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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Mexico	Cuba	Mexico
1960	7,238,081	36,724,615	-	-
1961	7,387,117	37,890,118	2.06%	3.17%
1962	7,541,098	39,129,200	2.08%	3.27%
1963	7,701,660	40,424,065	2.13%	3.31%
1964	7,866,020	41,772,049	2.13%	3.33%
1965	8,030,797	43,174,477	2.09%	3.36%
1966	8,193,450	44,629,106	2.03%	3.37%
1967	8,352,625	46,129,608	1.94%	3.36%
1968	8,509,522	47,668,303	1.88%	3.34%
1969	8,666,640	49,233,194	1.85%	3.28%
1970	8,824,382	50,814,953	1.82%	3.21%
1971	8,979,085	52,412,558	1.75%	3.14%
1972	9,123,891	54,030,168	1.61%	3.09%
1973	9,255,328	55,667,284	1.44%	3.03%
1974	9,374,183	57,320,149	1.28%	2.97%
1975	9,479,726	58,982,400	1.13%	2.9%
1976	9,571,242	60,645,512	0.97%	2.82%
1977	9,648,440	62,308,493	0.81%	2.74%
1978	9,711,980	63,979,046	0.66%	2.68%
1979	9,763,355	65,648,865	0.53%	2.61%
1980	9,804,796	67,300,334	0.42%	2.52%
1981	9,849,320	68,892,108	0.45%	2.37%
1982	9,912,681	70,433,260	0.64%	2.24%
1983	9,991,026	71,971,240	0.79%	2.18%
1984	10,073,299	73,506,846	0.82%	2.13%
1985	10,157,228	75,043,414	0.83%	2.09%
1986	10,244,247	76,585,637	0.86%	2.06%
1987	10,335,342	78,136,651	0.89%	2.03%
1988	10,432,585	79,695,531	0.94%	2%
1989	10,533,243	81,247,182	0.96%	1.95%
1990	10,631,799	82,820,170	0.94%	1.94%
1991	10,717,640	84,430,572	0.81%	1.94%
1992	10,785,801	86,044,809	0.64%	1.91%
1993	10,841,031	87,653,807	0.51%	1.87%
1994	10,886,021	89,259,205	0.41%	1.83%
1995	10,925,362	90,862,455	0.36%	1.8%
1996	10,962,010	92,452,702	0.34%	1.75%
1997	10,997,934	94,021,207	0.33%	1.7%
1998	11,034,712	95,575,245	0.33%	1.65%
1999	11,072,230	97,115,707	0.34%	1.61%
2000	11,109,109	98,625,552	0.33%	1.55%
2001	11,144,132	100,099,099	0.32%	1.49%
2002	11,177,418	101,548,624	0.3%	1.45%
2003	11,209,383	102,978,515	0.29%	1.41%
2004	11,238,756	104,394,131	0.26%	1.37%
2005	11,262,554	105,811,504	0.21%	1.36%
2006	11,278,550	107,253,666	0.14%	1.36%
2007	11,287,272	108,774,360	0.08%	1.42%
2008	11,291,762	110,374,288	0.04%	1.47%
2009	11,294,719	111,999,721	0.03%	1.47%
2010	11,297,409	113,623,895	0.02%	1.45%
2011	11,301,571	115,243,504	0.04%	1.43%
2012	11,303,175	116,818,208	0.01%	1.37%
2013	11,298,167	118,343,573	-0.04%	1.31%
2014	11,285,775	119,784,261	-0.11%	1.22%
2015	11,275,065	121,072,306	-0.09%	1.08%
2016	11,265,612	122,251,351	-0.08%	0.97%
2017	11,247,829	123,400,057	-0.16%	0.94%
2018	11,227,118	124,573,711	-0.18%	0.95%
2019	11,202,846	125,762,982	-0.22%	0.95%
2020	11,176,354	126,799,054	-0.24%	0.82%
2021	11,122,168	127,648,148	-0.48%	0.67%
2022	11,059,820	128,613,117	-0.56%	0.76%
2023	11,019,931	129,739,759	-0.36%	0.88%
2024	10,979,783	130,861,007	-0.36%	0.86%
2025	10,937,204	131,946,905	-0.39%	0.83%
2026	10,892,659	132,997,664	-0.41%	0.8%
2027	10,846,709	134,017,711	-0.42%	0.77%
2028	10,799,586	135,008,697	-0.43%	0.74%
2029	10,750,892	135,970,893	-0.45%	0.71%
2030	10,700,820	136,904,747	-0.47%	0.69%
2031	10,649,673	137,811,068	-0.48%	0.66%
2032	10,597,336	138,690,189	-0.49%	0.64%
2033	10,543,539	139,542,087	-0.51%	0.61%
2034	10,488,270	140,362,026	-0.52%	0.59%
2035	10,431,762	141,150,818	-0.54%	0.56%
2036	10,373,926	141,909,168	-0.55%	0.54%
2037	10,314,339	142,637,546	-0.57%	0.51%
2038	10,253,201	143,336,222	-0.59%	0.49%
2039	10,190,465	143,998,296	-0.61%	0.46%
2040	10,125,837	144,624,328	-0.63%	0.43%
2041	10,059,299	145,217,780	-0.66%	0.41%
2042	9,990,897	145,777,459	-0.68%	0.39%
2043	9,920,670	146,300,011	-0.7%	0.36%
2044	9,848,751	146,787,722	-0.72%	0.33%
2045	9,775,205	147,240,096	-0.75%	0.31%
2046	9,699,830	147,654,160	-0.77%	0.28%
2047	9,622,707	148,030,153	-0.8%	0.25%
2048	9,544,142	148,372,233	-0.82%	0.23%
2049	9,463,925	148,677,894	-0.84%	0.21%
2050	9,381,995	148,946,272	-0.87%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.