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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Nigeria	Cuba	Nigeria
1960	7,238,081	45,053,782	-	-
1961	7,387,117	45,989,310	2.06%	2.08%
1962	7,541,098	46,965,292	2.08%	2.12%
1963	7,701,660	47,973,575	2.13%	2.15%
1964	7,866,020	49,012,016	2.13%	2.16%
1965	8,030,797	50,086,764	2.09%	2.19%
1966	8,193,450	51,188,234	2.03%	2.2%
1967	8,352,625	52,293,065	1.94%	2.16%
1968	8,509,522	53,432,783	1.88%	2.18%
1969	8,666,640	54,631,914	1.85%	2.24%
1970	8,824,382	55,893,838	1.82%	2.31%
1971	8,979,085	57,214,684	1.75%	2.36%
1972	9,123,891	58,601,748	1.61%	2.42%
1973	9,255,328	60,082,139	1.44%	2.53%
1974	9,374,183	61,679,144	1.28%	2.66%
1975	9,479,726	63,410,815	1.13%	2.81%
1976	9,571,242	65,258,009	0.97%	2.91%
1977	9,648,440	67,234,590	0.81%	3.03%
1978	9,711,980	69,326,532	0.66%	3.11%
1979	9,763,355	71,498,242	0.53%	3.13%
1980	9,804,796	73,764,641	0.42%	3.17%
1981	9,849,320	76,068,103	0.45%	3.12%
1982	9,912,681	78,378,701	0.64%	3.04%
1983	9,991,026	80,438,260	0.79%	2.63%
1984	10,073,299	82,526,443	0.82%	2.6%
1985	10,157,228	84,897,973	0.83%	2.87%
1986	10,244,247	87,235,953	0.86%	2.75%
1987	10,335,342	89,591,716	0.89%	2.7%
1988	10,432,585	92,020,090	0.94%	2.71%
1989	10,533,243	94,531,014	0.96%	2.73%
1990	10,631,799	97,120,925	0.94%	2.74%
1991	10,717,640	99,720,162	0.81%	2.68%
1992	10,785,801	102,372,770	0.64%	2.66%
1993	10,841,031	105,122,069	0.51%	2.69%
1994	10,886,021	107,935,714	0.41%	2.68%
1995	10,925,362	110,819,428	0.36%	2.67%
1996	10,962,010	113,754,779	0.34%	2.65%
1997	10,997,934	116,754,792	0.33%	2.64%
1998	11,034,712	119,846,254	0.33%	2.65%
1999	11,072,230	123,047,320	0.34%	2.67%
2000	11,109,109	126,382,494	0.33%	2.71%
2001	11,144,132	129,862,595	0.32%	2.75%
2002	11,177,418	133,471,989	0.3%	2.78%
2003	11,209,383	137,202,644	0.29%	2.8%
2004	11,238,756	141,057,045	0.26%	2.81%
2005	11,262,554	145,017,253	0.21%	2.81%
2006	11,278,550	149,077,334	0.14%	2.8%
2007	11,287,272	153,267,261	0.08%	2.81%
2008	11,291,762	157,595,014	0.04%	2.82%
2009	11,294,719	162,049,464	0.03%	2.83%
2010	11,297,409	166,642,886	0.02%	2.83%
2011	11,301,571	171,379,598	0.04%	2.84%
2012	11,303,175	176,200,625	0.01%	2.81%
2013	11,298,167	181,049,443	-0.04%	2.75%
2014	11,285,775	185,896,915	-0.11%	2.68%
2015	11,275,065	190,671,878	-0.09%	2.57%
2016	11,265,612	195,443,700	-0.08%	2.5%
2017	11,247,829	200,254,579	-0.16%	2.46%
2018	11,227,118	204,938,755	-0.18%	2.34%
2019	11,202,846	209,485,641	-0.22%	2.22%
2020	11,176,354	213,996,181	-0.24%	2.15%
2021	11,122,168	218,529,286	-0.48%	2.12%
2022	11,059,820	223,150,896	-0.56%	2.11%
2023	11,019,931	227,882,945	-0.36%	2.12%
2024	10,979,783	232,679,478	-0.36%	2.1%
2025	10,937,204	237,527,783	-0.39%	2.08%
2026	10,892,659	242,431,830	-0.41%	2.06%
2027	10,846,709	247,374,258	-0.42%	2.04%
2028	10,799,586	252,346,128	-0.43%	2.01%
2029	10,750,892	257,352,638	-0.45%	1.98%
2030	10,700,820	262,380,975	-0.47%	1.95%
2031	10,649,673	267,421,079	-0.48%	1.92%
2032	10,597,336	272,483,635	-0.49%	1.89%
2033	10,543,539	277,555,116	-0.51%	1.86%
2034	10,488,270	282,622,388	-0.52%	1.83%
2035	10,431,762	287,685,757	-0.54%	1.79%
2036	10,373,926	292,739,390	-0.55%	1.76%
2037	10,314,339	297,773,236	-0.57%	1.72%
2038	10,253,201	302,782,350	-0.59%	1.68%
2039	10,190,465	307,764,754	-0.61%	1.65%
2040	10,125,837	312,710,403	-0.63%	1.61%
2041	10,059,299	317,607,237	-0.66%	1.57%
2042	9,990,897	322,450,302	-0.68%	1.52%
2043	9,920,670	327,243,941	-0.7%	1.49%
2044	9,848,751	331,983,354	-0.72%	1.45%
2045	9,775,205	336,662,502	-0.75%	1.41%
2046	9,699,830	341,281,757	-0.77%	1.37%
2047	9,622,707	345,844,004	-0.8%	1.34%
2048	9,544,142	350,347,757	-0.82%	1.3%
2049	9,463,925	354,792,418	-0.84%	1.27%
2050	9,381,995	359,185,550	-0.87%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.