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Population in Cuba compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Cuba's population is 301 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
  • Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 33.4% of the population in Cuba and 32.4% in the Marshall Islands.

Cuba vs Marshall Islands: live population counter

Cuba Marshall Islands
Current population
10937204
36281
Population rank 89/197 192/197
Percent of world population 0.13% 0.0004%
One net population change
13.1 minutes
6.85 hours
One birth every
5.48 minutes
10.7 hours
One death every
4.7 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
23.5 minutes
4.96 hours
Annual migration change -22,356 -1,765
Daily growth/decline -110 -4
Annual growth/decline -40,148 -1,279
Annual growth/decline rate -0.36% -3.29%
Population growth rate rank 180/197 197/197

Cuba and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Cuba
Population

Growth rate
Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cuba Marshall Islands Cuba Marshall Islands
1960 7,238,081 14,703 - -
1961 7,387,117 15,219 2.06% 3.51%
1962 7,541,098 15,755 2.08% 3.52%
1963 7,701,660 16,302 2.13% 3.47%
1964 7,866,020 16,852 2.13% 3.37%
1965 8,030,797 17,402 2.09% 3.26%
1966 8,193,450 17,927 2.03% 3.02%
1967 8,352,625 18,655 1.94% 4.06%
1968 8,509,522 19,862 1.88% 6.47%
1969 8,666,640 21,305 1.85% 7.27%
1970 8,824,382 22,530 1.82% 5.75%
1971 8,979,085 23,366 1.75% 3.71%
1972 9,123,891 23,992 1.61% 2.68%
1973 9,255,328 24,581 1.44% 2.45%
1974 9,374,183 25,296 1.28% 2.91%
1975 9,479,726 26,154 1.13% 3.39%
1976 9,571,242 27,021 0.97% 3.31%
1977 9,648,440 27,906 0.81% 3.28%
1978 9,711,980 28,809 0.66% 3.24%
1979 9,763,355 29,738 0.53% 3.22%
1980 9,804,796 30,774 0.42% 3.48%
1981 9,849,320 32,017 0.45% 4.04%
1982 9,912,681 33,397 0.64% 4.31%
1983 9,991,026 34,811 0.79% 4.23%
1984 10,073,299 36,264 0.82% 4.17%
1985 10,157,228 37,761 0.83% 4.13%
1986 10,244,247 39,286 0.86% 4.04%
1987 10,335,342 40,828 0.89% 3.93%
1988 10,432,585 42,321 0.94% 3.66%
1989 10,533,243 43,586 0.96% 2.99%
1990 10,631,799 44,629 0.94% 2.39%
1991 10,717,640 45,568 0.81% 2.1%
1992 10,785,801 46,388 0.64% 1.8%
1993 10,841,031 47,093 0.51% 1.52%
1994 10,886,021 47,712 0.41% 1.31%
1995 10,925,362 48,266 0.36% 1.16%
1996 10,962,010 48,775 0.34% 1.05%
1997 10,997,934 49,259 0.33% 0.99%
1998 11,034,712 49,717 0.33% 0.93%
1999 11,072,230 50,202 0.34% 0.98%
2000 11,109,109 50,706 0.33% 1%
2001 11,144,132 51,123 0.32% 0.82%
2002 11,177,418 51,425 0.3% 0.59%
2003 11,209,383 51,639 0.29% 0.42%
2004 11,238,756 51,791 0.26% 0.29%
2005 11,262,554 51,906 0.21% 0.22%
2006 11,278,550 51,992 0.14% 0.17%
2007 11,287,272 52,035 0.08% 0.08%
2008 11,291,762 52,030 0.04% -0.01%
2009 11,294,719 52,019 0.03% -0.02%
2010 11,297,409 52,044 0.02% 0.05%
2011 11,301,571 51,907 0.04% -0.26%
2012 11,303,175 51,419 0.01% -0.94%
2013 11,298,167 50,681 -0.04% -1.44%
2014 11,285,775 49,796 -0.11% -1.75%
2015 11,275,065 48,800 -0.09% -2%
2016 11,265,612 47,709 -0.08% -2.24%
2017 11,247,829 46,529 -0.16% -2.47%
2018 11,227,118 45,285 -0.18% -2.67%
2019 11,202,846 44,007 -0.22% -2.82%
2020 11,176,354 42,706 -0.24% -2.96%
2021 11,122,168 41,367 -0.48% -3.14%
2022 11,059,820 40,077 -0.56% -3.12%
2023 11,019,931 38,827 -0.36% -3.12%
2024 10,979,783 37,548 -0.36% -3.29%
2025 10,937,204 36,281 -0.39% -3.37%
2026 10,892,659 35,078 -0.41% -3.32%
2027 10,846,709 33,976 -0.42% -3.14%
2028 10,799,586 32,977 -0.43% -2.94%
2029 10,750,892 32,054 -0.45% -2.8%
2030 10,700,820 31,191 -0.47% -2.69%
2031 10,649,673 30,420 -0.48% -2.47%
2032 10,597,336 29,740 -0.49% -2.23%
2033 10,543,539 29,142 -0.51% -2.01%
2034 10,488,270 28,608 -0.52% -1.83%
2035 10,431,762 28,147 -0.54% -1.61%
2036 10,373,926 27,751 -0.55% -1.41%
2037 10,314,339 27,405 -0.57% -1.25%
2038 10,253,201 27,092 -0.59% -1.14%
2039 10,190,465 26,836 -0.61% -0.94%
2040 10,125,837 26,598 -0.63% -0.89%
2041 10,059,299 26,396 -0.66% -0.76%
2042 9,990,897 26,217 -0.68% -0.68%
2043 9,920,670 26,054 -0.7% -0.62%
2044 9,848,751 25,913 -0.72% -0.54%
2045 9,775,205 25,777 -0.75% -0.52%
2046 9,699,830 25,653 -0.77% -0.48%
2047 9,622,707 25,543 -0.8% -0.43%
2048 9,544,142 25,429 -0.82% -0.45%
2049 9,463,925 25,311 -0.84% -0.46%
2050 9,381,995 25,195 -0.87% -0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.

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