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===== Population =====
* Puerto Rico’s estimated population is about 3.23 million in 2025. Worldometer<ref>{{cite web|title=Worldometer|url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/puerto-rico-population/|publisher=worldometers.info|access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>
* In the U.S., the ranking of states by population has the  50th (least-populated) states at numbers somewhat lower than that. For example, the  49th and 50th ranked states both have populations under ~600-700 thousand. StatsAmerica<ref>{{cite web|title=StatsAmerica|url=https://www.statsamerica.org/sip/rank_list.aspx?rank_label=pop1|publisher=statsamerica.org|access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>
* According to a list of states & territories by population (including Puerto Rico) the island’s population figure is shown as about 3.2 million, which corresponds roughly to the # 51 position (after the 50 states) in that list. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>
* If Puerto Rico became a state, it would likely be the least populated (or second-least) state in the U.S., roughly ahead of only the smallest states by population (or possibly behind depending on exact numbers). For simplicity: it would be around #50 or #51 in population among U.S. states.