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Cuba vs Sweden statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cuba has a population of 11M (ranked 86/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Cuba's land area is 40,077 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 103rd vs. 58th).

By GDP, Cuba ranks 69/197 ($107B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Cuba ranks 87/197 ($9,605), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Main facts and rankings

Cuba Sweden
Population
10937204
10654722
Population rank 89/197 93/197
GDP
$107B
2020
$610B
2024
GDP rank 69/197 25/197
GDP per capita
$9,605
2020
$57,723
2024
GDP per capita rank 87/197 15/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$12,300
2016
$71,030
2024
Government debt n/a
$199B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
33.7%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$18,842
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 32/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,584
2025
$40,075
2025
Land area
40,077 sq mi
2025
157,248 sq mi
2025
Population density
274 ppl/mi²
2024
67.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.44
2023
1.45
2023
Median age
43.1 years
2024
41.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.4 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Cuba and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Cuba and Sweden economies compared

GDP
Cuba

Sweden
Year GDP
Cuba Sweden
1960 - $15,930,258,332
1961 - $17,329,819,494
1962 - $18,794,282,717
1963 - $20,342,365,392
1964 - $22,685,750,575
1965 - $24,964,233,891
1966 - $27,155,028,520
1967 - $29,475,219,787
1968 - $31,278,230,634
1969 - $33,967,691,454
1970 $5,693,005,200 $38,037,663,342
1971 $6,914,658,400 $41,506,627,519
1972 $8,135,150,892 $48,883,734,672
1973 $9,987,709,650 $59,319,523,962
1974 $11,405,957,317 $65,918,391,224
1975 $13,027,415,244 $82,766,182,746
1976 $13,789,579,903 $89,233,541,404
1977 $14,206,158,675 $94,332,865,494
1978 $17,844,705,325 $104,292,130,796
1979 $19,584,443,288 $123,208,942,175
1980 $19,912,889,861 $141,887,695,763
1981 $20,150,254,096 $129,500,408,224
1982 $20,953,510,235 $114,216,043,040
1983 $22,204,940,512 $104,863,313,508
1984 $24,039,383,608 $109,044,297,251
1985 $22,920,490,774 $113,959,392,485
1986 $24,226,574,634 $150,281,594,980
1987 $25,213,935,012 $182,746,413,791
1988 $27,458,999,472 $206,688,963,474
1989 $27,023,468,666 $217,634,838,449
1990 $28,645,436,569 $261,469,578,631
1991 $24,316,556,026 $273,834,608,020
1992 $22,085,858,243 $283,912,173,667
1993 $22,367,254,865 $212,647,043,708
1994 $28,448,326,757 $228,701,658,891
1995 $30,429,803,651 $267,052,836,695
1996 $25,017,368,700 $291,952,430,659
1997 $25,365,908,100 $268,251,974,486
1998 $25,736,331,200 $270,889,570,938
1999 $28,364,615,200 $274,320,415,376
2000 $30,565,400,000 $262,905,197,442
2001 $31,682,400,000 $242,499,249,693
2002 $33,590,500,000 $267,373,345,247
2003 $35,901,200,000 $334,074,051,173
2004 $38,203,000,000 $384,547,211,147
2005 $42,643,836,100 $391,690,329,314
2006 $48,835,925,926 $422,530,427,476
2007 $54,262,870,370 $490,050,156,833
2008 $56,302,129,630 $514,616,528,349
2009 $57,481,481,481 $434,313,804,907
2010 $59,562,962,963 $492,753,255,886
2011 $68,990,000,000 $570,541,353,129
2012 $73,141,000,000 $549,742,183,874
2013 $77,148,000,000 $584,128,116,410
2014 $80,656,100,000 $577,730,245,154
2015 $87,132,800,000 $501,698,263,621
2016 $91,370,407,864 $514,218,206,628
2017 $96,850,649,692 $536,083,940,229
2018 $100,050,036,096 $551,312,498,430
2019 $103,427,600,000 $532,169,294,166
2020 $107,351,800,000 $545,147,614,972
2021 - $637,186,904,844
2022 - $579,895,717,344
2023 - $585,489,968,189
2024 - $610,117,791,237

Cuba and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita
Cuba

Sweden
Year GDP per capita
Cuba Sweden
1960 - $2,128
1961 - $2,304
1962 - $2,485
1963 - $2,675
1964 - $2,961
1965 - $3,228
1966 - $3,478
1967 - $3,746
1968 - $3,953
1969 - $4,263
1970 $645 $4,729
1971 $770 $5,125
1972 $892 $6,018
1973 $1,079 $7,291
1974 $1,217 $8,078
1975 $1,374 $10,103
1976 $1,441 $10,853
1977 $1,472 $11,432
1978 $1,837 $12,602
1979 $2,006 $14,856
1980 $2,031 $17,073
1981 $2,046 $15,564
1982 $2,114 $13,719
1983 $2,222 $12,590
1984 $2,386 $13,080
1985 $2,257 $13,647
1986 $2,365 $17,955
1987 $2,440 $21,761
1988 $2,632 $24,499
1989 $2,566 $25,625
1990 $2,694 $30,550
1991 $2,269 $31,777
1992 $2,048 $32,754
1993 $2,063 $24,390
1994 $2,613 $26,046
1995 $2,785 $30,254
1996 $2,282 $33,023
1997 $2,306 $30,324
1998 $2,332 $30,606
1999 $2,562 $30,969
2000 $2,751 $29,633
2001 $2,843 $27,259
2002 $3,005 $29,958
2003 $3,203 $37,292
2004 $3,399 $42,758
2005 $3,786 $43,379
2006 $4,330 $46,532
2007 $4,807 $53,569
2008 $4,986 $55,817
2009 $5,089 $46,708
2010 $5,272 $52,543
2011 $6,104 $60,380
2012 $6,471 $57,750
2013 $6,828 $60,844
2014 $7,147 $59,584
2015 $7,728 $51,198
2016 $8,111 $51,820
2017 $8,611 $53,301
2018 $8,911 $54,182
2019 $9,232 $51,773
2020 $9,605 $52,654
2021 - $61,175
2022 - $55,297
2023 - $55,567
2024 - $57,723

Cuba vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cuba

Sweden
Year Life expectancy, years
Cuba Sweden
1950 59 71.1
1951 59.4 71.4
1952 59.8 71.8
1953 60.2 71.9
1954 60.7 72.4
1955 61.2 72.6
1956 61.5 72.7
1957 61.9 72.5
1958 62.3 73.2
1959 62.8 73.4
1960 63.3 73
1961 63.7 73.5
1962 64.4 73.4
1963 64.3 73.5
1964 65.3 73.7
1965 65.6 73.9
1966 66.1 74.1
1967 66.5 74.1
1968 66.9 74
1969 67.4 74.1
1970 67.9 74.7
1971 68.4 74.6
1972 68.9 74.7
1973 69.3 74.9
1974 69.9 75
1975 70.4 75
1976 70.9 75
1977 71.4 75.4
1978 71.9 75.5
1979 72.3 75.5
1980 72.6 75.7
1981 73 76
1982 73.4 76.3
1983 73.6 76.6
1984 73.6 76.8
1985 73.5 76.7
1986 73.6 77
1987 73.6 77.1
1988 73.7 77
1989 73.7 77.7
1990 73.8 77.6
1991 73.8 77.7
1992 73.8 78.1
1993 73.9 78.1
1994 74.1 78.7
1995 74.3 78.8
1996 74.7 79
1997 75.1 79.3
1998 75.4 79.4
1999 75.7 79.5
2000 75.9 79.7
2001 76.4 79.8
2002 76.8 79.9
2003 77.4 80.2
2004 77.3 80.5
2005 77.5 80.6
2006 77.4 80.8
2007 77.6 81
2008 77.6 81.1
2009 77.6 81.4
2010 77.9 81.5
2011 78.1 81.8
2012 78.2 81.7
2013 78 81.9
2014 77.8 82.2
2015 77.7 82.2
2016 77.6 82.3
2017 77.3 82.4
2018 77.4 82.5
2019 77.4 83.1
2020 77.4 82.4
2021 73.2 83
2022 77.6 83
2023 78.1 83.3
2024 78.3 83.4
2025 78.4 83.6

Cuba and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population
Cuba

Sweden
Year Population
Cuba Sweden
1960 7,238,081 7,484,656
1961 7,387,117 7,519,998
1962 7,541,098 7,561,588
1963 7,701,660 7,604,328
1964 7,866,020 7,661,354
1965 8,030,797 7,733,853
1966 8,193,450 7,807,797
1967 8,352,625 7,867,931
1968 8,509,522 7,912,273
1969 8,666,640 7,968,072
1970 8,824,382 8,042,801
1971 8,979,085 8,098,334
1972 9,123,891 8,122,300
1973 9,255,328 8,136,312
1974 9,374,183 8,159,955
1975 9,479,726 8,192,437
1976 9,571,242 8,222,286
1977 9,648,440 8,251,540
1978 9,711,980 8,275,599
1979 9,763,355 8,293,678
1980 9,804,796 8,310,531
1981 9,849,320 8,320,503
1982 9,912,681 8,325,263
1983 9,991,026 8,329,033
1984 10,073,299 8,336,605
1985 10,157,228 8,350,386
1986 10,244,247 8,369,829
1987 10,335,342 8,397,804
1988 10,432,585 8,436,489
1989 10,533,243 8,492,964
1990 10,631,799 8,558,835
1991 10,717,640 8,617,375
1992 10,785,801 8,668,067
1993 10,841,031 8,718,561
1994 10,886,021 8,780,745
1995 10,925,362 8,826,939
1996 10,962,010 8,840,998
1997 10,997,934 8,846,062
1998 11,034,712 8,850,974
1999 11,072,230 8,857,874
2000 11,109,109 8,872,109
2001 11,144,132 8,895,960
2002 11,177,418 8,924,958
2003 11,209,383 8,958,229
2004 11,238,756 8,993,531
2005 11,262,554 9,029,572
2006 11,278,550 9,080,505
2007 11,287,272 9,148,092
2008 11,291,762 9,219,637
2009 11,294,719 9,298,515
2010 11,297,409 9,378,126
2011 11,301,571 9,449,213
2012 11,303,175 9,519,374
2013 11,298,167 9,600,379
2014 11,285,775 9,696,110
2015 11,275,065 9,799,186
2016 11,265,612 9,923,085
2017 11,247,829 10,057,698
2018 11,227,118 10,175,214
2019 11,202,846 10,278,887
2020 11,176,354 10,353,442
2021 11,122,168 10,415,811
2022 11,059,820 10,486,941
2023 11,019,931 10,536,632
2024 10,979,783 10,569,709

Fertility rates in Cuba and Sweden

Fertility rate
Cuba

Sweden
Year Fertility rate
Cuba Sweden
1960 4.13 2.17
1961 4.26 2.21
1962 4.42 2.25
1963 4.56 2.33
1964 4.53 2.47
1965 4.5 2.39
1966 4.4 2.37
1967 4.29 2.28
1968 4.19 2.07
1969 4.12 1.93
1970 3.98 1.92
1971 3.8 1.96
1972 3.61 1.91
1973 3.4 1.87
1974 3.16 1.87
1975 2.82 1.77
1976 2.51 1.68
1977 2.21 1.64
1978 1.88 1.6
1979 1.77 1.66
1980 1.64 1.68
1981 1.59 1.63
1982 1.78 1.62
1983 1.8 1.61
1984 1.77 1.66
1985 1.77 1.74
1986 1.78 1.8
1987 1.8 1.84
1988 1.85 1.96
1989 1.83 2.01
1990 1.81 2.13
1991 1.66 2.11
1992 1.56 2.09
1993 1.49 1.99
1994 1.47 1.88
1995 1.48 1.73
1996 1.46 1.6
1997 1.59 1.52
1998 1.62 1.5
1999 1.64 1.5
2000 1.61 1.54
2001 1.6 1.57
2002 1.65 1.65
2003 1.63 1.71
2004 1.55 1.75
2005 1.49 1.77
2006 1.4 1.85
2007 1.44 1.88
2008 1.58 1.91
2009 1.68 1.94
2010 1.67 1.98
2011 1.73 1.9
2012 1.67 1.91
2013 1.68 1.89
2014 1.66 1.88
2015 1.69 1.85
2016 1.6 1.85
2017 1.59 1.78
2018 1.61 1.76
2019 1.54 1.71
2020 1.49 1.67
2021 1.43 1.67
2022 1.41 1.53
2023 1.44 1.45

Cuba and Sweden demographics compared

Median age
Cuba

Sweden
Year Median age, years
Cuba Sweden
1960 22.5 36
1961 22.5 36.2
1962 22.4 36.3
1963 22.3 36.3
1964 22.2 36.3
1965 22.1 36.2
1966 22 36
1967 21.9 35.9
1968 21.9 35.8
1969 21.8 35.6
1970 21.8 35.4
1971 21.9 35.3
1972 21.9 35.3
1973 22.1 35.3
1974 22.2 35.3
1975 22.5 35.3
1976 22.7 35.4
1977 23 35.5
1978 23.4 35.7
1979 23.7 36
1980 24.1 36.2
1981 24.5 36.5
1982 24.8 36.8
1983 25.1 37.1
1984 25.5 37.4
1985 25.9 37.6
1986 26.3 37.9
1987 26.7 38.1
1988 27.1 38.2
1989 27.5 38.3
1990 27.9 38.3
1991 28.3 38.3
1992 28.7 38.4
1993 29.2 38.4
1994 29.7 38.4
1995 30.3 38.5
1996 30.9 38.6
1997 31.4 38.8
1998 32 39
1999 32.5 39.2
2000 33.1 39.4
2001 33.6 39.5
2002 34.2 39.7
2003 34.7 39.8
2004 35.2 40
2005 35.7 40.2
2006 36.2 40.4
2007 36.8 40.5
2008 37.3 40.6
2009 37.7 40.7
2010 38.2 40.7
2011 38.6 40.8
2012 39.1 40.9
2013 39.7 40.9
2014 40.2 40.9
2015 40.6 40.9
2016 40.9 40.8
2017 41.3 40.7
2018 41.6 40.6
2019 41.9 40.5
2020 42.1 40.6
2021 42.3 40.7
2022 42.5 40.7
2023 42.8 40.9
2024 43.1 41.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cuba Sweden
GNI, Atlas method
$101B
2019
$622B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49%
2025
49.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
8.44%
2022
7.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.88%
2018
1.47%
2023
Armed forces personnel
76,000
2020
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-1.45%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.7%
2018
8.31%
2024
Services, % of GDP
70%
2023
65.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
27.5%
2023
22.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
25.4
2025
77.9
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
22.3%
2023
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.8%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
575,426
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
7.06%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
45
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0006%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
278
2002
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$290B
2003
Total reserves including gold
$144M
1960
$62.6B
2024
Personal remittances received n/a
$4.47B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,086,000
2020
1,957,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports n/a
4.85%
2010
Banked people share n/a
98.6%
2024

Energy

Cuba Sweden
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
816 kg
2022
4,289 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$15.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
22.1 megatons
2023
35.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2 tons
2023
3.36 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
88.1%
2022
24.9%
2023
Renewable energy use share
20.9%
2021
57.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.34%
2022
49.9%
2023
Net energy imports use share
62.8%
2022
27.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
1,102 kWh
2022
12,150 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
5.19%
2021
67.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.77%
2022
39.9%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
29.2%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cuba Sweden
% of world population
0.13%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-22,356
2024
+50,115
2024
Urban population
77.7%
2024
89%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.7 ft
2025
5.92 ft
2025
Average female height
5.25 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.4
2025
92
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
41
2024
80
2024
Higher education index
52
2025
94
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.42
2019
1.15
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.9
2019
3.1
2019
Visa free countries
75
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.7%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
6%
2025
89%
2023
People using the Internet
71.3%
2023
95.5%
2024

Health

Cuba Sweden
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,199
2020
$6,152
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$107
2020
$780
2023
Life expectancy
78.4 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.03%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
9.43
2021
4.31
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
30 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.3
2023
2.5
2023
Obesity rate
22.6%
2022
15.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.4%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
90
2025
89
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
17.4%
2022
22.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.38 liters
2020
9.57 liters
2020

Territory

Cuba Sweden
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.27%
2025
Land area per capita
3,650 sq mi
2024
14,877 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
24,714 sq mi
2025
11,514 sq mi
2025
Forest area
12,517 sq mi
2025
108,031 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
356,129 mi
2016

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