Population in Cuba compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cuba and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	DR Congo	Cuba	DR Congo
1960	7,238,081	15,264,846	-	-
1961	7,387,117	15,662,374	2.06%	2.6%
1962	7,541,098	16,075,724	2.08%	2.64%
1963	7,701,660	16,507,599	2.13%	2.69%
1964	7,866,020	16,955,327	2.13%	2.71%
1965	8,030,797	17,427,802	2.09%	2.79%
1966	8,193,450	17,931,929	2.03%	2.89%
1967	8,352,625	18,462,782	1.94%	2.96%
1968	8,509,522	19,012,189	1.88%	2.98%
1969	8,666,640	19,570,445	1.85%	2.94%
1970	8,824,382	20,137,436	1.82%	2.9%
1971	8,979,085	20,695,569	1.75%	2.77%
1972	9,123,891	21,251,160	1.61%	2.68%
1973	9,255,328	21,827,665	1.44%	2.71%
1974	9,374,183	22,418,878	1.28%	2.71%
1975	9,479,726	23,021,101	1.13%	2.69%
1976	9,571,242	23,624,031	0.97%	2.62%
1977	9,648,440	24,229,061	0.81%	2.56%
1978	9,711,980	24,992,689	0.66%	3.15%
1979	9,763,355	25,886,782	0.53%	3.58%
1980	9,804,796	26,711,099	0.42%	3.18%
1981	9,849,320	27,500,515	0.45%	2.96%
1982	9,912,681	28,338,190	0.64%	3.05%
1983	9,991,026	29,250,963	0.79%	3.22%
1984	10,073,299	30,245,081	0.82%	3.4%
1985	10,157,228	31,264,816	0.83%	3.37%
1986	10,244,247	32,265,196	0.86%	3.2%
1987	10,335,342	33,298,904	0.89%	3.2%
1988	10,432,585	34,382,752	0.94%	3.25%
1989	10,533,243	35,486,866	0.96%	3.21%
1990	10,631,799	36,684,063	0.94%	3.37%
1991	10,717,640	37,925,817	0.81%	3.38%
1992	10,785,801	39,228,910	0.64%	3.44%
1993	10,841,031	40,656,336	0.51%	3.64%
1994	10,886,021	42,626,876	0.41%	4.85%
1995	10,925,362	44,433,704	0.36%	4.24%
1996	10,962,010	45,296,124	0.34%	1.94%
1997	10,997,934	46,029,902	0.33%	1.62%
1998	11,034,712	47,297,600	0.33%	2.75%
1999	11,072,230	48,912,971	0.34%	3.42%
2000	11,109,109	50,507,442	0.33%	3.26%
2001	11,144,132	52,132,646	0.32%	3.22%
2002	11,177,418	53,750,524	0.3%	3.1%
2003	11,209,383	55,343,867	0.29%	2.96%
2004	11,238,756	56,997,741	0.26%	2.99%
2005	11,262,554	58,775,724	0.21%	3.12%
2006	11,278,550	60,615,908	0.14%	3.13%
2007	11,287,272	62,477,752	0.08%	3.07%
2008	11,291,762	64,390,664	0.04%	3.06%
2009	11,294,719	66,412,044	0.03%	3.14%
2010	11,297,409	68,563,038	0.02%	3.24%
2011	11,301,571	70,849,311	0.04%	3.33%
2012	11,303,175	73,254,618	0.01%	3.39%
2013	11,298,167	75,789,395	-0.04%	3.46%
2014	11,285,775	78,403,242	-0.11%	3.45%
2015	11,275,065	81,035,531	-0.09%	3.36%
2016	11,265,612	83,956,415	-0.08%	3.6%
2017	11,247,829	87,083,398	-0.16%	3.72%
2018	11,227,118	90,047,644	-0.18%	3.4%
2019	11,202,846	92,947,442	-0.22%	3.22%
2020	11,176,354	95,989,998	-0.24%	3.27%
2021	11,122,168	99,148,932	-0.48%	3.29%
2022	11,059,820	102,396,968	-0.56%	3.28%
2023	11,019,931	105,789,731	-0.36%	3.31%
2024	10,979,783	109,276,265	-0.36%	3.3%
2025	10,937,204	112,832,475	-0.39%	3.25%
2026	10,892,659	116,452,162	-0.41%	3.21%
2027	10,846,709	120,129,744	-0.42%	3.16%
2028	10,799,586	123,871,555	-0.43%	3.11%
2029	10,750,892	127,674,141	-0.45%	3.07%
2030	10,700,820	131,532,201	-0.47%	3.02%
2031	10,649,673	135,447,495	-0.48%	2.98%
2032	10,597,336	139,408,613	-0.49%	2.92%
2033	10,543,539	143,414,031	-0.51%	2.87%
2034	10,488,270	147,468,142	-0.52%	2.83%
2035	10,431,762	151,560,102	-0.54%	2.77%
2036	10,373,926	155,689,453	-0.55%	2.72%
2037	10,314,339	159,848,574	-0.57%	2.67%
2038	10,253,201	164,045,610	-0.59%	2.63%
2039	10,190,465	168,296,695	-0.61%	2.59%
2040	10,125,837	172,595,578	-0.63%	2.55%
2041	10,059,299	176,946,261	-0.66%	2.52%
2042	9,990,897	181,350,407	-0.68%	2.49%
2043	9,920,670	185,805,168	-0.7%	2.46%
2044	9,848,751	190,312,004	-0.72%	2.43%
2045	9,775,205	194,865,386	-0.75%	2.39%
2046	9,699,830	199,464,487	-0.77%	2.36%
2047	9,622,707	204,105,925	-0.8%	2.33%
2048	9,544,142	208,783,692	-0.82%	2.29%
2049	9,463,925	213,497,692	-0.84%	2.26%
2050	9,381,995	218,246,073	-0.87%	2.22%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cuba decreased by 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline), while the DR Congo gained 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cuba lost -372,953 (a 3.31% decline), while the DR Congo's population increased by 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth).

Cuba was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2006 and is 90th in 2026. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2006 and ranked 15th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Cuba's population will shrink by 13.9% to 9,381,995 people with a rank change from 90th to 104th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.