Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, in the Caribbean region. Its capital is San Juan. It has a population of about 3.2 million and an area of 8,870 km². Its flag has 3 colors, and the one that takes up the most space is red, at 45% of the total.
The flag of Puerto Rico as a pie chart
- Red 45%
- White 28.3%
- Blue 26.8%
- Design
- Complex design (cross, diagonal, triangle or canton)
- Symbol
- Has a star
Each slice shows how much of the flag each color covers. It's the same data as CakeFlag, our game where you guess countries from the colors of their flag.
Puerto Rico at a glance
- Capital
- San Juan
- Continent
- North America, Central America and the Caribbean
- Region
- Caribbean
- Official languages
- English and Spanish
- Currency
- United States dollar
- National day
- July 25
- Highest point
- Cerro de Punta (about 1,340 meters)
- Anthem
- “La Borinqueña”
- Area
- 8,870 km²42nd smallest out of 208
- Population
- 3.2 million71st least populous out of 204 · 2025 data
- Population density
- 359.1 people/km²27th most densely populated out of 204 · 2025 data
- GDP
- US$ 129.4 billion65th highest GDP out of 200 · 2025 data
- GDP per capita
- US$ 40,62035th highest GDP per capita out of 200 · 2025 data
- Life expectancy
- 81.9 years36th highest life expectancy out of 204 · 2024 data
Neighboring countries
Puerto Rico has no land borders with other countries.
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Data: World Bank, world-countries, Wikidata and CIA World Factbook. See all sources.