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
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| Current population |
10937204
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36281
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| Population rank | 89/197 | 192/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.0004% |
| One net population change |
13.1 minutes
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6.85 hours
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| One birth every |
5.48 minutes
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10.7 hours
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| One death every |
4.7 minutes
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1.35 days
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| One migration net change every |
23.5 minutes
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4.96 hours
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| 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
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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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| City | Population |
| Majuro | 30K |
| Djarrit | 7.1K |
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Population differences between Cuba and the Marshall Islands
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| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 67.2 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 27.5 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 21.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 51.2:48.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.44 births per woman | 2.92 births per woman |
| Population density | 274 ppl/mi² | 540 ppl/mi² |
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