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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Libya	Cuba	Libya
1960	7,238,081	1,492,890	-	-
1961	7,387,117	1,555,699	2.06%	4.21%
1962	7,541,098	1,621,960	2.08%	4.26%
1963	7,701,660	1,690,457	2.13%	4.22%
1964	7,866,020	1,753,691	2.13%	3.74%
1965	8,030,797	1,804,015	2.09%	2.87%
1966	8,193,450	1,849,063	2.03%	2.5%
1967	8,352,625	1,898,199	1.94%	2.66%
1968	8,509,522	1,952,781	1.88%	2.88%
1969	8,666,640	2,014,293	1.85%	3.15%
1970	8,824,382	2,082,589	1.82%	3.39%
1971	8,979,085	2,153,534	1.75%	3.41%
1972	9,123,891	2,226,091	1.61%	3.37%
1973	9,255,328	2,314,193	1.44%	3.96%
1974	9,374,183	2,432,211	1.28%	5.1%
1975	9,479,726	2,571,556	1.13%	5.73%
1976	9,571,242	2,721,237	0.97%	5.82%
1977	9,648,440	2,881,533	0.81%	5.89%
1978	9,711,980	3,052,526	0.66%	5.93%
1979	9,763,355	3,233,846	0.53%	5.94%
1980	9,804,796	3,424,378	0.42%	5.89%
1981	9,849,320	3,621,486	0.45%	5.76%
1982	9,912,681	3,724,765	0.64%	2.85%
1983	9,991,026	3,718,961	0.79%	-0.16%
1984	10,073,299	3,773,633	0.82%	1.47%
1985	10,157,228	3,898,745	0.83%	3.32%
1986	10,244,247	4,017,403	0.86%	3.04%
1987	10,335,342	4,129,739	0.89%	2.8%
1988	10,432,585	4,237,755	0.94%	2.62%
1989	10,533,243	4,342,920	0.96%	2.48%
1990	10,631,799	4,445,239	0.94%	2.36%
1991	10,717,640	4,544,400	0.81%	2.23%
1992	10,785,801	4,640,352	0.64%	2.11%
1993	10,841,031	4,733,045	0.51%	2%
1994	10,886,021	4,822,037	0.41%	1.88%
1995	10,925,362	4,906,843	0.36%	1.76%
1996	10,962,010	4,987,393	0.34%	1.64%
1997	10,997,934	5,064,639	0.33%	1.55%
1998	11,034,712	5,140,704	0.33%	1.5%
1999	11,072,230	5,218,038	0.34%	1.5%
2000	11,109,109	5,305,021	0.33%	1.67%
2001	11,144,132	5,403,639	0.32%	1.86%
2002	11,177,418	5,508,410	0.3%	1.94%
2003	11,209,383	5,619,398	0.29%	2.01%
2004	11,238,756	5,736,693	0.26%	2.09%
2005	11,262,554	5,858,798	0.21%	2.13%
2006	11,278,550	5,980,211	0.14%	2.07%
2007	11,287,272	6,104,380	0.08%	2.08%
2008	11,291,762	6,235,430	0.04%	2.15%
2009	11,294,719	6,366,686	0.03%	2.11%
2010	11,297,409	6,497,839	0.02%	2.06%
2011	11,301,571	6,343,203	0.04%	-2.38%
2012	11,303,175	6,179,328	0.01%	-2.58%
2013	11,298,167	6,304,628	-0.04%	2.03%
2014	11,285,775	6,427,252	-0.11%	1.94%
2015	11,275,065	6,531,819	-0.09%	1.63%
2016	11,265,612	6,632,126	-0.08%	1.54%
2017	11,247,829	6,738,770	-0.16%	1.61%
2018	11,227,118	6,849,055	-0.18%	1.64%
2019	11,202,846	6,951,033	-0.22%	1.49%
2020	11,176,354	7,045,399	-0.24%	1.36%
2021	11,122,168	7,135,175	-0.48%	1.27%
2022	11,059,820	7,223,805	-0.56%	1.24%
2023	11,019,931	7,305,659	-0.36%	1.13%
2024	10,979,783	7,381,023	-0.36%	1.03%
2025	10,937,204	7,458,547	-0.39%	1.05%
2026	10,892,659	7,539,842	-0.41%	1.09%
2027	10,846,709	7,627,487	-0.42%	1.16%
2028	10,799,586	7,716,839	-0.43%	1.17%
2029	10,750,892	7,802,209	-0.45%	1.11%
2030	10,700,820	7,885,801	-0.47%	1.07%
2031	10,649,673	7,969,103	-0.48%	1.06%
2032	10,597,336	8,048,491	-0.49%	1%
2033	10,543,539	8,126,634	-0.51%	0.97%
2034	10,488,270	8,206,611	-0.52%	0.98%
2035	10,431,762	8,283,950	-0.54%	0.94%
2036	10,373,926	8,357,480	-0.55%	0.89%
2037	10,314,339	8,431,722	-0.57%	0.89%
2038	10,253,201	8,506,595	-0.59%	0.89%
2039	10,190,465	8,579,849	-0.61%	0.86%
2040	10,125,837	8,651,409	-0.63%	0.83%
2041	10,059,299	8,719,609	-0.66%	0.79%
2042	9,990,897	8,786,619	-0.68%	0.77%
2043	9,920,670	8,854,384	-0.7%	0.77%
2044	9,848,751	8,920,015	-0.72%	0.74%
2045	9,775,205	8,983,943	-0.75%	0.72%
2046	9,699,830	9,043,667	-0.77%	0.66%
2047	9,622,707	9,098,399	-0.8%	0.61%
2048	9,544,142	9,154,058	-0.82%	0.61%
2049	9,463,925	9,208,602	-0.84%	0.6%
2050	9,381,995	9,260,603	-0.87%	0.56%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Libya gained 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Libya's population increased by 992,030 (a 15.2% growth).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Libya was ranked 104th in 2005 and ranked 105th 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 Libya will increase by 23.1% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.