This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Puerto Rico and United States. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
The data for each country can be found here: Puerto Rico and United States
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
Puerto Rico
United States
General information
Puerto Rico | United States | |
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Region: | Caribbean | North America |
Area: | 8,870 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
National language: | Spanish, English | English |
Government form: | Presidential democracy (unincorporated territory of the US) | Federal presidential republic |
Capital: | San Juan | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Details for Puerto Rico and the United StatesPuerto Rico | United States | |
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Population: | 3,264,000 | 331,894,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 367.9 | 33.8 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 74 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 83 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 43.6 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birth rate: | 6.00 ‰ | 10.90 ‰ |
Death rate: | 9.60 ‰ | 10.30 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -10.76 ‰ | 3.01 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Puerto Rico | United States | |
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Political stability: | 68 | 67 |
Civil rights: | 68 | 83 |
Health: | 86 | 71 |
Climate: | 71 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 18 | 34 |
Popularity: | 9 | 71 |
Economy
Puerto Rico | United States | |
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Currency: | US dollar (1 USD = 100 Cents) | US dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 6.0 % | 3.6 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 97.69 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 64.40 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 22,580 US$ | 70,930 US$ |
Corruption index: | 37 (moderate) | 31 (moderate) |
PRI: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 106,526 M US$ | 32.64 M US$ | 23,315,081 M US$ | 70.25 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 73,678 M US$ | 22.58 M US$ | 23,539,918 M US$ | 70.93 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 73,170 M US$ | 22.42 M US$ | 2,556,638 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 49,010 M US$ | 15.02 M US$ | 3,401,688 M US$ | 10.25 M US$ |
Infrastructure
PRI: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 26,862 km | 8.23 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.85 km |
Passenger airports: | 6 | 0.0018 | 436 | 0.0013 |
Energy balance
Details for Puerto Rico and the United StatesPRI: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Production capacity: | 54.14 bn kWh | 16.59 m kWh | 10.015 tn kWh | 30.18 m kWh |
Energy consumption: | 15.20 bn kWh | 4.66 m kWh | 3.898 tn kWh | 11.74 m kWh |
Energy production: | 17.70 bn kWh | 5.42 m kWh | 4.049 tn kWh | 12.20 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 14.13 bn kWh | 42,587.96 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 61.45 bn kWh | 185,146.19 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 0.00 t | 0.00 t | 4.82 bn t | 14,515.85 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Puerto Rico and the United StatesPuerto Rico | United States | |
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International dialing: | +1-787 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .pr | .us |
PRI total | PRI per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 726,739 | 223 | 101,526,000 | 306 |
Mobile cellulars: | 3,661,176 | 1122 | 351,477,000 | 1059 |
Internet server: | 469 | 0 | 505,000,000 | 1522 |
Internet users: | 2,536,994 | 777 | 301,691,414 | 909 |
Broadband Internet: | 671,284 | 206 | 125,885,000 | 379 |
Healthcare system
Details for Puerto Rico and the United StatesPuerto Rico | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 3.32 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 1.75 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 13.7 % | 10.8 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.01 ‰ | 0.03 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 74.0 % | 74.0 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Puerto Rico and United States
Puerto Rico | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 30.4 °C | 18.9 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 24.1 °C | 7.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 27.1 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 75 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 13.5 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 8.1 | 7.2 |
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
Puerto Rico
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Native languages
Puerto Rico | United States | |
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Spanish: | 94.3 % | 10.7 % |
English: | 5.5 % | 82.1 % |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 0.2 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Puerto Rico | United States | |
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Christianity: | 85.0 % | 78.5 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 15.0 % | 15.3 % |