Life expectancy at age 15 in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Life expectancy at age 15 was 91.19 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Puerto Rico, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 91.19 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Puerto Rico peaked at 91.19 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 66.22 years, in 1951.
That places Puerto Rico 44th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 69.69 years | 66.22 years | 72.2 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 73.06 years | 72.35 years | 73.91 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 74.25 years | 73.4 years | 75.08 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 75.16 years | 74.49 years | 75.48 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.44 years | 74.74 years | 76.46 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.97 years | 76.61 years | 79.16 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.74 years | 79.49 years | 82.08 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.07 years | 79.99 years | 83.31 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 84.05 years | 83.45 years | 84.62 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 85.28 years | 84.75 years | 85.8 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 86.4 years | 85.91 years | 86.89 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 87.48 years | 86.99 years | 87.97 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 88.55 years | 88.07 years | 89.03 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 89.6 years | 89.12 years | 90.06 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 90.63 years | 90.16 years | 91.09 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 91.19 years | 91.19 years | 91.19 years | 1 |
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More health data for Puerto Rico
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,519 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4 deaths (2100)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 15,521 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 62.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 971,601 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 2.02 million (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 14,230 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 13,590 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 14,358 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Puerto Rico?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Puerto Rico was 91.19 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 91.19 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.22 years in 1951.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Puerto Rico ranks 44th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.