The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 5,380,257 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 5,474,763 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- Cuba's population is 2 times bigger than Ireland's.
- Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while Ireland is the 121st.
- The countries together account for 0.2% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.07% for Ireland.
- For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs +1.39% in Ireland.
- Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while Ireland has grown from 4.16M to 5.47M (31.6% growth).
- Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.12M 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 Ireland: live population counter
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
10937204
|
5474763
|
| Population rank | 89/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
13.1 minutes
|
7.23 minutes
|
| One birth every |
5.48 minutes
|
9.61 minutes
|
| One death every |
4.7 minutes
|
15 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
23.5 minutes
|
13.5 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -22,356 | +39,059 |
| Daily growth/decline | -110 | +199 |
| Annual growth/decline | -40,148 | +72,657 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 180/197 | 78/197 |
Cuba and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1960 | 7,238,081 | 2,828,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,387,117 | 2,824,400 | 2.06% | -0.15% |
| 1962 | 7,541,098 | 2,836,050 | 2.08% | 0.41% |
| 1963 | 7,701,660 | 2,852,650 | 2.13% | 0.59% |
| 1964 | 7,866,020 | 2,866,550 | 2.13% | 0.49% |
| 1965 | 8,030,797 | 2,877,300 | 2.09% | 0.38% |
| 1966 | 8,193,450 | 2,888,800 | 2.03% | 0.4% |
| 1967 | 8,352,625 | 2,902,450 | 1.94% | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 8,509,522 | 2,915,550 | 1.88% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 8,666,640 | 2,932,650 | 1.85% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 8,824,382 | 2,957,250 | 1.82% | 0.84% |
| 1971 | 8,979,085 | 2,992,050 | 1.75% | 1.18% |
| 1972 | 9,123,891 | 3,036,850 | 1.61% | 1.5% |
| 1973 | 9,255,328 | 3,085,950 | 1.44% | 1.62% |
| 1974 | 9,374,183 | 3,137,500 | 1.28% | 1.67% |
| 1975 | 9,479,726 | 3,189,550 | 1.13% | 1.66% |
| 1976 | 9,571,242 | 3,238,050 | 0.97% | 1.52% |
| 1977 | 9,648,440 | 3,282,200 | 0.81% | 1.36% |
| 1978 | 9,711,980 | 3,329,100 | 0.66% | 1.43% |
| 1979 | 9,763,355 | 3,373,750 | 0.53% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 9,804,796 | 3,412,800 | 0.42% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 9,849,320 | 3,453,000 | 0.45% | 1.18% |
| 1982 | 9,912,681 | 3,485,800 | 0.64% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 9,991,026 | 3,510,600 | 0.79% | 0.71% |
| 1984 | 10,073,299 | 3,532,423 | 0.82% | 0.62% |
| 1985 | 10,157,228 | 3,538,082 | 0.83% | 0.16% |
| 1986 | 10,244,247 | 3,539,690 | 0.86% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 10,335,342 | 3,540,057 | 0.89% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 10,432,585 | 3,524,949 | 0.94% | -0.43% |
| 1989 | 10,533,243 | 3,511,009 | 0.96% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 10,631,799 | 3,513,974 | 0.94% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 10,717,640 | 3,534,235 | 0.81% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 10,785,801 | 3,558,430 | 0.64% | 0.68% |
| 1993 | 10,841,031 | 3,576,261 | 0.51% | 0.5% |
| 1994 | 10,886,021 | 3,590,386 | 0.41% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 10,925,362 | 3,608,841 | 0.36% | 0.51% |
| 1996 | 10,962,010 | 3,637,510 | 0.34% | 0.79% |
| 1997 | 10,997,934 | 3,674,171 | 0.33% | 1.01% |
| 1998 | 11,034,712 | 3,712,696 | 0.33% | 1.05% |
| 1999 | 11,072,230 | 3,754,786 | 0.34% | 1.13% |
| 2000 | 11,109,109 | 3,805,174 | 0.33% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 11,144,132 | 3,866,243 | 0.32% | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 11,177,418 | 3,931,947 | 0.3% | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 11,209,383 | 3,996,521 | 0.29% | 1.64% |
| 2004 | 11,238,756 | 4,070,262 | 0.26% | 1.85% |
| 2005 | 11,262,554 | 4,159,914 | 0.21% | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 11,278,550 | 4,273,591 | 0.14% | 2.73% |
| 2007 | 11,287,272 | 4,398,942 | 0.08% | 2.93% |
| 2008 | 11,291,762 | 4,489,544 | 0.04% | 2.06% |
| 2009 | 11,294,719 | 4,535,375 | 0.03% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 11,297,409 | 4,560,155 | 0.02% | 0.55% |
| 2011 | 11,301,571 | 4,580,084 | 0.04% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 11,303,175 | 4,599,533 | 0.01% | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 11,298,167 | 4,623,816 | -0.04% | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 11,285,775 | 4,657,740 | -0.11% | 0.73% |
| 2015 | 11,275,065 | 4,701,957 | -0.09% | 0.95% |
| 2016 | 11,265,612 | 4,762,722 | -0.08% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | 11,247,829 | 4,827,445 | -0.16% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 11,227,118 | 4,898,022 | -0.18% | 1.46% |
| 2019 | 11,202,846 | 4,976,456 | -0.22% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 11,176,354 | 5,039,747 | -0.24% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 11,122,168 | 5,110,585 | -0.48% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 11,059,820 | 5,212,836 | -0.56% | 2% |
| 2023 | 11,019,931 | 5,307,600 | -0.36% | 1.82% |
| 2024 | 10,979,783 | 5,380,257 | -0.36% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 10,937,204 | 5,434,538 | -0.39% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 10,892,659 | 5,484,615 | -0.41% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 10,846,709 | 5,531,657 | -0.42% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 10,799,586 | 5,576,425 | -0.43% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 10,750,892 | 5,618,258 | -0.45% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 10,700,820 | 5,656,768 | -0.47% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 10,649,673 | 5,693,185 | -0.48% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 10,597,336 | 5,728,435 | -0.49% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 10,543,539 | 5,761,833 | -0.51% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 10,488,270 | 5,793,145 | -0.52% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 10,431,762 | 5,822,398 | -0.54% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 10,373,926 | 5,850,388 | -0.55% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 10,314,339 | 5,878,309 | -0.57% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 10,253,201 | 5,905,728 | -0.59% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 10,190,465 | 5,931,438 | -0.61% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 10,125,837 | 5,956,212 | -0.63% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 10,059,299 | 5,980,704 | -0.66% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 9,990,897 | 6,002,968 | -0.68% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 9,920,670 | 6,022,662 | -0.7% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 9,848,751 | 6,041,053 | -0.72% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 9,775,205 | 6,057,952 | -0.75% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 9,699,830 | 6,072,174 | -0.77% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 9,622,707 | 6,084,484 | -0.8% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 9,544,142 | 6,096,077 | -0.82% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 9,463,925 | 6,105,740 | -0.84% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 9,381,995 | 6,112,322 | -0.87% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Ireland gained 542,043 people (a 13% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Ireland's population increased by 772,806 (a 16.4% growth).
Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2005 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people and rank change from 121st to 120th.
Biggest cities by population
|
|
|
|---|---|
| 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 |
Compare countries by 7 more topics
Population differences between Cuba and Ireland
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 39.4 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 39.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.44 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 274 ppl/mi² | 202.3 ppl/mi² |
Population map with other countries
Population
Growth rate visualization in other countries
Growth rate
Relevant pages:
By topic
vs
comparisons:
Population comparisons