Lesotho vs Puerto Rico: Population density

Lesotho

107.36 people per km²

in 2100

Puerto Rico

112.25 people per km²

in 2100

Lesotho rank

118th

Puerto Rico rank

116th

Population density over time

Puerto Rico currently reports 112.25 people per km² against 107.36 people per km² in Lesotho, a difference of 4.89 people per km².

The two have swapped places 1 time across 183 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 118th and Puerto Rico ranks 116th of 234 countries.

Indicator: Population density
Unit: people per km²
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 68,610 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.