Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Puerto Rico fits inside Haiti 3.1 times.
Haiti: 27,750 km² (2023) · Puerto Rico: 8,870 km² (2023)
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)
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 Nobel laureates were born there?
Haiti and Puerto Rico are practically level.
Haiti: 0 (2025) · Puerto Rico: 0 (2025)
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% (2024) · 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 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)
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)
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 56% of Puerto Rico, but only 12% of Haiti.
Haiti: 12.3% (2023) · Puerto Rico: 56.1% (2023)
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 2.5 times as deadly as in Puerto Rico.
Haiti: 31.3 per 100k (2021) · Puerto Rico: 12.5 per 100k (2021)
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)
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).
