Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Puerto Rico fits inside Haiti 3.1 times
Haiti: 27,750 km² (2024) · Puerto Rico: 8,870 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Haiti’s coastline is 3.5 times as long as Puerto Rico’s
Haiti: 1,771 km (2026 edition) · Puerto Rico: 501 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Haiti’s highest peak towers 1,336 m above Puerto Rico’s
Haiti: 2,674 m (2026 edition) · Puerto Rico: 1,338 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 65% of Haiti, versus 19% of Puerto Rico
Haiti: 65.1% (2024) · Puerto Rico: 18.5% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Haiti has 3.7 times as many people as Puerto Rico
Haiti: 11.9 million (2025) · Puerto Rico: 3.18 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Haiti is 20% more densely populated than Puerto Rico
Haiti: 432 per km² (2025) · Puerto Rico: 359 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Puerto Rico are 7.3 cm taller than in Haiti
Haiti: 172.2 cm (2019) · Puerto Rico: 179.5 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Puerto Rico are 2.5 cm taller than in Haiti
Haiti: 160.6 cm (2019) · Puerto Rico: 163.1 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Puerto Rico is 22 years older than in Haiti
Haiti: 23.5 years (2023) · Puerto Rico: 45.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Haiti have 1.7 more children on average than in Puerto Rico
Haiti: 2.63 children per woman (2024) · Puerto Rico: 0.92 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
25% of people in Puerto Rico are 65 or older, versus 4.8% in Haiti
Haiti: 4.8% (2025) · Puerto Rico: 25.3% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Haiti: 0 per 1,000 (2025) · Puerto Rico: no data
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Haiti and Puerto Rico are practically level
Haiti: 0 (2026) · Puerto Rico: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Haiti and Puerto Rico are practically level
Haiti: 2 (2026) · Puerto Rico: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Puerto Rico’s economy is 4 times the size of Haiti’s
Haiti: $32.1 billion (2025) · Puerto Rico: $129 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Puerto Rico produces 17 times as much per person as Haiti
Haiti: Int$3,134 (2025) · Puerto Rico: Int$52,196 (2025)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 15% in Haiti, versus 6.0% in Puerto Rico
Haiti: 14.9% (2025) · Puerto Rico: 6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Haiti: 0.1% (2025) · Puerto Rico: no data
How expensive is it?
Haiti’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Puerto Rico’s
Haiti: 86% (2025) · Puerto Rico: 78% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Haiti: $54 (2023) · Puerto Rico: no data
How long do people live?
People in Puerto Rico live 17 years longer than in Haiti
Haiti: 65.1 years (2024) · Puerto Rico: 81.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
Haiti: 39 per 1,000 (2024) · Puerto Rico: no data
How many doctors are there?
Haiti: 0.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Puerto Rico: no data
How many hospital beds are there?
Haiti: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Puerto Rico: no data
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Puerto Rico is 30% higher than in Haiti
Haiti: 5 per 100k (2023) · Puerto Rico: 6.5 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
42% of adults in Puerto Rico are obese, versus 11% in Haiti
Haiti: 10.7% (2024) · Puerto Rico: 41.9% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Haiti: 8% (2024) · Puerto Rico: no data
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Puerto Rico rate their lives 3.42 points higher than in Haiti
Haiti: 3.62 (2020) · Puerto Rico: 7.04 (2015)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Puerto Rico drink 69% more alcohol than in Haiti
Haiti: 3.5 litres (2023) · Puerto Rico: 5.9 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Haiti: 20.7 kg (2023) · Puerto Rico: no data
How much food is there per day?
Haiti: 1,959 kcal (2023) · Puerto Rico: no data
How long do people go to school?
Haiti: 5.4 years (2023) · Puerto Rico: no data
How many tourists visit?
Puerto Rico welcomed 67 times as many tourists per resident as Haiti (2019)
Haiti: 0.03 (2019) · Puerto Rico: 1.73 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Haiti: 1 (2026) · Puerto Rico: no data
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Puerto Rico has won 12 Olympic medals, Haiti 2
Haiti: 2 (2026 edition) · Puerto Rico: 12 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
87% of people in Puerto Rico are online, versus 48% in Haiti
Haiti: 48% (2024) · Puerto Rico: 87% (2022)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Puerto Rico is 4.2 times as fast as in Haiti
Haiti: 57 Mbps (2026) · Puerto Rico: 242 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Puerto Rico have electricity, versus 54% in Haiti
Haiti: 53.9% (2024) · Puerto Rico: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
94% of people in Puerto Rico live in cities, versus 56% in Haiti
Haiti: 56% (2025) · Puerto Rico: 94% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Puerto Rico has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Haiti 65
Haiti: 65 (2022) · Puerto Rico: 126 (2024)
How much do they fly?
Haiti: 0.01 (2023) · Puerto Rico: no data
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Puerto Rico, but only 13% of Haiti
Haiti: 13.5% (2024) · Puerto Rico: 49.7% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
Haiti: 0.3 t (2024) · Puerto Rico: no data
How green is the power grid?
19% of Haiti’s electricity is renewable, versus 6.4% in Puerto Rico
Haiti: 18.6% (2024) · Puerto Rico: 6.4% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Haiti carries 92% more fine dust than in Puerto Rico
Haiti: 14 µg/m³ (2024) · Puerto Rico: 7.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.7 times as likely to be murdered in Haiti as in Puerto Rico
Haiti: 41.2 per 100k (2023) · Puerto Rico: 15.1 per 100k (2024)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Haiti are 3.4 times as deadly as in Puerto Rico
Haiti: 64.5 per 100k (2023) · Puerto Rico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Puerto Rico and Haiti are practically level
Haiti: 25.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Puerto Rico: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Puerto Rico gets 25% more rain than Haiti
Haiti: 934 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Puerto Rico: 1,168 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Haiti bigger than Puerto Rico?
Haiti is larger. Puerto Rico fits inside Haiti 3.1 times.
Which has more people, Haiti or Puerto Rico?
Haiti has 3.7 times as many people as Puerto Rico (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Haiti or Puerto Rico?
People in Puerto Rico live 17 years longer than in Haiti. Life expectancy at birth is 65.1 years in Haiti and 81.9 in Puerto Rico.
Are people taller in Haiti or Puerto Rico?
Men in Puerto Rico are 7.3 cm taller than in Haiti (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
