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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 17,695 people in Palau in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 17,663 in Palau.

Population statistics:

  • Cuba's population is 619 times bigger than Palau's.
  • Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while Palau is the 194th.
  • The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.0002% for Palau.
  • For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs +0.02% in Palau.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while Palau has declined from 19.8K to 17.7K (10.9% 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 27% in Palau.

Cuba vs Palau: live population counter

Cuba Palau
Current population
10937204
17663
Population rank 89/197 194/197
Percent of world population 0.13% 0.0002%
One net population change
13.1 minutes
1.63 weeks
One birth every
5.48 minutes
1.89 days
One death every
4.7 minutes
1.8 days
One migration net change every
23.5 minutes
3.72 weeks
Annual migration change -22,356 -14
Daily growth/decline -110 +0
Annual growth/decline -40,148 -32
Annual growth/decline rate -0.36% -0.18%
Population growth rate rank 180/197 176/197

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

Cuba
Population

Growth rate
Palau
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cuba Palau Cuba Palau
1960 7,238,081 9,328 - -
1961 7,387,117 9,555 2.06% 2.43%
1962 7,541,098 9,793 2.08% 2.49%
1963 7,701,660 10,037 2.13% 2.49%
1964 7,866,020 10,292 2.13% 2.54%
1965 8,030,797 10,547 2.09% 2.48%
1966 8,193,450 10,805 2.03% 2.45%
1967 8,352,625 10,988 1.94% 1.69%
1968 8,509,522 11,080 1.88% 0.84%
1969 8,666,640 11,159 1.85% 0.71%
1970 8,824,382 11,368 1.82% 1.87%
1971 8,979,085 11,759 1.75% 3.44%
1972 9,123,891 12,194 1.61% 3.7%
1973 9,255,328 12,552 1.44% 2.94%
1974 9,374,183 12,687 1.28% 1.08%
1975 9,479,726 12,655 1.13% -0.25%
1976 9,571,242 12,598 0.97% -0.45%
1977 9,648,440 12,525 0.81% -0.58%
1978 9,711,980 12,440 0.66% -0.68%
1979 9,763,355 12,337 0.53% -0.83%
1980 9,804,796 12,271 0.42% -0.53%
1981 9,849,320 12,402 0.45% 1.07%
1982 9,912,681 12,694 0.64% 2.35%
1983 9,991,026 13,006 0.79% 2.46%
1984 10,073,299 13,337 0.82% 2.54%
1985 10,157,228 13,688 0.83% 2.63%
1986 10,244,247 14,024 0.86% 2.45%
1987 10,335,342 14,334 0.89% 2.21%
1988 10,432,585 14,645 0.94% 2.17%
1989 10,533,243 14,945 0.96% 2.05%
1990 10,631,799 15,259 0.94% 2.1%
1991 10,717,640 15,614 0.81% 2.33%
1992 10,785,801 15,989 0.64% 2.4%
1993 10,841,031 16,372 0.51% 2.4%
1994 10,886,021 16,770 0.41% 2.43%
1995 10,925,362 17,195 0.36% 2.53%
1996 10,962,010 17,654 0.34% 2.67%
1997 10,997,934 18,108 0.33% 2.57%
1998 11,034,712 18,524 0.33% 2.3%
1999 11,072,230 18,901 0.34% 2.04%
2000 11,109,109 19,178 0.33% 1.47%
2001 11,144,132 19,352 0.32% 0.91%
2002 11,177,418 19,503 0.3% 0.78%
2003 11,209,383 19,659 0.29% 0.8%
2004 11,238,756 19,820 0.26% 0.82%
2005 11,262,554 19,819 0.21% -0.005%
2006 11,278,550 19,593 0.14% -1.14%
2007 11,287,272 19,302 0.08% -1.49%
2008 11,291,762 19,009 0.04% -1.52%
2009 11,294,719 18,709 0.03% -1.58%
2010 11,297,409 18,396 0.02% -1.67%
2011 11,301,571 18,078 0.04% -1.73%
2012 11,303,175 17,765 0.01% -1.73%
2013 11,298,167 17,648 -0.04% -0.66%
2014 11,285,775 17,715 -0.11% 0.38%
2015 11,275,065 17,770 -0.09% 0.31%
2016 11,265,612 17,797 -0.08% 0.15%
2017 11,247,829 17,812 -0.16% 0.08%
2018 11,227,118 17,814 -0.18% 0.01%
2019 11,202,846 17,798 -0.22% -0.09%
2020 11,176,354 17,792 -0.24% -0.03%
2021 11,122,168 17,783 -0.48% -0.05%
2022 11,059,820 17,759 -0.56% -0.13%
2023 11,019,931 17,727 -0.36% -0.18%
2024 10,979,783 17,695 -0.36% -0.18%
2025 10,937,204 17,663 -0.39% -0.18%
2026 10,892,659 17,618 -0.41% -0.25%
2027 10,846,709 17,564 -0.42% -0.31%
2028 10,799,586 17,504 -0.43% -0.34%
2029 10,750,892 17,436 -0.45% -0.39%
2030 10,700,820 17,376 -0.47% -0.34%
2031 10,649,673 17,299 -0.48% -0.44%
2032 10,597,336 17,228 -0.49% -0.41%
2033 10,543,539 17,163 -0.51% -0.38%
2034 10,488,270 17,092 -0.52% -0.41%
2035 10,431,762 17,012 -0.54% -0.47%
2036 10,373,926 16,940 -0.55% -0.43%
2037 10,314,339 16,858 -0.57% -0.48%
2038 10,253,201 16,779 -0.59% -0.47%
2039 10,190,465 16,689 -0.61% -0.54%
2040 10,125,837 16,604 -0.63% -0.51%
2041 10,059,299 16,510 -0.66% -0.57%
2042 9,990,897 16,403 -0.68% -0.65%
2043 9,920,670 16,302 -0.7% -0.61%
2044 9,848,751 16,202 -0.72% -0.62%
2045 9,775,205 16,097 -0.75% -0.65%
2046 9,699,830 15,977 -0.77% -0.74%
2047 9,622,707 15,863 -0.8% -0.71%
2048 9,544,142 15,749 -0.82% -0.72%
2049 9,463,925 15,632 -0.84% -0.74%
2050 9,381,995 15,515 -0.87% -0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.

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