The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 6,338,193 people in El Salvador in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 6,386,184 in El Salvador.
Population statistics:
- Cuba's population is 1.71 times bigger than El Salvador's.
- Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while El Salvador is the 112th.
- The countries together account for 0.21% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.08% for El Salvador.
- For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs +0.29% in El Salvador.
- Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while El Salvador has grown from 6.01M to 6.39M (6.34% growth).
- El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M 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 El Salvador: live population counter
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| Current population |
10937204
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6386184
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| Population rank | 89/197 | 112/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.08% |
| One net population change |
13.1 minutes
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18.4 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.48 minutes
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5.29 minutes
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| One death every |
4.7 minutes
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11.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
23.5 minutes
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22.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -22,356 | -23,102 |
| Daily growth/decline | -110 | +78 |
| Annual growth/decline | -40,148 | +28,569 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | +0.45% |
| Population growth rate rank | 180/197 | 140/197 |
Cuba and El Salvador: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,238,081 | 2,791,459 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,387,117 | 2,870,016 | 2.06% | 2.81% |
| 1962 | 7,541,098 | 2,949,204 | 2.08% | 2.76% |
| 1963 | 7,701,660 | 3,028,679 | 2.13% | 2.69% |
| 1964 | 7,866,020 | 3,111,883 | 2.13% | 2.75% |
| 1965 | 8,030,797 | 3,199,466 | 2.09% | 2.81% |
| 1966 | 8,193,450 | 3,290,961 | 2.03% | 2.86% |
| 1967 | 8,352,625 | 3,385,184 | 1.94% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 8,509,522 | 3,480,773 | 1.88% | 2.82% |
| 1969 | 8,666,640 | 3,576,485 | 1.85% | 2.75% |
| 1970 | 8,824,382 | 3,668,796 | 1.82% | 2.58% |
| 1971 | 8,979,085 | 3,757,523 | 1.75% | 2.42% |
| 1972 | 9,123,891 | 3,846,830 | 1.61% | 2.38% |
| 1973 | 9,255,328 | 3,938,068 | 1.44% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 9,374,183 | 4,029,671 | 1.28% | 2.33% |
| 1975 | 9,479,726 | 4,120,449 | 1.13% | 2.25% |
| 1976 | 9,571,242 | 4,210,310 | 0.97% | 2.18% |
| 1977 | 9,648,440 | 4,301,256 | 0.81% | 2.16% |
| 1978 | 9,711,980 | 4,394,114 | 0.66% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 9,763,355 | 4,480,388 | 0.53% | 1.96% |
| 1980 | 9,804,796 | 4,540,382 | 0.42% | 1.34% |
| 1981 | 9,849,320 | 4,570,599 | 0.45% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 9,912,681 | 4,622,477 | 0.64% | 1.14% |
| 1983 | 9,991,026 | 4,707,367 | 0.79% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 10,073,299 | 4,798,003 | 0.82% | 1.93% |
| 1985 | 10,157,228 | 4,894,706 | 0.83% | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 10,244,247 | 4,992,769 | 0.86% | 2% |
| 1987 | 10,335,342 | 5,092,441 | 0.89% | 2% |
| 1988 | 10,432,585 | 5,195,833 | 0.94% | 2.03% |
| 1989 | 10,533,243 | 5,298,979 | 0.96% | 1.99% |
| 1990 | 10,631,799 | 5,399,726 | 0.94% | 1.9% |
| 1991 | 10,717,640 | 5,495,077 | 0.81% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 10,785,801 | 5,585,609 | 0.64% | 1.65% |
| 1993 | 10,841,031 | 5,659,957 | 0.51% | 1.33% |
| 1994 | 10,886,021 | 5,714,129 | 0.41% | 0.96% |
| 1995 | 10,925,362 | 5,762,131 | 0.36% | 0.84% |
| 1996 | 10,962,010 | 5,805,286 | 0.34% | 0.75% |
| 1997 | 10,997,934 | 5,844,578 | 0.33% | 0.68% |
| 1998 | 11,034,712 | 5,880,781 | 0.33% | 0.62% |
| 1999 | 11,072,230 | 5,913,900 | 0.34% | 0.56% |
| 2000 | 11,109,109 | 5,943,366 | 0.33% | 0.5% |
| 2001 | 11,144,132 | 5,968,060 | 0.32% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 11,177,418 | 5,986,631 | 0.3% | 0.31% |
| 2003 | 11,209,383 | 5,998,599 | 0.29% | 0.2% |
| 2004 | 11,238,756 | 6,004,671 | 0.26% | 0.1% |
| 2005 | 11,262,554 | 6,005,578 | 0.21% | 0.02% |
| 2006 | 11,278,550 | 6,002,319 | 0.14% | -0.05% |
| 2007 | 11,287,272 | 6,009,824 | 0.08% | 0.13% |
| 2008 | 11,291,762 | 6,029,297 | 0.04% | 0.32% |
| 2009 | 11,294,719 | 6,048,279 | 0.03% | 0.31% |
| 2010 | 11,297,409 | 6,068,249 | 0.02% | 0.33% |
| 2011 | 11,301,571 | 6,090,127 | 0.04% | 0.36% |
| 2012 | 11,303,175 | 6,113,975 | 0.01% | 0.39% |
| 2013 | 11,298,167 | 6,138,839 | -0.04% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 11,285,775 | 6,162,955 | -0.11% | 0.39% |
| 2015 | 11,275,065 | 6,183,676 | -0.09% | 0.34% |
| 2016 | 11,265,612 | 6,200,800 | -0.08% | 0.28% |
| 2017 | 11,247,829 | 6,213,533 | -0.16% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 11,227,118 | 6,219,807 | -0.18% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 11,202,846 | 6,222,318 | -0.22% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 11,176,354 | 6,234,673 | -0.24% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 11,122,168 | 6,255,782 | -0.48% | 0.34% |
| 2022 | 11,059,820 | 6,280,319 | -0.56% | 0.39% |
| 2023 | 11,019,931 | 6,309,624 | -0.36% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 10,979,783 | 6,338,193 | -0.36% | 0.45% |
| 2025 | 10,937,204 | 6,365,499 | -0.39% | 0.43% |
| 2026 | 10,892,659 | 6,391,250 | -0.41% | 0.4% |
| 2027 | 10,846,709 | 6,416,437 | -0.42% | 0.39% |
| 2028 | 10,799,586 | 6,440,931 | -0.43% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 10,750,892 | 6,464,413 | -0.45% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 10,700,820 | 6,486,202 | -0.47% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 10,649,673 | 6,506,399 | -0.48% | 0.31% |
| 2032 | 10,597,336 | 6,525,787 | -0.49% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 10,543,539 | 6,544,657 | -0.51% | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 10,488,270 | 6,562,182 | -0.52% | 0.27% |
| 2035 | 10,431,762 | 6,578,179 | -0.54% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 10,373,926 | 6,593,325 | -0.55% | 0.23% |
| 2037 | 10,314,339 | 6,607,014 | -0.57% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 10,253,201 | 6,619,816 | -0.59% | 0.19% |
| 2039 | 10,190,465 | 6,631,169 | -0.61% | 0.17% |
| 2040 | 10,125,837 | 6,640,751 | -0.63% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 10,059,299 | 6,649,288 | -0.66% | 0.13% |
| 2042 | 9,990,897 | 6,656,208 | -0.68% | 0.1% |
| 2043 | 9,920,670 | 6,661,886 | -0.7% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 9,848,751 | 6,665,748 | -0.72% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 9,775,205 | 6,668,028 | -0.75% | 0.03% |
| 2046 | 9,699,830 | 6,669,403 | -0.77% | 0.02% |
| 2047 | 9,622,707 | 6,669,832 | -0.8% | 0.006% |
| 2048 | 9,544,142 | 6,669,220 | -0.82% | -0.009% |
| 2049 | 9,463,925 | 6,666,756 | -0.84% | -0.04% |
| 2050 | 9,381,995 | 6,663,341 | -0.87% | -0.05% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while El Salvador gained 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while El Salvador's population increased by 202,508 (a 3.27% growth).
Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. El Salvador was ranked 102nd in 2005 and ranked 112th 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 El Salvador will increase by 4.34% to 6,663,341 people and rank change from 112th to 116th.
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 |
| San Salvador | 331K |
| Santa Ana | 251K |
| San Miguel | 233K |
| Soyapango | 230K |
| Mejicanos | 137K |
| Apopa | 129K |
| Ahuachapan | 127K |
| Santa Tecla | 126K |
| Sonsonate | 72.2K |
| Usulutan | 66.1K |
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Population differences between Cuba and El Salvador
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| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 72.5 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 31.7 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 28.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 47.5:52.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.44 births per woman | 1.78 births per woman |
| Population density | 274 ppl/mi² | 792 ppl/mi² |
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