The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,200 in 2024 vs 10,979,783 people in Cuba in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,813,345 people compared to 10,892,659 in Cuba.
Population statistics:
- Cuba's population is 2.86 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Cuba is the 90th.
- The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.13% for Cuba.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs -0.26% in Cuba.
- Since 2006, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.81M (11.5% 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 31.9% of the population in Croatia and 33.8% in Cuba.
Croatia vs Cuba: live population counter
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| Current population |
3813345
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10892659
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| Population rank | 129/197 | 90/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
1.34 hours
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13.1 minutes
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| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
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5.48 minutes
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| One death every |
10.2 minutes
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4.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
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23.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,186 | -22,356 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | -110 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,514 | -40,148 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 158/197 | 182/197 |
Croatia and Cuba: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 7,238,081 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 7,387,117 | 0.65% | 2.06% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 7,541,098 | 0.71% | 2.08% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 7,701,660 | 0.69% | 2.13% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 7,866,020 | 0.64% | 2.13% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 8,030,797 | 0.66% | 2.09% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 8,193,450 | 0.7% | 2.03% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 8,352,625 | 0.65% | 1.94% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 8,509,522 | 0.62% | 1.88% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 8,666,640 | 0.59% | 1.85% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 8,824,382 | 0.47% | 1.82% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 8,979,085 | 0.43% | 1.75% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 9,123,891 | 0.44% | 1.61% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 9,255,328 | 0.44% | 1.44% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 9,374,183 | 0.46% | 1.28% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 9,479,726 | 0.48% | 1.13% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 9,571,242 | 0.53% | 0.97% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 9,648,440 | 0.52% | 0.81% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 9,711,980 | 0.47% | 0.66% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 9,763,355 | 0.3% | 0.53% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 9,804,796 | 0.11% | 0.42% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 9,849,320 | 0.25% | 0.45% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 9,912,681 | 0.49% | 0.64% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 9,991,026 | 0.52% | 0.79% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 10,073,299 | 0.47% | 0.82% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 10,157,228 | 0.45% | 0.83% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 10,244,247 | 0.43% | 0.86% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 10,335,342 | 0.39% | 0.89% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 10,432,585 | 0.33% | 0.94% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 10,533,243 | 0.25% | 0.96% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 10,631,799 | 0.21% | 0.94% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 10,717,640 | -1.85% | 0.81% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 10,785,801 | -2.41% | 0.64% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 10,841,031 | 0.54% | 0.51% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 10,886,021 | 1.12% | 0.41% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 10,925,362 | -0.69% | 0.36% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 10,962,010 | -1.36% | 0.34% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 10,997,934 | -0.49% | 0.33% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 11,034,712 | -0.06% | 0.33% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 11,072,230 | -0.43% | 0.34% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 11,109,109 | -0.98% | 0.33% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 11,144,132 | -3.77% | 0.32% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 11,177,418 | 0.06% | 0.3% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 11,209,383 | 0.03% | 0.29% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 11,238,756 | 0.03% | 0.26% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 11,262,554 | 0.13% | 0.21% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 11,278,550 | 0.02% | 0.14% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 11,287,272 | -0.02% | 0.08% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 11,291,762 | -0.01% | 0.04% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 11,294,719 | -0.1% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 11,297,409 | -0.23% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 11,301,571 | -0.34% | 0.04% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 11,303,175 | -0.47% | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 11,298,167 | -0.62% | -0.04% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 11,285,775 | -0.76% | -0.11% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 11,275,065 | -1.19% | -0.09% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 11,265,612 | -1.08% | -0.08% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 11,247,829 | -1.59% | -0.16% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 11,227,118 | -1.3% | -0.18% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 11,202,846 | -0.99% | -0.22% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 11,176,354 | -0.89% | -0.24% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 11,122,168 | -0.9% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 11,059,820 | -0.6% | -0.56% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 11,019,931 | 0.1% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 3,866,200 | 10,979,783 | 0.17% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 3,839,102 | 10,937,204 | -0.7% | -0.39% |
| 2026 | 3,813,345 | 10,892,659 | -0.67% | -0.41% |
| 2027 | 3,788,411 | 10,846,709 | -0.65% | -0.42% |
| 2028 | 3,764,412 | 10,799,586 | -0.63% | -0.43% |
| 2029 | 3,740,768 | 10,750,892 | -0.63% | -0.45% |
| 2030 | 3,716,995 | 10,700,820 | -0.64% | -0.47% |
| 2031 | 3,692,964 | 10,649,673 | -0.65% | -0.48% |
| 2032 | 3,668,796 | 10,597,336 | -0.65% | -0.49% |
| 2033 | 3,645,158 | 10,543,539 | -0.64% | -0.51% |
| 2034 | 3,621,729 | 10,488,270 | -0.64% | -0.52% |
| 2035 | 3,598,724 | 10,431,762 | -0.64% | -0.54% |
| 2036 | 3,575,930 | 10,373,926 | -0.63% | -0.55% |
| 2037 | 3,552,378 | 10,314,339 | -0.66% | -0.57% |
| 2038 | 3,528,291 | 10,253,201 | -0.68% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 3,504,229 | 10,190,465 | -0.68% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 3,480,092 | 10,125,837 | -0.69% | -0.63% |
| 2041 | 3,455,620 | 10,059,299 | -0.7% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 3,430,837 | 9,990,897 | -0.72% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 3,405,931 | 9,920,670 | -0.73% | -0.7% |
| 2044 | 3,380,593 | 9,848,751 | -0.74% | -0.72% |
| 2045 | 3,355,044 | 9,775,205 | -0.76% | -0.75% |
| 2046 | 3,329,650 | 9,699,830 | -0.76% | -0.77% |
| 2047 | 3,304,087 | 9,622,707 | -0.77% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 3,278,267 | 9,544,142 | -0.78% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 3,252,449 | 9,463,925 | -0.79% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 3,226,539 | 9,381,995 | -0.8% | -0.87% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Croatia decreased by 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline), while Cuba lost 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Croatia lost -293,522 (a 7.15% decline), while Cuba's population decreased by -372,953 (a 3.31% decline).
Croatia was ranked 120th most populous country in 2006 and is 129th 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) Croatia's population will shrink by 15.4% to 3,226,539 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. 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 |
| Zagreb | 767K |
| Split | 161K |
| Rijeka | 108K |
| Osijek | 96.3K |
| Zadar | 70.8K |
| Velika Gorica | 61.1K |
| Pula | 52.2K |
| Slavonski Brod | 49.9K |
| Karlovac | 49.4K |
| Sibenik | 42.6K |
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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 Croatia and Cuba
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| Life expectancy | 79.1 years | 78.6 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 43.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 274 ppl/mi² |
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