The latest officially reported population of Brazil was 211,998,573 in 2024 vs 10,979,783 people in Cuba in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brazil's population is 213,415,080 people compared to 10,937,204 in Cuba.
Population statistics:
- Brazil's population is 19.5 times bigger than Cuba's.
- Brazil is ranked the 7th most populous country in the world, while Cuba is the 89th.
- The countries together account for 2.71% of the world: 2.58% for Brazil vs 0.13% for Cuba.
- For the last 10 years, Brazil has had an average growth rate of +0.6% per year vs -0.26% in Cuba.
- Since 2005, the population of Brazil has increased from 185M people to 213M (15.6% growth), while Cuba has declined from 11.3M to 10.9M (2.89% decline).
- Brazil is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 219M people, while Cuba's population already peaked in 2012 at 11.3M people and is projected to decrease to 5.58M people by 2100.
Brazil vs Cuba: live population counter
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| Current population |
213415080
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10937204
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| Population rank | 7/197 | 89/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.58% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
36.8 seconds
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13.1 minutes
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| One birth every |
12.1 seconds
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5.48 minutes
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| One death every |
21.1 seconds
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4.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.33 minutes
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23.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -225,510 | -22,356 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,350 | -110 |
| Annual growth/decline | +857,844 | -40,148 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.41% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 141/197 | 180/197 |
Brazil and Cuba: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 72,388,126 | 7,238,081 | - | - |
| 1961 | 74,605,447 | 7,387,117 | 3.06% | 2.06% |
| 1962 | 76,865,323 | 7,541,098 | 3.03% | 2.08% |
| 1963 | 79,164,235 | 7,701,660 | 2.99% | 2.13% |
| 1964 | 81,488,595 | 7,866,020 | 2.94% | 2.13% |
| 1965 | 83,817,583 | 8,030,797 | 2.86% | 2.09% |
| 1966 | 86,139,359 | 8,193,450 | 2.77% | 2.03% |
| 1967 | 88,446,124 | 8,352,625 | 2.68% | 1.94% |
| 1968 | 90,741,240 | 8,509,522 | 2.59% | 1.88% |
| 1969 | 93,045,777 | 8,666,640 | 2.54% | 1.85% |
| 1970 | 95,375,651 | 8,824,382 | 2.5% | 1.82% |
| 1971 | 97,739,273 | 8,979,085 | 2.48% | 1.75% |
| 1972 | 100,146,797 | 9,123,891 | 2.46% | 1.61% |
| 1973 | 102,600,976 | 9,255,328 | 2.45% | 1.44% |
| 1974 | 105,089,675 | 9,374,183 | 2.43% | 1.28% |
| 1975 | 107,619,565 | 9,479,726 | 2.41% | 1.13% |
| 1976 | 110,213,349 | 9,571,242 | 2.41% | 0.97% |
| 1977 | 112,875,292 | 9,648,440 | 2.42% | 0.81% |
| 1978 | 115,600,942 | 9,711,980 | 2.41% | 0.66% |
| 1979 | 118,380,821 | 9,763,355 | 2.4% | 0.53% |
| 1980 | 121,207,461 | 9,804,796 | 2.39% | 0.42% |
| 1981 | 124,063,109 | 9,849,320 | 2.36% | 0.45% |
| 1982 | 126,923,155 | 9,912,681 | 2.31% | 0.64% |
| 1983 | 129,790,077 | 9,991,026 | 2.26% | 0.79% |
| 1984 | 132,658,864 | 10,073,299 | 2.21% | 0.82% |
| 1985 | 135,515,595 | 10,157,228 | 2.15% | 0.83% |
| 1986 | 138,336,370 | 10,244,247 | 2.08% | 0.86% |
| 1987 | 141,104,944 | 10,335,342 | 2% | 0.89% |
| 1988 | 143,826,357 | 10,432,585 | 1.93% | 0.94% |
| 1989 | 146,502,972 | 10,533,243 | 1.86% | 0.96% |
| 1990 | 149,143,223 | 10,631,799 | 1.8% | 0.94% |
| 1991 | 151,724,256 | 10,717,640 | 1.73% | 0.81% |
| 1992 | 154,275,079 | 10,785,801 | 1.68% | 0.64% |
| 1993 | 156,794,577 | 10,841,031 | 1.63% | 0.51% |
| 1994 | 159,265,006 | 10,886,021 | 1.58% | 0.41% |
| 1995 | 161,735,073 | 10,925,362 | 1.55% | 0.36% |
| 1996 | 164,202,549 | 10,962,010 | 1.53% | 0.34% |
| 1997 | 166,661,659 | 10,997,934 | 1.5% | 0.33% |
| 1998 | 169,159,655 | 11,034,712 | 1.5% | 0.33% |
| 1999 | 171,641,543 | 11,072,230 | 1.47% | 0.34% |
| 2000 | 174,018,282 | 11,109,109 | 1.38% | 0.33% |
| 2001 | 176,301,203 | 11,144,132 | 1.31% | 0.32% |
| 2002 | 178,503,484 | 11,177,418 | 1.25% | 0.3% |
| 2003 | 180,622,688 | 11,209,383 | 1.19% | 0.29% |
| 2004 | 182,675,143 | 11,238,756 | 1.14% | 0.26% |
| 2005 | 184,688,101 | 11,262,554 | 1.1% | 0.21% |
| 2006 | 186,653,106 | 11,278,550 | 1.06% | 0.14% |
| 2007 | 188,552,320 | 11,287,272 | 1.02% | 0.08% |
| 2008 | 190,367,302 | 11,291,762 | 0.96% | 0.04% |
| 2009 | 192,079,951 | 11,294,719 | 0.9% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 193,701,929 | 11,297,409 | 0.84% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 195,284,734 | 11,301,571 | 0.82% | 0.04% |
| 2012 | 196,876,111 | 11,303,175 | 0.81% | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 198,478,299 | 11,298,167 | 0.81% | -0.04% |
| 2014 | 200,085,127 | 11,285,775 | 0.81% | -0.11% |
| 2015 | 201,675,532 | 11,275,065 | 0.79% | -0.09% |
| 2016 | 203,218,114 | 11,265,612 | 0.76% | -0.08% |
| 2017 | 204,703,445 | 11,247,829 | 0.73% | -0.16% |
| 2018 | 206,107,261 | 11,227,118 | 0.69% | -0.18% |
| 2019 | 207,455,459 | 11,202,846 | 0.65% | -0.22% |
| 2020 | 208,660,842 | 11,176,354 | 0.58% | -0.24% |
| 2021 | 209,550,294 | 11,122,168 | 0.43% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 210,306,415 | 11,059,820 | 0.36% | -0.56% |
| 2023 | 211,140,729 | 11,019,931 | 0.4% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 211,998,573 | 10,979,783 | 0.41% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 212,812,405 | 10,937,204 | 0.38% | -0.39% |
| 2026 | 213,562,674 | 10,892,659 | 0.35% | -0.41% |
| 2027 | 214,261,037 | 10,846,709 | 0.33% | -0.42% |
| 2028 | 214,911,388 | 10,799,586 | 0.3% | -0.43% |
| 2029 | 215,515,178 | 10,750,892 | 0.28% | -0.45% |
| 2030 | 216,074,424 | 10,700,820 | 0.26% | -0.47% |
| 2031 | 216,587,355 | 10,649,673 | 0.24% | -0.48% |
| 2032 | 217,055,392 | 10,597,336 | 0.22% | -0.49% |
| 2033 | 217,479,394 | 10,543,539 | 0.2% | -0.51% |
| 2034 | 217,860,892 | 10,488,270 | 0.18% | -0.52% |
| 2035 | 218,199,715 | 10,431,762 | 0.16% | -0.54% |
| 2036 | 218,495,215 | 10,373,926 | 0.14% | -0.55% |
| 2037 | 218,747,246 | 10,314,339 | 0.12% | -0.57% |
| 2038 | 218,955,573 | 10,253,201 | 0.1% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 219,118,385 | 10,190,465 | 0.07% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 219,237,085 | 10,125,837 | 0.05% | -0.63% |
| 2041 | 219,307,158 | 10,059,299 | 0.03% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 219,319,771 | 9,990,897 | 0.006% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 219,276,528 | 9,920,670 | -0.02% | -0.7% |
| 2044 | 219,179,002 | 9,848,751 | -0.04% | -0.72% |
| 2045 | 219,026,208 | 9,775,205 | -0.07% | -0.75% |
| 2046 | 218,821,045 | 9,699,830 | -0.09% | -0.77% |
| 2047 | 218,565,379 | 9,622,707 | -0.12% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 218,258,225 | 9,544,142 | -0.14% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 217,897,833 | 9,463,925 | -0.17% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 217,489,309 | 9,381,995 | -0.19% | -0.87% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brazil increased by 16,987,431 people (a 9.2% growth), while Cuba gained 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brazil gained 11,739,548 (a 5.82% growth), while Cuba's population decreased by -337,861 (a 3% decline).
Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2005 and is 7th in 2025. Cuba was ranked 72nd in 2005 and ranked 89th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Brazil's population will grow by 1.91% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. The population of Cuba will decrease by 14.2% to 9,381,995 people and rank change from 89th to 104th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Sao Paulo | 11.5M |
| Rio de Janeiro | 6.21M |
| Brasilia | 2.82M |
| Fortaleza | 2.43M |
| Salvador | 2.42M |
| Belo Horizonte | 2.32M |
| Manaus | 2.06M |
| Curitiba | 1.77M |
| Recife | 1.49M |
| Goiania | 1.44M |
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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 Brazil and Cuba
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| Life expectancy | 76.2 years | 78.4 years |
| Average age | 36.3 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 35.4 years | 43.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.62 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| Population density | 65.7 ppl/mi² | 274 ppl/mi² |
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