- +1-787 and 1-939
- Internet domain
- .pr
- ISO codes
- PR, PRI, 630
- Time zone
- UTC-4:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- #####-#### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Puerto Rico covers about 9,104 square kilometres. By area it ranks 172nd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Cyprus and a little larger than French Southern and Antarctic Lands. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 18° north, 66° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 3.18 million people live in Puerto Rico (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 135th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 350 people to each square kilometre. About 94 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 82 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Spanish. A person from Puerto Rico is called Puerto Rican.
Money and economy
The currency is the United States dollar (code USD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of American Samoa, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Marshall Islands and 7 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 129 billion (2025), which is about US$ 40,620 for each person (2025).
Time
Puerto Rico uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/Puerto Rico). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| San Juan | 418,140 |
| Bayamón | 203,499 |
| Carolina | 170,404 |
| Ponce | 137,491 |
| Arecibo | 87,754 |
| Caguas | 86,804 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Caribbean
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.