Population in Cuba compared to Iraq: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cuba and Iraq: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Iraq	Cuba	Iraq
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Cuba decreased by 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cuba lost -372,953 (a 3.31% decline), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Cuba was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2006 and is 90th in 2026. Iraq was ranked 39th in 2006 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.