Population: 3,294,997 (July 1991), growth rate 0.1% (1991)

Birth rate: 19 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 10 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 16 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 76 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 2.1 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Puerto Rican(s); adjective--Puerto Rican

Ethnic divisions: almost entirely Hispanic

Religion: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant denominations and other 15%

Language: Spanish (official); English is widely understood

Literacy: 89% (male 90%, female 88%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Labor force: 1,068,000; government 28%, manufacturing 15%, trade 14%, agriculture 3%, other 40% (1990)

Organized labor: 115,000 members in 4 unions; the largest is the General Confederation of Puerto Rican Workers with 35,000 members (1983)

NOTE: The information regarding Puerto Rico on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Puerto Rico People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Puerto Rico People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.