Population in Cuba compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cuba and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	North Korea	Cuba	North Korea
1960	7,238,081	11,722,953	-	-
1961	7,387,117	11,990,713	2.06%	2.28%
1962	7,541,098	12,262,882	2.08%	2.27%
1963	7,701,660	12,567,057	2.13%	2.48%
1964	7,866,020	12,889,770	2.13%	2.57%
1965	8,030,797	13,219,369	2.09%	2.56%
1966	8,193,450	13,569,094	2.03%	2.65%
1967	8,352,625	13,958,350	1.94%	2.87%
1968	8,509,522	14,365,596	1.88%	2.92%
1969	8,666,640	14,767,615	1.85%	2.8%
1970	8,824,382	15,172,775	1.82%	2.74%
1971	8,979,085	15,572,457	1.75%	2.63%
1972	9,123,891	15,975,069	1.61%	2.59%
1973	9,255,328	16,350,367	1.44%	2.35%
1974	9,374,183	16,673,121	1.28%	1.97%
1975	9,479,726	16,971,055	1.13%	1.79%
1976	9,571,242	17,243,450	0.97%	1.61%
1977	9,648,440	17,492,798	0.81%	1.45%
1978	9,711,980	17,735,995	0.66%	1.39%
1979	9,763,355	17,983,470	0.53%	1.4%
1980	9,804,796	18,236,786	0.42%	1.41%
1981	9,849,320	18,501,295	0.45%	1.45%
1982	9,912,681	18,776,357	0.64%	1.49%
1983	9,991,026	19,054,034	0.79%	1.48%
1984	10,073,299	19,335,043	0.82%	1.47%
1985	10,157,228	19,620,388	0.83%	1.48%
1986	10,244,247	19,910,855	0.86%	1.48%
1987	10,335,342	20,205,483	0.89%	1.48%
1988	10,432,585	20,503,161	0.94%	1.47%
1989	10,533,243	20,804,367	0.96%	1.47%
1990	10,631,799	21,112,137	0.94%	1.48%
1991	10,717,640	21,428,638	0.81%	1.5%
1992	10,785,801	21,750,911	0.64%	1.5%
1993	10,841,031	22,073,352	0.51%	1.48%
1994	10,886,021	22,393,975	0.41%	1.45%
1995	10,925,362	22,669,304	0.36%	1.23%
1996	10,962,010	22,895,746	0.34%	1%
1997	10,997,934	23,110,830	0.33%	0.94%
1998	11,034,712	23,311,564	0.33%	0.87%
1999	11,072,230	23,497,599	0.34%	0.8%
2000	11,109,109	23,665,910	0.33%	0.72%
2001	11,144,132	23,815,358	0.32%	0.63%
2002	11,177,418	23,943,973	0.3%	0.54%
2003	11,209,383	24,090,380	0.29%	0.61%
2004	11,238,756	24,254,943	0.26%	0.68%
2005	11,262,554	24,396,433	0.21%	0.58%
2006	11,278,550	24,524,507	0.14%	0.52%
2007	11,287,272	24,646,383	0.08%	0.5%
2008	11,291,762	24,764,618	0.04%	0.48%
2009	11,294,719	24,878,332	0.03%	0.46%
2010	11,297,409	24,987,258	0.02%	0.44%
2011	11,301,571	25,097,874	0.04%	0.44%
2012	11,303,175	25,211,728	0.01%	0.45%
2013	11,298,167	25,329,451	-0.04%	0.47%
2014	11,285,775	25,451,262	-0.11%	0.48%
2015	11,275,065	25,575,350	-0.09%	0.49%
2016	11,265,612	25,698,326	-0.08%	0.48%
2017	11,247,829	25,817,709	-0.16%	0.46%
2018	11,227,118	25,931,147	-0.18%	0.44%
2019	11,202,846	26,037,632	-0.22%	0.41%
2020	11,176,354	26,136,312	-0.24%	0.38%
2021	11,122,168	26,232,534	-0.48%	0.37%
2022	11,059,820	26,328,845	-0.56%	0.37%
2023	11,019,931	26,418,204	-0.36%	0.34%
2024	10,979,783	26,498,823	-0.36%	0.31%
2025	10,937,204	26,571,033	-0.39%	0.27%
2026	10,892,659	26,633,682	-0.41%	0.24%
2027	10,846,709	26,686,492	-0.42%	0.2%
2028	10,799,586	26,729,261	-0.43%	0.16%
2029	10,750,892	26,762,008	-0.45%	0.12%
2030	10,700,820	26,784,894	-0.47%	0.09%
2031	10,649,673	26,797,946	-0.48%	0.05%
2032	10,597,336	26,801,071	-0.49%	0.01%
2033	10,543,539	26,795,061	-0.51%	-0.02%
2034	10,488,270	26,780,481	-0.52%	-0.05%
2035	10,431,762	26,757,705	-0.54%	-0.09%
2036	10,373,926	26,727,309	-0.55%	-0.11%
2037	10,314,339	26,689,907	-0.57%	-0.14%
2038	10,253,201	26,646,323	-0.59%	-0.16%
2039	10,190,465	26,596,967	-0.61%	-0.19%
2040	10,125,837	26,542,417	-0.63%	-0.21%
2041	10,059,299	26,483,475	-0.66%	-0.22%
2042	9,990,897	26,420,812	-0.68%	-0.24%
2043	9,920,670	26,354,324	-0.7%	-0.25%
2044	9,848,751	26,284,000	-0.72%	-0.27%
2045	9,775,205	26,210,196	-0.75%	-0.28%
2046	9,699,830	26,132,922	-0.77%	-0.29%
2047	9,622,707	26,052,086	-0.8%	-0.31%
2048	9,544,142	25,967,581	-0.82%	-0.32%
2049	9,463,925	25,879,244	-0.84%	-0.34%
2050	9,381,995	25,787,120	-0.87%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.