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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Lesotho	Cuba	Lesotho
1960	7,238,081	736,500	-	-
1961	7,387,117	758,824	2.06%	3.03%
1962	7,541,098	781,814	2.08%	3.03%
1963	7,701,660	805,373	2.13%	3.01%
1964	7,866,020	829,437	2.13%	2.99%
1965	8,030,797	854,090	2.09%	2.97%
1966	8,193,450	881,870	2.03%	3.25%
1967	8,352,625	913,982	1.94%	3.64%
1968	8,509,522	948,105	1.88%	3.73%
1969	8,666,640	983,202	1.85%	3.7%
1970	8,824,382	1,019,273	1.82%	3.67%
1971	8,979,085	1,056,246	1.75%	3.63%
1972	9,123,891	1,094,063	1.61%	3.58%
1973	9,255,328	1,132,697	1.44%	3.53%
1974	9,374,183	1,172,420	1.28%	3.51%
1975	9,479,726	1,213,643	1.13%	3.52%
1976	9,571,242	1,253,214	0.97%	3.26%
1977	9,648,440	1,289,967	0.81%	2.93%
1978	9,711,980	1,327,240	0.66%	2.89%
1979	9,763,355	1,366,169	0.53%	2.93%
1980	9,804,796	1,406,521	0.42%	2.95%
1981	9,849,320	1,448,069	0.45%	2.95%
1982	9,912,681	1,490,732	0.64%	2.95%
1983	9,991,026	1,534,413	0.79%	2.93%
1984	10,073,299	1,578,986	0.82%	2.9%
1985	10,157,228	1,624,379	0.83%	2.87%
1986	10,244,247	1,666,138	0.86%	2.57%
1987	10,335,342	1,703,390	0.89%	2.24%
1988	10,432,585	1,739,841	0.94%	2.14%
1989	10,533,243	1,775,436	0.96%	2.05%
1990	10,631,799	1,809,696	0.94%	1.93%
1991	10,717,640	1,842,379	0.81%	1.81%
1992	10,785,801	1,873,274	0.64%	1.68%
1993	10,841,031	1,901,793	0.51%	1.52%
1994	10,886,021	1,927,707	0.41%	1.36%
1995	10,925,362	1,951,437	0.36%	1.23%
1996	10,962,010	1,972,418	0.34%	1.08%
1997	10,997,934	1,988,130	0.33%	0.8%
1998	11,034,712	1,998,049	0.33%	0.5%
1999	11,072,230	2,003,234	0.34%	0.26%
2000	11,109,109	2,003,913	0.33%	0.03%
2001	11,144,132	2,000,853	0.32%	-0.15%
2002	11,177,418	1,994,679	0.3%	-0.31%
2003	11,209,383	1,985,059	0.29%	-0.48%
2004	11,238,756	1,971,129	0.26%	-0.7%
2005	11,262,554	1,953,076	0.21%	-0.92%
2006	11,278,550	1,945,063	0.14%	-0.41%
2007	11,287,272	1,953,268	0.08%	0.42%
2008	11,291,762	1,966,541	0.04%	0.68%
2009	11,294,719	1,980,883	0.03%	0.73%
2010	11,297,409	1,996,251	0.02%	0.78%
2011	11,301,571	2,014,009	0.04%	0.89%
2012	11,303,175	2,034,354	0.01%	1.01%
2013	11,298,167	2,056,504	-0.04%	1.09%
2014	11,285,775	2,080,089	-0.11%	1.15%
2015	11,275,065	2,104,611	-0.09%	1.18%
2016	11,265,612	2,130,422	-0.08%	1.23%
2017	11,247,829	2,157,110	-0.16%	1.25%
2018	11,227,118	2,183,603	-0.18%	1.23%
2019	11,202,846	2,209,405	-0.22%	1.18%
2020	11,176,354	2,235,727	-0.24%	1.19%
2021	11,122,168	2,261,542	-0.48%	1.15%
2022	11,059,820	2,286,110	-0.56%	1.09%
2023	11,019,931	2,311,472	-0.36%	1.11%
2024	10,979,783	2,337,423	-0.36%	1.12%
2025	10,937,204	2,363,324	-0.39%	1.11%
2026	10,892,659	2,389,334	-0.41%	1.1%
2027	10,846,709	2,415,365	-0.42%	1.09%
2028	10,799,586	2,441,435	-0.43%	1.08%
2029	10,750,892	2,467,677	-0.45%	1.07%
2030	10,700,820	2,493,816	-0.47%	1.06%
2031	10,649,673	2,520,014	-0.48%	1.05%
2032	10,597,336	2,546,489	-0.49%	1.05%
2033	10,543,539	2,573,106	-0.51%	1.05%
2034	10,488,270	2,599,777	-0.52%	1.04%
2035	10,431,762	2,626,560	-0.54%	1.03%
2036	10,373,926	2,653,503	-0.55%	1.03%
2037	10,314,339	2,680,081	-0.57%	1%
2038	10,253,201	2,706,197	-0.59%	0.97%
2039	10,190,465	2,732,138	-0.61%	0.96%
2040	10,125,837	2,757,868	-0.63%	0.94%
2041	10,059,299	2,783,361	-0.66%	0.92%
2042	9,990,897	2,808,538	-0.68%	0.9%
2043	9,920,670	2,833,257	-0.7%	0.88%
2044	9,848,751	2,857,499	-0.72%	0.86%
2045	9,775,205	2,881,333	-0.75%	0.83%
2046	9,699,830	2,904,780	-0.77%	0.81%
2047	9,622,707	2,927,859	-0.8%	0.79%
2048	9,544,142	2,950,411	-0.82%	0.77%
2049	9,463,925	2,972,156	-0.84%	0.74%
2050	9,381,995	2,993,080	-0.87%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cuba decreased by 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cuba lost -372,953 (a 3.31% decline), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Cuba was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2006 and is 90th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.