Puerto Rico vs Uruguay: Population

Puerto Rico

3.24 million people

in 2023

Uruguay

3.39 million people

in 2023

Puerto Rico rank

135th

Uruguay rank

134th

Population over time

Uruguay currently reports 3.39 million people against 3.24 million people in Puerto Rico, a difference of 146,060 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Uruguay ahead.

Puerto Rico ranks 135th and Uruguay ranks 134th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.