Cuba vs Iran statistics compared

Cuba has a population of 11M (ranked 86/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Cuba's land area is 40,077 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 103rd vs. 17th).

By GDP, Cuba ranks 69/197 ($107B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Cuba ranks 87/197 ($9,605), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Cuba and Iran: Comparison Charts

Cuba and Iran economies compared

GDP

Cuba

Iran

Table

Year	GDP
	Cuba	Iran
1960	-	$4,199,134,390
1961	-	$4,426,949,095
1962	-	$4,693,566,416
1963	-	$4,928,628,018
1964	-	$5,379,845,648
1965	-	$6,197,319,929
1966	-	$6,789,938,672
1967	-	$7,555,383,690
1968	-	$8,623,172,960
1969	-	$9,743,089,607
1970	$5,693,005,200	$10,976,245,154
1971	$6,914,658,400	$13,731,802,833
1972	$8,135,150,892	$17,153,463,263
1973	$9,987,709,650	$27,081,698,250
1974	$11,405,957,317	$46,209,092,072
1975	$13,027,415,244	$51,776,222,350
1976	$13,789,579,903	$68,055,295,081
1977	$14,206,158,675	$80,600,122,702
1978	$17,844,705,325	$77,994,316,621
1979	$19,584,443,288	$90,391,877,326
1980	$19,912,889,861	$94,362,275,580
1981	$20,150,254,096	$100,499,312,750
1982	$20,953,510,235	$125,948,756,439
1983	$22,204,940,512	$156,365,156,618
1984	$24,039,383,608	$162,276,728,620
1985	$22,920,490,774	$180,183,629,600
1986	$24,226,574,634	$209,094,561,833
1987	$25,213,935,012	$134,009,995,923
1988	$27,458,999,472	$123,057,861,334
1989	$27,023,468,666	$120,496,362,916
1990	$28,645,436,569	$124,813,263,926
1991	$24,316,556,026	$131,637,664,958
1992	$22,085,858,243	$119,768,691,217
1993	$22,367,254,865	$63,743,623,231
1994	$28,448,326,757	$71,841,461,172
1995	$30,429,803,651	$96,419,225,745
1996	$25,017,368,700	$120,403,931,883
1997	$25,365,908,100	$113,919,163,421
1998	$25,736,331,200	$110,276,913,362
1999	$28,364,615,200	$113,848,450,089
2000	$30,565,400,000	$109,591,707,801
2001	$31,682,400,000	$126,878,750,296
2002	$33,590,500,000	$128,626,917,504
2003	$35,901,200,000	$151,911,222,120
2004	$38,203,000,000	$187,754,571,247
2005	$42,643,836,100	$224,970,371,329
2006	$48,835,925,926	$265,602,187,406
2007	$54,262,870,370	$349,736,591,836
2008	$56,302,129,630	$406,070,949,551
2009	$57,481,481,481	$414,059,094,950
2010	$59,562,962,963	$487,069,570,461
2011	$68,990,000,000	$629,082,257,472
2012	$73,141,000,000	$644,019,315,004
2013	$77,148,000,000	$500,399,839,840
2014	$80,656,100,000	$462,284,793,281
2015	$87,132,800,000	$409,191,686,497
2016	$91,370,407,864	$459,042,684,193
2017	$96,850,649,692	$489,168,731,811
2018	$100,050,036,096	$398,880,231,367
2019	$103,427,600,000	$333,519,146,339
2020	$107,351,800,000	$262,186,179,356
2021	-	$383,436,202,447
2022	-	$394,362,621,793
2023	-	$404,625,655,076
2024	-	$436,906,331,672

Cuba and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita

Cuba

Iran

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cuba	Iran
1960	-	$195.6
1961	-	$200.1
1962	-	$205.8
1963	-	$209.6
1964	-	$221.7
1965	-	$247.5
1966	-	$262.9
1967	-	$283.7
1968	-	$314
1969	-	$345
1970	$645	$377
1971	$770	$457
1972	$892	$555
1973	$1,079	$851
1974	$1,217	$1,409
1975	$1,374	$1,532
1976	$1,441	$1,954
1977	$1,472	$2,243
1978	$1,837	$2,101
1979	$2,006	$2,352
1980	$2,031	$2,368
1981	$2,046	$2,393
1982	$2,114	$2,845
1983	$2,222	$3,397
1984	$2,386	$3,395
1985	$2,257	$3,634
1986	$2,365	$4,064
1987	$2,440	$2,513
1988	$2,632	$2,234
1989	$2,566	$2,125
1990	$2,694	$2,138
1991	$2,269	$2,194
1992	$2,048	$1,957
1993	$2,063	$1,038
1994	$2,613	$1,168
1995	$2,785	$1,550
1996	$2,282	$1,915
1997	$2,306	$1,790
1998	$2,332	$1,709
1999	$2,562	$1,740
2000	$2,751	$1,650
2001	$2,843	$1,881
2002	$3,005	$1,891
2003	$3,203	$2,209
2004	$3,399	$2,672
2005	$3,786	$3,132
2006	$4,330	$3,619
2007	$4,807	$4,688
2008	$4,986	$5,377
2009	$5,089	$5,416
2010	$5,272	$6,291
2011	$6,104	$8,026
2012	$6,471	$8,114
2013	$6,828	$6,223
2014	$7,147	$5,672
2015	$7,728	$4,953
2016	$8,111	$5,477
2017	$8,611	$5,753
2018	$8,911	$4,632
2019	$9,232	$3,831
2020	$9,605	$2,989
2021	-	$4,335
2022	-	$4,405
2023	-	$4,466
2024	-	$4,771

Cuba vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cuba

Iran

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cuba	Iran
1950	59	38.2
1951	59.4	38.7
1952	59.8	39.2
1953	60.2	39.5
1954	60.7	40
1955	61.2	40.6
1956	61.5	41.1
1957	61.9	41.3
1958	62.3	42.2
1959	62.8	42.8
1960	63.3	43.3
1961	63.7	43.9
1962	64.4	43.8
1963	64.3	45.1
1964	65.3	45.7
1965	65.6	46.4
1966	66.1	47.1
1967	66.5	47.8
1968	66.9	47.9
1969	67.4	49.4
1970	67.9	50.2
1971	68.4	51.1
1972	68.9	51.7
1973	69.3	52.9
1974	69.9	53.9
1975	70.4	54.8
1976	70.9	55.8
1977	71.4	56.7
1978	71.9	56
1979	72.3	58.5
1980	72.6	58.4
1981	73	56.6
1982	73.4	57.6
1983	73.6	58.5
1984	73.6	60.9
1985	73.5	61.5
1986	73.6	62.1
1987	73.6	62.7
1988	73.7	63.3
1989	73.7	65.3
1990	73.8	64.1
1991	73.8	66.2
1992	73.8	66.7
1993	73.9	67
1994	74.1	67.5
1995	74.3	67.9
1996	74.7	68.3
1997	75.1	68.6
1998	75.4	69.2
1999	75.7	69.7
2000	75.9	70.2
2001	76.4	70.6
2002	76.8	71.1
2003	77.4	70.5
2004	77.3	72
2005	77.5	72.4
2006	77.4	72.9
2007	77.6	73.3
2008	77.6	73.7
2009	77.6	74
2010	77.9	74.4
2011	78.1	74.7
2012	78.2	75
2013	78	75.3
2014	77.8	75.6
2015	77.7	75.9
2016	77.6	76.2
2017	77.3	76.4
2018	77.4	76.6
2019	77.4	76.9
2020	77.4	74.1
2021	73.2	73.8
2022	77.6	76.8
2023	78.1	77.7
2024	78.3	77.9
2025	78.4	78.1

Cuba and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population

Cuba

Iran

Table

Year	Population
	Cuba	Iran
1960	7,238,081	21,470,434
1961	7,387,117	22,125,726
1962	7,541,098	22,807,907
1963	7,701,660	23,519,005
1964	7,866,020	24,262,859
1965	8,030,797	25,036,978
1966	8,193,450	25,829,270
1967	8,352,625	26,628,432
1968	8,509,522	27,437,391
1969	8,666,640	28,273,482
1970	8,824,382	29,145,100
1971	8,979,085	30,029,071
1972	9,123,891	30,921,179
1973	9,255,328	31,839,838
1974	9,374,183	32,796,463
1975	9,479,726	33,802,973
1976	9,571,242	34,837,271
1977	9,648,440	35,933,181
1978	9,711,980	37,126,535
1979	9,763,355	38,424,952
1980	9,804,796	39,842,324
1981	9,849,320	41,989,312
1982	9,912,681	44,272,141
1983	9,991,026	46,029,535
1984	10,073,299	47,793,998
1985	10,157,228	49,582,289
1986	10,244,247	51,446,045
1987	10,335,342	53,323,493
1988	10,432,585	55,072,694
1989	10,533,243	56,704,914
1990	10,631,799	58,380,092
1991	10,717,640	59,986,931
1992	10,785,801	61,184,983
1993	10,841,031	61,403,543
1994	10,886,021	61,520,598
1995	10,925,362	62,205,567
1996	10,962,010	62,881,300
1997	10,997,934	63,639,638
1998	11,034,712	64,519,859
1999	11,072,230	65,445,391
2000	11,109,109	66,418,659
2001	11,144,132	67,452,005
2002	11,177,418	68,011,317
2003	11,209,383	68,769,340
2004	11,238,756	70,256,316
2005	11,262,554	71,828,455
2006	11,278,550	73,392,747
2007	11,287,272	74,602,648
2008	11,291,762	75,514,204
2009	11,294,719	76,457,825
2010	11,297,409	77,420,842
2011	11,301,571	78,383,598
2012	11,303,175	79,370,580
2013	11,298,167	80,414,686
2014	11,285,775	81,502,045
2015	11,275,065	82,619,362
2016	11,265,612	83,812,228
2017	11,247,829	85,026,754
2018	11,227,118	86,117,998
2019	11,202,846	87,051,648
2020	11,176,354	87,723,443
2021	11,122,168	88,455,488
2022	11,059,820	89,524,246
2023	11,019,931	90,608,707
2024	10,979,783	91,567,738

Fertility rates in Cuba and Iran

Fertility rate

Cuba

Iran

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cuba	Iran
1960	4.13	7.52
1961	4.26	7.46
1962	4.42	7.4
1963	4.56	7.32
1964	4.53	7.24
1965	4.5	7.22
1966	4.4	7.21
1967	4.29	7.19
1968	4.19	7.12
1969	4.12	7.01
1970	3.98	6.8
1971	3.8	6.55
1972	3.61	6.26
1973	3.4	6.06
1974	3.16	5.97
1975	2.82	5.95
1976	2.51	6.07
1977	2.21	6.18
1978	1.88	6.34
1979	1.77	6.55
1980	1.64	6.63
1981	1.59	6.62
1982	1.78	6.59
1983	1.8	6.53
1984	1.77	6.43
1985	1.77	6.24
1986	1.78	6.01
1987	1.8	5.72
1988	1.85	5.43
1989	1.83	5.17
1990	1.81	4.93
1991	1.66	4.57
1992	1.56	4.1
1993	1.49	3.67
1994	1.47	3.24
1995	1.48	2.85
1996	1.46	2.54
1997	1.59	2.32
1998	1.62	2.19
1999	1.64	2.09
2000	1.61	2
2001	1.6	1.92
2002	1.65	1.84
2003	1.63	1.8
2004	1.55	1.78
2005	1.49	1.76
2006	1.4	1.76
2007	1.44	1.75
2008	1.58	1.74
2009	1.68	1.74
2010	1.67	1.75
2011	1.73	1.79
2012	1.67	1.85
2013	1.68	1.91
2014	1.66	1.98
2015	1.69	2.02
2016	1.6	2.05
2017	1.59	2.02
2018	1.61	1.92
2019	1.54	1.77
2020	1.49	1.7
2021	1.43	1.71
2022	1.41	1.7
2023	1.44	1.7

Cuba and Iran demographics compared

Median age

Cuba

Iran

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cuba	Iran
1960	22.5	19.1
1961	22.5	18.7
1962	22.4	18.4
1963	22.3	18.1
1964	22.2	17.9
1965	22.1	17.8
1966	22	17.7
1967	21.9	17.7
1968	21.9	17.6
1969	21.8	17.6
1970	21.8	17.6
1971	21.9	17.7
1972	21.9	17.8
1973	22.1	17.9
1974	22.2	18
1975	22.5	18.1
1976	22.7	18.2
1977	23	18.3
1978	23.4	18.3
1979	23.7	18.3
1980	24.1	18.2
1981	24.5	18.4
1982	24.8	18.6
1983	25.1	18.5
1984	25.5	18.4
1985	25.9	18.3
1986	26.3	18.2
1987	26.7	18.2
1988	27.1	18.2
1989	27.5	18.1
1990	27.9	18.2
1991	28.3	18.3
1992	28.7	18.4
1993	29.2	18.3
1994	29.7	18.4
1995	30.3	18.7
1996	30.9	19.1
1997	31.4	19.5
1998	32	20
1999	32.5	20.7
2000	33.1	21.4
2001	33.6	22
2002	34.2	22.6
2003	34.7	23.1
2004	35.2	23.7
2005	35.7	24.3
2006	36.2	24.8
2007	36.8	25.5
2008	37.3	26.1
2009	37.7	26.6
2010	38.2	27.2
2011	38.6	27.7
2012	39.1	28.2
2013	39.7	28.7
2014	40.2	29.2
2015	40.6	29.7
2016	40.9	30.2
2017	41.3	30.7
2018	41.6	31.2
2019	41.9	31.7
2020	42.1	32.3
2021	42.3	32.8
2022	42.5	33.3
2023	42.8	33.8
2024	43.1	34.3

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