The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 46,042,015 people in Iraq in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 47,813,338 in Iraq.
Population statistics:
- Iraq's population is 4.37 times bigger than Cuba's.
- Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while Iraq is the 34th.
- The countries together account for 0.71% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.58% for Iraq.
- For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs +2.45% in Iraq.
- Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while Iraq has grown from 28.4M to 47.8M (68.3% growth).
- Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M 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 Iraq: live population counter
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| Current population |
10937204
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47813338
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| Population rank | 89/197 | 34/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.58% |
| One net population change |
13.1 minutes
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32.6 seconds
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| One birth every |
5.48 minutes
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27.2 seconds
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| One death every |
4.7 minutes
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2.82 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
23.5 minutes
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29.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -22,356 | -17,735 |
| Daily growth/decline | -110 | +2,652 |
| Annual growth/decline | -40,148 | +967,966 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | +2.15% |
| Population growth rate rank | 180/197 | 48/197 |
Cuba and Iraq: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,238,081 | 7,022,052 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,387,117 | 7,194,553 | 2.06% | 2.46% |
| 1962 | 7,541,098 | 7,413,875 | 2.08% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 7,701,660 | 7,667,928 | 2.13% | 3.43% |
| 1964 | 7,866,020 | 7,929,566 | 2.13% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 8,030,797 | 8,202,140 | 2.09% | 3.44% |
| 1966 | 8,193,450 | 8,485,104 | 2.03% | 3.45% |
| 1967 | 8,352,625 | 8,778,869 | 1.94% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 8,509,522 | 9,085,016 | 1.88% | 3.49% |
| 1969 | 8,666,640 | 9,403,356 | 1.85% | 3.5% |
| 1970 | 8,824,382 | 9,735,611 | 1.82% | 3.53% |
| 1971 | 8,979,085 | 10,077,809 | 1.75% | 3.51% |
| 1972 | 9,123,891 | 10,430,164 | 1.61% | 3.5% |
| 1973 | 9,255,328 | 10,795,869 | 1.44% | 3.51% |
| 1974 | 9,374,183 | 11,167,761 | 1.28% | 3.44% |
| 1975 | 9,479,726 | 11,543,639 | 1.13% | 3.37% |
| 1976 | 9,571,242 | 11,927,651 | 0.97% | 3.33% |
| 1977 | 9,648,440 | 12,331,046 | 0.81% | 3.38% |
| 1978 | 9,711,980 | 12,753,355 | 0.66% | 3.42% |
| 1979 | 9,763,355 | 13,170,365 | 0.53% | 3.27% |
| 1980 | 9,804,796 | 13,591,992 | 0.42% | 3.2% |
| 1981 | 9,849,320 | 14,006,381 | 0.45% | 3.05% |
| 1982 | 9,912,681 | 14,406,083 | 0.64% | 2.85% |
| 1983 | 9,991,026 | 14,840,555 | 0.79% | 3.02% |
| 1984 | 10,073,299 | 15,310,733 | 0.82% | 3.17% |
| 1985 | 10,157,228 | 15,683,430 | 0.83% | 2.43% |
| 1986 | 10,244,247 | 16,074,145 | 0.86% | 2.49% |
| 1987 | 10,335,342 | 16,521,049 | 0.89% | 2.78% |
| 1988 | 10,432,585 | 16,908,819 | 0.94% | 2.35% |
| 1989 | 10,533,243 | 17,364,542 | 0.96% | 2.7% |
| 1990 | 10,631,799 | 17,581,206 | 0.94% | 1.25% |
| 1991 | 10,717,640 | 17,767,253 | 0.81% | 1.06% |
| 1992 | 10,785,801 | 18,300,845 | 0.64% | 3% |
| 1993 | 10,841,031 | 19,201,195 | 0.51% | 4.92% |
| 1994 | 10,886,021 | 20,139,807 | 0.41% | 4.89% |
| 1995 | 10,925,362 | 20,825,860 | 0.36% | 3.41% |
| 1996 | 10,962,010 | 21,501,321 | 0.34% | 3.24% |
| 1997 | 10,997,934 | 22,176,593 | 0.33% | 3.14% |
| 1998 | 11,034,712 | 22,884,399 | 0.33% | 3.19% |
| 1999 | 11,072,230 | 23,636,527 | 0.34% | 3.29% |
| 2000 | 11,109,109 | 24,424,056 | 0.33% | 3.33% |
| 2001 | 11,144,132 | 25,197,840 | 0.32% | 3.17% |
| 2002 | 11,177,418 | 26,006,559 | 0.3% | 3.21% |
| 2003 | 11,209,383 | 26,802,659 | 0.29% | 3.06% |
| 2004 | 11,238,756 | 27,577,878 | 0.26% | 2.89% |
| 2005 | 11,262,554 | 28,407,448 | 0.21% | 3.01% |
| 2006 | 11,278,550 | 28,616,515 | 0.14% | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 11,287,272 | 28,391,607 | 0.08% | -0.79% |
| 2008 | 11,291,762 | 28,971,036 | 0.04% | 2.04% |
| 2009 | 11,294,719 | 30,058,206 | 0.03% | 3.75% |
| 2010 | 11,297,409 | 31,045,366 | 0.02% | 3.28% |
| 2011 | 11,301,571 | 32,161,424 | 0.04% | 3.59% |
| 2012 | 11,303,175 | 33,654,842 | 0.01% | 4.64% |
| 2013 | 11,298,167 | 35,281,989 | -0.04% | 4.83% |
| 2014 | 11,285,775 | 36,550,059 | -0.11% | 3.59% |
| 2015 | 11,275,065 | 37,560,535 | -0.09% | 2.76% |
| 2016 | 11,265,612 | 38,469,627 | -0.08% | 2.42% |
| 2017 | 11,247,829 | 39,337,353 | -0.16% | 2.26% |
| 2018 | 11,227,118 | 40,265,624 | -0.18% | 2.36% |
| 2019 | 11,202,846 | 41,192,171 | -0.22% | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 11,176,354 | 42,116,605 | -0.24% | 2.24% |
| 2021 | 11,122,168 | 43,071,211 | -0.48% | 2.27% |
| 2022 | 11,059,820 | 44,070,551 | -0.56% | 2.32% |
| 2023 | 11,019,931 | 45,074,049 | -0.36% | 2.28% |
| 2024 | 10,979,783 | 46,042,015 | -0.36% | 2.15% |
| 2025 | 10,937,204 | 47,020,778 | -0.39% | 2.13% |
| 2026 | 10,892,659 | 48,007,435 | -0.41% | 2.1% |
| 2027 | 10,846,709 | 48,987,424 | -0.42% | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 10,799,586 | 49,960,955 | -0.43% | 1.99% |
| 2029 | 10,750,892 | 50,943,339 | -0.45% | 1.97% |
| 2030 | 10,700,820 | 51,937,208 | -0.47% | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 10,649,673 | 52,934,373 | -0.48% | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 10,597,336 | 53,953,395 | -0.49% | 1.93% |
| 2033 | 10,543,539 | 54,985,129 | -0.51% | 1.91% |
| 2034 | 10,488,270 | 56,012,641 | -0.52% | 1.87% |
| 2035 | 10,431,762 | 57,035,917 | -0.54% | 1.83% |
| 2036 | 10,373,926 | 58,071,740 | -0.55% | 1.82% |
| 2037 | 10,314,339 | 59,109,258 | -0.57% | 1.79% |
| 2038 | 10,253,201 | 60,132,232 | -0.59% | 1.73% |
| 2039 | 10,190,465 | 61,174,679 | -0.61% | 1.73% |
| 2040 | 10,125,837 | 62,223,208 | -0.63% | 1.71% |
| 2041 | 10,059,299 | 63,249,167 | -0.66% | 1.65% |
| 2042 | 9,990,897 | 64,260,847 | -0.68% | 1.6% |
| 2043 | 9,920,670 | 65,257,000 | -0.7% | 1.55% |
| 2044 | 9,848,751 | 66,237,772 | -0.72% | 1.5% |
| 2045 | 9,775,205 | 67,204,176 | -0.75% | 1.46% |
| 2046 | 9,699,830 | 68,150,060 | -0.77% | 1.41% |
| 2047 | 9,622,707 | 69,098,087 | -0.8% | 1.39% |
| 2048 | 9,544,142 | 70,050,118 | -0.82% | 1.38% |
| 2049 | 9,463,925 | 70,999,566 | -0.84% | 1.36% |
| 2050 | 9,381,995 | 71,928,759 | -0.87% | 1.31% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).
Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.
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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Population differences between Cuba and Iraq
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| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 72.5 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 25.5 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 21.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.44 births per woman | 3.25 births per woman |
| Population density | 274 ppl/mi² | 274.7 ppl/mi² |
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