The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,132,629 in 2024 vs 10,979,783 people in Cuba in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,011,944 people compared to 10,892,659 in Cuba.
Population statistics:
- Cuba's population is 1.21 times bigger than Belarus'.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Cuba is the 90th.
- The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.13% for Cuba.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs -0.26% in Cuba.
- Since 2006, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.6M people to 9.01M (6.17% decline), while Cuba has declined from 11.3M to 10.9M (3.42% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 36.8% of the population in Belarus and 33.8% in Cuba.
Belarus vs Cuba: live population counter
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| Current population |
9011944
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10892659
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 90/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
11.5 minutes
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13.1 minutes
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| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
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5.48 minutes
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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4.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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23.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | -22,356 |
| Daily growth/decline | -125 | -110 |
| Annual growth/decline | -45,669 | -40,148 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.5% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 187/197 | 182/197 |
Belarus and Cuba: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 7,238,081 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 7,387,117 | 0.89% | 2.06% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 7,541,098 | 0.98% | 2.08% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 7,701,660 | 1.02% | 2.13% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 7,866,020 | 1.03% | 2.13% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 8,030,797 | 1.01% | 2.09% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 8,193,450 | 1% | 2.03% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 8,352,625 | 1.03% | 1.94% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 8,509,522 | 1.01% | 1.88% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 8,666,640 | 0.97% | 1.85% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 8,824,382 | 0.89% | 1.82% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 8,979,085 | 0.84% | 1.75% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 9,123,891 | 0.81% | 1.61% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 9,255,328 | 0.74% | 1.44% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 9,374,183 | 0.65% | 1.28% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 9,479,726 | 0.53% | 1.13% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 9,571,242 | 0.47% | 0.97% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 9,648,440 | 0.55% | 0.81% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 9,711,980 | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 9,763,355 | 0.62% | 0.53% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 9,804,796 | 0.62% | 0.42% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 9,849,320 | 0.69% | 0.45% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 9,912,681 | 0.68% | 0.64% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 9,991,026 | 0.69% | 0.79% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 10,073,299 | 0.68% | 0.82% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 10,157,228 | 0.66% | 0.83% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 10,244,247 | 0.68% | 0.86% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 10,335,342 | 0.68% | 0.89% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 10,432,585 | 0.29% | 0.94% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 10,533,243 | 0.3% | 0.96% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 10,631,799 | 0.19% | 0.94% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 10,717,640 | 0.05% | 0.81% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 10,785,801 | 0.22% | 0.64% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 10,841,031 | 0.22% | 0.51% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 10,886,021 | -0.12% | 0.41% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 10,925,362 | -0.32% | 0.36% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 10,962,010 | -0.34% | 0.34% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 10,997,934 | -0.41% | 0.33% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 11,034,712 | -0.45% | 0.33% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 11,072,230 | -0.45% | 0.34% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 11,109,109 | -0.47% | 0.33% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 11,144,132 | -0.51% | 0.32% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 11,177,418 | -0.63% | 0.3% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 11,209,383 | -0.7% | 0.29% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 11,238,756 | -0.68% | 0.26% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 11,262,554 | -0.68% | 0.21% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 11,278,550 | -0.61% | 0.14% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 11,287,272 | -0.46% | 0.08% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 11,291,762 | -0.34% | 0.04% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 11,294,719 | -0.25% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 11,297,409 | -0.22% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 11,301,571 | -0.23% | 0.04% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 11,303,175 | -0.16% | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 11,298,167 | -0.04% | -0.04% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 11,285,775 | 0.06% | -0.11% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 11,275,065 | 0.13% | -0.09% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 11,265,612 | 0.09% | -0.08% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 11,247,829 | -0.11% | -0.16% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 11,227,118 | -0.21% | -0.18% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 11,202,846 | -0.2% | -0.22% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 11,176,354 | -0.42% | -0.24% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 11,122,168 | -0.82% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 11,059,820 | -0.8% | -0.56% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 11,019,931 | -0.54% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 9,132,629 | 10,979,783 | -0.5% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 9,073,036 | 10,937,204 | -0.65% | -0.39% |
| 2026 | 9,011,944 | 10,892,659 | -0.67% | -0.41% |
| 2027 | 8,950,041 | 10,846,709 | -0.69% | -0.42% |
| 2028 | 8,887,762 | 10,799,586 | -0.7% | -0.43% |
| 2029 | 8,824,424 | 10,750,892 | -0.71% | -0.45% |
| 2030 | 8,760,466 | 10,700,820 | -0.72% | -0.47% |
| 2031 | 8,696,768 | 10,649,673 | -0.73% | -0.48% |
| 2032 | 8,633,068 | 10,597,336 | -0.73% | -0.49% |
| 2033 | 8,569,172 | 10,543,539 | -0.74% | -0.51% |
| 2034 | 8,505,555 | 10,488,270 | -0.74% | -0.52% |
| 2035 | 8,442,461 | 10,431,762 | -0.74% | -0.54% |
| 2036 | 8,379,897 | 10,373,926 | -0.74% | -0.55% |
| 2037 | 8,317,831 | 10,314,339 | -0.74% | -0.57% |
| 2038 | 8,255,917 | 10,253,201 | -0.74% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 8,193,893 | 10,190,465 | -0.75% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 8,132,083 | 10,125,837 | -0.75% | -0.63% |
| 2041 | 8,070,545 | 10,059,299 | -0.76% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 8,009,602 | 9,990,897 | -0.76% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 7,949,312 | 9,920,670 | -0.75% | -0.7% |
| 2044 | 7,889,014 | 9,848,751 | -0.76% | -0.72% |
| 2045 | 7,828,555 | 9,775,205 | -0.77% | -0.75% |
| 2046 | 7,767,902 | 9,699,830 | -0.77% | -0.77% |
| 2047 | 7,706,676 | 9,622,707 | -0.79% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 7,644,179 | 9,544,142 | -0.81% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 7,580,508 | 9,463,925 | -0.83% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 7,516,034 | 9,381,995 | -0.85% | -0.87% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Cuba lost 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Cuba's population decreased by -372,953 (a 3.31% decline).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. Cuba was ranked 73rd in 2006 and ranked 90th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Cuba will decrease by 13.9% to 9,381,995 people and rank change from 90th to 104th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Minsk | 2M |
| Gomel | 501K |
| Grodno | 364K |
| Vitebsk | 359K |
| Mogilev | 353K |
| Brest | 346K |
| Babruysk | 206K |
| Baranavichy | 171K |
| Barysaw | 135K |
| Pinsk | 124K |
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| City | Population |
| Havana | 2.49M |
| Santiago de Cuba | 445K |
| Holguin | 350K |
| Camaguey | 322K |
| Santa Clara | 247K |
| Bayamo | 235K |
| Guantanamo | 228K |
| Las Tunas | 202K |
| Pinar del Rio | 189K |
| Cienfuegos | 165K |
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Population differences between Belarus and Cuba
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| Life expectancy | 75 years | 78.6 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 43.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 274 ppl/mi² |
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