Population in Cuba compared to the Dominican Republic: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cuba and the Dominican Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Dominican Republic	Cuba	Dominican Republic
1960	7,238,081	3,268,336	-	-
1961	7,387,117	3,373,233	2.06%	3.21%
1962	7,541,098	3,479,936	2.08%	3.16%
1963	7,701,660	3,588,287	2.13%	3.11%
1964	7,866,020	3,698,559	2.13%	3.07%
1965	8,030,797	3,808,963	2.09%	2.99%
1966	8,193,450	3,921,847	2.03%	2.96%
1967	8,352,625	4,038,928	1.94%	2.99%
1968	8,509,522	4,157,189	1.88%	2.93%
1969	8,666,640	4,277,035	1.85%	2.88%
1970	8,824,382	4,399,290	1.82%	2.86%
1971	8,979,085	4,524,234	1.75%	2.84%
1972	9,123,891	4,651,883	1.61%	2.82%
1973	9,255,328	4,782,227	1.44%	2.8%
1974	9,374,183	4,914,197	1.28%	2.76%
1975	9,479,726	5,046,776	1.13%	2.7%
1976	9,571,242	5,180,404	0.97%	2.65%
1977	9,648,440	5,315,443	0.81%	2.61%
1978	9,711,980	5,451,882	0.66%	2.57%
1979	9,763,355	5,589,690	0.53%	2.53%
1980	9,804,796	5,729,037	0.42%	2.49%
1981	9,849,320	5,868,453	0.45%	2.43%
1982	9,912,681	6,007,114	0.64%	2.36%
1983	9,991,026	6,147,248	0.79%	2.33%
1984	10,073,299	6,289,040	0.82%	2.31%
1985	10,157,228	6,430,404	0.83%	2.25%
1986	10,244,247	6,571,208	0.86%	2.19%
1987	10,335,342	6,712,515	0.89%	2.15%
1988	10,432,585	6,855,734	0.94%	2.13%
1989	10,533,243	7,002,295	0.96%	2.14%
1990	10,631,799	7,151,166	0.94%	2.13%
1991	10,717,640	7,299,853	0.81%	2.08%
1992	10,785,801	7,447,474	0.64%	2.02%
1993	10,841,031	7,594,572	0.51%	1.98%
1994	10,886,021	7,741,694	0.41%	1.94%
1995	10,925,362	7,888,115	0.36%	1.89%
1996	10,962,010	8,032,894	0.34%	1.84%
1997	10,997,934	8,174,078	0.33%	1.76%
1998	11,034,712	8,310,362	0.33%	1.67%
1999	11,072,230	8,446,208	0.34%	1.63%
2000	11,109,109	8,584,190	0.33%	1.63%
2001	11,144,132	8,720,283	0.32%	1.59%
2002	11,177,418	8,852,235	0.3%	1.51%
2003	11,209,383	8,980,620	0.29%	1.45%
2004	11,238,756	9,104,892	0.26%	1.38%
2005	11,262,554	9,225,034	0.21%	1.32%
2006	11,278,550	9,341,183	0.14%	1.26%
2007	11,287,272	9,455,658	0.08%	1.23%
2008	11,291,762	9,573,130	0.04%	1.24%
2009	11,294,719	9,695,265	0.03%	1.28%
2010	11,297,409	9,820,175	0.02%	1.29%
2011	11,301,571	9,945,621	0.04%	1.28%
2012	11,303,175	10,070,411	0.01%	1.25%
2013	11,298,167	10,193,833	-0.04%	1.23%
2014	11,285,775	10,315,528	-0.11%	1.19%
2015	11,275,065	10,434,829	-0.09%	1.16%
2016	11,265,612	10,551,430	-0.08%	1.12%
2017	11,247,829	10,666,843	-0.16%	1.09%
2018	11,227,118	10,782,053	-0.18%	1.08%
2019	11,202,846	10,894,043	-0.22%	1.04%
2020	11,176,354	11,008,300	-0.24%	1.05%
2021	11,122,168	11,123,476	-0.48%	1.05%
2022	11,059,820	11,230,734	-0.56%	0.96%
2023	11,019,931	11,331,265	-0.36%	0.9%
2024	10,979,783	11,427,557	-0.36%	0.85%
2025	10,937,204	11,520,480	-0.39%	0.81%
2026	10,892,659	11,609,496	-0.41%	0.77%
2027	10,846,709	11,695,935	-0.42%	0.74%
2028	10,799,586	11,779,929	-0.43%	0.72%
2029	10,750,892	11,860,814	-0.45%	0.69%
2030	10,700,820	11,938,853	-0.47%	0.66%
2031	10,649,673	12,014,148	-0.48%	0.63%
2032	10,597,336	12,086,669	-0.49%	0.6%
2033	10,543,539	12,156,523	-0.51%	0.58%
2034	10,488,270	12,224,121	-0.52%	0.56%
2035	10,431,762	12,289,431	-0.54%	0.53%
2036	10,373,926	12,352,228	-0.55%	0.51%
2037	10,314,339	12,412,542	-0.57%	0.49%
2038	10,253,201	12,470,656	-0.59%	0.47%
2039	10,190,465	12,526,156	-0.61%	0.45%
2040	10,125,837	12,579,320	-0.63%	0.42%
2041	10,059,299	12,630,679	-0.66%	0.41%
2042	9,990,897	12,680,019	-0.68%	0.39%
2043	9,920,670	12,727,289	-0.7%	0.37%
2044	9,848,751	12,772,651	-0.72%	0.36%
2045	9,775,205	12,816,003	-0.75%	0.34%
2046	9,699,830	12,856,883	-0.77%	0.32%
2047	9,622,707	12,895,158	-0.8%	0.3%
2048	9,544,142	12,931,165	-0.82%	0.28%
2049	9,463,925	12,964,841	-0.84%	0.26%
2050	9,381,995	12,996,290	-0.87%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th in 2005 and ranked 84th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Cuba's population will shrink by 14.2% to 9,381,995 people with a rank change from 89th to 104th. The population of the Dominican Republic will increase by 12.1% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.