The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 1,400,638 people in East Timor in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 1,433,311 in East Timor.
Population statistics:
- Cuba's population is 7.63 times bigger than East Timor's.
- Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while East Timor is the 152nd.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.02% for East Timor.
- For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs +1.74% in East Timor.
- Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while East Timor has grown from 948K to 1.43M (51.1% growth).
- East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people, while Cuba's population already peaked in 2012 at 11.3M people and is projected to decrease to 5.58M people by 2100.
Cuba vs East Timor: live population counter
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| Current population |
10937204
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1433311
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| Population rank | 89/197 | 152/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
13.1 minutes
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32.1 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.48 minutes
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17.2 minutes
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| One death every |
4.7 minutes
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52.2 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
23.5 minutes
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3.43 hours
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| Annual migration change | -22,356 | -2,552 |
| Daily growth/decline | -110 | +45 |
| Annual growth/decline | -40,148 | +16,352 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | +1.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 180/197 | 93/197 |
Cuba and East Timor: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,238,081 | 468,118 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,387,117 | 475,291 | 2.06% | 1.53% |
| 1962 | 7,541,098 | 482,774 | 2.08% | 1.57% |
| 1963 | 7,701,660 | 490,564 | 2.13% | 1.61% |
| 1964 | 7,866,020 | 498,659 | 2.13% | 1.65% |
| 1965 | 8,030,797 | 507,034 | 2.09% | 1.68% |
| 1966 | 8,193,450 | 515,696 | 2.03% | 1.71% |
| 1967 | 8,352,625 | 524,648 | 1.94% | 1.74% |
| 1968 | 8,509,522 | 533,875 | 1.88% | 1.76% |
| 1969 | 8,666,640 | 543,356 | 1.85% | 1.78% |
| 1970 | 8,824,382 | 553,069 | 1.82% | 1.79% |
| 1971 | 8,979,085 | 562,966 | 1.75% | 1.79% |
| 1972 | 9,123,891 | 572,962 | 1.61% | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 9,255,328 | 582,855 | 1.44% | 1.73% |
| 1974 | 9,374,183 | 590,827 | 1.28% | 1.37% |
| 1975 | 9,479,726 | 598,158 | 1.13% | 1.24% |
| 1976 | 9,571,242 | 607,620 | 0.97% | 1.58% |
| 1977 | 9,648,440 | 618,315 | 0.81% | 1.76% |
| 1978 | 9,711,980 | 628,775 | 0.66% | 1.69% |
| 1979 | 9,763,355 | 638,719 | 0.53% | 1.58% |
| 1980 | 9,804,796 | 649,871 | 0.42% | 1.75% |
| 1981 | 9,849,320 | 660,493 | 0.45% | 1.63% |
| 1982 | 9,912,681 | 669,149 | 0.64% | 1.31% |
| 1983 | 9,991,026 | 677,707 | 0.79% | 1.28% |
| 1984 | 10,073,299 | 686,777 | 0.82% | 1.34% |
| 1985 | 10,157,228 | 696,665 | 0.83% | 1.44% |
| 1986 | 10,244,247 | 707,185 | 0.86% | 1.51% |
| 1987 | 10,335,342 | 718,476 | 0.89% | 1.6% |
| 1988 | 10,432,585 | 730,745 | 0.94% | 1.71% |
| 1989 | 10,533,243 | 744,856 | 0.96% | 1.93% |
| 1990 | 10,631,799 | 760,345 | 0.94% | 2.08% |
| 1991 | 10,717,640 | 778,278 | 0.81% | 2.36% |
| 1992 | 10,785,801 | 799,318 | 0.64% | 2.7% |
| 1993 | 10,841,031 | 821,437 | 0.51% | 2.77% |
| 1994 | 10,886,021 | 844,493 | 0.41% | 2.81% |
| 1995 | 10,925,362 | 868,146 | 0.36% | 2.8% |
| 1996 | 10,962,010 | 892,282 | 0.34% | 2.78% |
| 1997 | 10,997,934 | 917,184 | 0.33% | 2.79% |
| 1998 | 11,034,712 | 942,530 | 0.33% | 2.76% |
| 1999 | 11,072,230 | 834,697 | 0.34% | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 11,109,109 | 745,088 | 0.33% | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 11,144,132 | 812,249 | 0.32% | 9.01% |
| 2002 | 11,177,418 | 879,159 | 0.3% | 8.24% |
| 2003 | 11,209,383 | 916,878 | 0.29% | 4.29% |
| 2004 | 11,238,756 | 929,074 | 0.26% | 1.33% |
| 2005 | 11,262,554 | 948,311 | 0.21% | 2.07% |
| 2006 | 11,278,550 | 976,597 | 0.14% | 2.98% |
| 2007 | 11,287,272 | 1,004,889 | 0.08% | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 11,291,762 | 1,032,429 | 0.04% | 2.74% |
| 2009 | 11,294,719 | 1,058,782 | 0.03% | 2.55% |
| 2010 | 11,297,409 | 1,084,679 | 0.02% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 11,301,571 | 1,110,207 | 0.04% | 2.35% |
| 2012 | 11,303,175 | 1,134,885 | 0.01% | 2.22% |
| 2013 | 11,298,167 | 1,158,695 | -0.04% | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 11,285,775 | 1,181,903 | -0.11% | 2% |
| 2015 | 11,275,065 | 1,205,131 | -0.09% | 1.97% |
| 2016 | 11,265,612 | 1,228,312 | -0.08% | 1.92% |
| 2017 | 11,247,829 | 1,251,703 | -0.16% | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 11,227,118 | 1,275,959 | -0.18% | 1.94% |
| 2019 | 11,202,846 | 1,300,945 | -0.22% | 1.96% |
| 2020 | 11,176,354 | 1,326,053 | -0.24% | 1.93% |
| 2021 | 11,122,168 | 1,350,139 | -0.48% | 1.82% |
| 2022 | 11,059,820 | 1,369,295 | -0.56% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 11,019,931 | 1,384,286 | -0.36% | 1.09% |
| 2024 | 10,979,783 | 1,400,638 | -0.36% | 1.18% |
| 2025 | 10,937,204 | 1,418,519 | -0.39% | 1.28% |
| 2026 | 10,892,659 | 1,436,934 | -0.41% | 1.3% |
| 2027 | 10,846,709 | 1,456,334 | -0.42% | 1.35% |
| 2028 | 10,799,586 | 1,476,850 | -0.43% | 1.41% |
| 2029 | 10,750,892 | 1,498,119 | -0.45% | 1.44% |
| 2030 | 10,700,820 | 1,519,802 | -0.47% | 1.45% |
| 2031 | 10,649,673 | 1,540,659 | -0.48% | 1.37% |
| 2032 | 10,597,336 | 1,559,710 | -0.49% | 1.24% |
| 2033 | 10,543,539 | 1,578,114 | -0.51% | 1.18% |
| 2034 | 10,488,270 | 1,597,444 | -0.52% | 1.22% |
| 2035 | 10,431,762 | 1,618,799 | -0.54% | 1.34% |
| 2036 | 10,373,926 | 1,639,721 | -0.55% | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 10,314,339 | 1,659,327 | -0.57% | 1.2% |
| 2038 | 10,253,201 | 1,678,953 | -0.59% | 1.18% |
| 2039 | 10,190,465 | 1,698,891 | -0.61% | 1.19% |
| 2040 | 10,125,837 | 1,718,249 | -0.63% | 1.14% |
| 2041 | 10,059,299 | 1,736,476 | -0.66% | 1.06% |
| 2042 | 9,990,897 | 1,755,847 | -0.68% | 1.12% |
| 2043 | 9,920,670 | 1,776,066 | -0.7% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 9,848,751 | 1,793,758 | -0.72% | 1% |
| 2045 | 9,775,205 | 1,809,637 | -0.75% | 0.89% |
| 2046 | 9,699,830 | 1,825,551 | -0.77% | 0.88% |
| 2047 | 9,622,707 | 1,841,558 | -0.8% | 0.88% |
| 2048 | 9,544,142 | 1,858,311 | -0.82% | 0.91% |
| 2049 | 9,463,925 | 1,873,846 | -0.84% | 0.84% |
| 2050 | 9,381,995 | 1,889,246 | -0.87% | 0.82% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while East Timor gained 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while East Timor's population increased by 228,180 (a 18.9% growth).
Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. East Timor was ranked 154th in 2005 and ranked 152nd 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 East Timor will increase by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people and rank change from 152nd to 149th.
Biggest cities by population
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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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| City | Population |
| Dili | 222K |
| Maliana | 15.8K |
| Baucau | 15K |
| Ainaro | 5.45K |
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Population differences between Cuba and East Timor
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| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 68.1 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 26.6 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 22.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.44 births per woman | 2.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 274 ppl/mi² | 244 ppl/mi² |
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