The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 9,974,400 people in Israel in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,892,659 people compared to 10,252,907 in Israel.
Population statistics:
- Cuba's population is 1.06 times bigger than Israel's.
- Cuba is ranked the 90th most populous country in the world, while Israel is the 95th.
- The countries together account for 0.26% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.12% for Israel.
- For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs +1.96% in Israel.
- Since 2006, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (3.42% decline), while Israel has grown from 7.05M to 10.3M (45.4% growth).
- Israel is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21M 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 Israel: live population counter
Cuba
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Israel
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| Current population |
10892659
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10252907
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| Population rank | 90/197 | 95/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
13.1 minutes
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4.19 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.48 minutes
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2.87 minutes
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| One death every |
4.7 minutes
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10.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
23.5 minutes
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49.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -22,356 | +10,612 |
| Daily growth/decline | -110 | +344 |
| Annual growth/decline | -40,148 | +125,400 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 85/197 |
Cuba and Israel: population history and growth rate by year chart
Cuba
Population
Growth rate
Israel
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cuba
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Israel
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Cuba
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Israel
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| 1960 | 7,238,081 | 2,114,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,387,117 | 2,185,000 | 2.06% | 3.36% |
| 1962 | 7,541,098 | 2,293,000 | 2.08% | 4.94% |
| 1963 | 7,701,660 | 2,379,000 | 2.13% | 3.75% |
| 1964 | 7,866,020 | 2,475,000 | 2.13% | 4.04% |
| 1965 | 8,030,797 | 2,563,000 | 2.09% | 3.56% |
| 1966 | 8,193,450 | 2,629,000 | 2.03% | 2.58% |
| 1967 | 8,352,625 | 2,745,000 | 1.94% | 4.41% |
| 1968 | 8,509,522 | 2,803,000 | 1.88% | 2.11% |
| 1969 | 8,666,640 | 2,877,000 | 1.85% | 2.64% |
| 1970 | 8,824,382 | 2,974,000 | 1.82% | 3.37% |
| 1971 | 8,979,085 | 3,069,000 | 1.75% | 3.19% |
| 1972 | 9,123,891 | 3,148,000 | 1.61% | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 9,255,328 | 3,278,000 | 1.44% | 4.13% |
| 1974 | 9,374,183 | 3,377,000 | 1.28% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 9,479,726 | 3,455,000 | 1.13% | 2.31% |
| 1976 | 9,571,242 | 3,533,000 | 0.97% | 2.26% |
| 1977 | 9,648,440 | 3,613,000 | 0.81% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 9,711,980 | 3,690,000 | 0.66% | 2.13% |
| 1979 | 9,763,355 | 3,786,000 | 0.53% | 2.6% |
| 1980 | 9,804,796 | 3,878,000 | 0.42% | 2.43% |
| 1981 | 9,849,320 | 3,956,000 | 0.45% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 9,912,681 | 4,031,000 | 0.64% | 1.9% |
| 1983 | 9,991,026 | 4,105,000 | 0.79% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 10,073,299 | 4,159,000 | 0.82% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 10,157,228 | 4,233,000 | 0.83% | 1.78% |
| 1986 | 10,244,247 | 4,299,000 | 0.86% | 1.56% |
| 1987 | 10,335,342 | 4,369,000 | 0.89% | 1.63% |
| 1988 | 10,432,585 | 4,442,000 | 0.94% | 1.67% |
| 1989 | 10,533,243 | 4,518,000 | 0.96% | 1.71% |
| 1990 | 10,631,799 | 4,660,000 | 0.94% | 3.14% |
| 1991 | 10,717,640 | 4,949,000 | 0.81% | 6.2% |
| 1992 | 10,785,801 | 5,123,000 | 0.64% | 3.52% |
| 1993 | 10,841,031 | 5,261,000 | 0.51% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 10,886,021 | 5,399,000 | 0.41% | 2.62% |
| 1995 | 10,925,362 | 5,545,000 | 0.36% | 2.7% |
| 1996 | 10,962,010 | 5,692,000 | 0.34% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 10,997,934 | 5,836,000 | 0.33% | 2.53% |
| 1998 | 11,034,712 | 5,971,000 | 0.33% | 2.31% |
| 1999 | 11,072,230 | 6,125,000 | 0.34% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 11,109,109 | 6,289,000 | 0.33% | 2.68% |
| 2001 | 11,144,132 | 6,439,000 | 0.32% | 2.39% |
| 2002 | 11,177,418 | 6,570,000 | 0.3% | 2.03% |
| 2003 | 11,209,383 | 6,689,700 | 0.29% | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 11,238,756 | 6,809,000 | 0.26% | 1.78% |
| 2005 | 11,262,554 | 6,930,100 | 0.21% | 1.78% |
| 2006 | 11,278,550 | 7,053,700 | 0.14% | 1.78% |
| 2007 | 11,287,272 | 7,180,100 | 0.08% | 1.79% |
| 2008 | 11,291,762 | 7,308,800 | 0.04% | 1.79% |
| 2009 | 11,294,719 | 7,485,600 | 0.03% | 2.42% |
| 2010 | 11,297,409 | 7,623,600 | 0.02% | 1.84% |
| 2011 | 11,301,571 | 7,765,800 | 0.04% | 1.87% |
| 2012 | 11,303,175 | 7,910,500 | 0.01% | 1.86% |
| 2013 | 11,298,167 | 8,059,500 | -0.04% | 1.88% |
| 2014 | 11,285,775 | 8,215,700 | -0.11% | 1.94% |
| 2015 | 11,275,065 | 8,380,100 | -0.09% | 2% |
| 2016 | 11,265,612 | 8,546,000 | -0.08% | 1.98% |
| 2017 | 11,247,829 | 8,713,300 | -0.16% | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 11,227,118 | 8,882,800 | -0.18% | 1.95% |
| 2019 | 11,202,846 | 9,054,000 | -0.22% | 1.93% |
| 2020 | 11,176,354 | 9,215,100 | -0.24% | 1.78% |
| 2021 | 11,122,168 | 9,371,400 | -0.48% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 11,059,820 | 9,557,500 | -0.56% | 1.99% |
| 2023 | 11,019,931 | 9,849,000 | -0.36% | 3.05% |
| 2024 | 10,979,783 | 9,974,400 | -0.36% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 10,937,204 | 10,112,712 | -0.39% | 1.39% |
| 2026 | 10,892,659 | 10,251,384 | -0.41% | 1.37% |
| 2027 | 10,846,709 | 10,390,790 | -0.42% | 1.36% |
| 2028 | 10,799,586 | 10,530,831 | -0.43% | 1.35% |
| 2029 | 10,750,892 | 10,670,808 | -0.45% | 1.33% |
| 2030 | 10,700,820 | 10,812,707 | -0.47% | 1.33% |
| 2031 | 10,649,673 | 10,958,256 | -0.48% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 10,597,336 | 11,102,895 | -0.49% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 10,543,539 | 11,245,826 | -0.51% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 10,488,270 | 11,390,158 | -0.52% | 1.28% |
| 2035 | 10,431,762 | 11,537,556 | -0.54% | 1.29% |
| 2036 | 10,373,926 | 11,685,531 | -0.55% | 1.28% |
| 2037 | 10,314,339 | 11,835,669 | -0.57% | 1.28% |
| 2038 | 10,253,201 | 11,990,527 | -0.59% | 1.31% |
| 2039 | 10,190,465 | 12,147,999 | -0.61% | 1.31% |
| 2040 | 10,125,837 | 12,306,173 | -0.63% | 1.3% |
| 2041 | 10,059,299 | 12,464,653 | -0.66% | 1.29% |
| 2042 | 9,990,897 | 12,626,052 | -0.68% | 1.29% |
| 2043 | 9,920,670 | 12,788,911 | -0.7% | 1.29% |
| 2044 | 9,848,751 | 12,952,526 | -0.72% | 1.28% |
| 2045 | 9,775,205 | 13,114,360 | -0.75% | 1.25% |
| 2046 | 9,699,830 | 13,274,365 | -0.77% | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 9,622,707 | 13,433,565 | -0.8% | 1.2% |
| 2048 | 9,544,142 | 13,590,900 | -0.82% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 9,463,925 | 13,750,245 | -0.84% | 1.17% |
| 2050 | 9,381,995 | 13,911,988 | -0.87% | 1.18% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cuba decreased by 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline), while Israel gained 1,492,300 people (a 21.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cuba lost -372,953 (a 3.31% decline), while Israel's population increased by 1,706,907 (a 20% growth).
Cuba was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2006 and is 90th in 2026. Israel was ranked 99th in 2006 and ranked 95th 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 Israel will increase by 35.7% to 13,911,988 people and rank change from 95th to 88th.
Biggest cities by population
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Cuba
|
|
|---|---|
| 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 Israel
|
Cuba
|
Israel
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.6 years | 82.9 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 33.6 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.44 births per woman | 2.85 births per woman |
| Population density | 274 ppl/mi² | 1,194 ppl/mi² |
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