Population in Cuba compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cuba and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Papua New Guinea	Cuba	Papua New Guinea
1960	7,238,081	1,995,110	-	-
1961	7,387,117	2,046,127	2.06%	2.56%
1962	7,541,098	2,093,919	2.08%	2.34%
1963	7,701,660	2,141,376	2.13%	2.27%
1964	7,866,020	2,188,325	2.13%	2.19%
1965	8,030,797	2,235,820	2.09%	2.17%
1966	8,193,450	2,285,774	2.03%	2.23%
1967	8,352,625	2,337,532	1.94%	2.26%
1968	8,509,522	2,390,803	1.88%	2.28%
1969	8,666,640	2,446,927	1.85%	2.35%
1970	8,824,382	2,505,628	1.82%	2.4%
1971	8,979,085	2,566,421	1.75%	2.43%
1972	9,123,891	2,628,432	1.61%	2.42%
1973	9,255,328	2,690,629	1.44%	2.37%
1974	9,374,183	2,752,671	1.28%	2.31%
1975	9,479,726	2,814,820	1.13%	2.26%
1976	9,571,242	2,877,327	0.97%	2.22%
1977	9,648,440	2,940,327	0.81%	2.19%
1978	9,711,980	3,003,714	0.66%	2.16%
1979	9,763,355	3,067,341	0.53%	2.12%
1980	9,804,796	3,131,512	0.42%	2.09%
1981	9,849,320	3,197,019	0.45%	2.09%
1982	9,912,681	3,264,291	0.64%	2.1%
1983	9,991,026	3,333,633	0.79%	2.12%
1984	10,073,299	3,405,198	0.82%	2.15%
1985	10,157,228	3,478,936	0.83%	2.17%
1986	10,244,247	3,554,793	0.86%	2.18%
1987	10,335,342	3,632,543	0.89%	2.19%
1988	10,432,585	3,711,880	0.94%	2.18%
1989	10,533,243	3,796,078	0.96%	2.27%
1990	10,631,799	3,896,481	0.94%	2.64%
1991	10,717,640	4,021,837	0.81%	3.22%
1992	10,785,801	4,166,699	0.64%	3.6%
1993	10,841,031	4,320,872	0.51%	3.7%
1994	10,886,021	4,480,208	0.41%	3.69%
1995	10,925,362	4,644,278	0.36%	3.66%
1996	10,962,010	4,813,361	0.34%	3.64%
1997	10,997,934	4,987,883	0.33%	3.63%
1998	11,034,712	5,166,390	0.33%	3.58%
1999	11,072,230	5,349,333	0.34%	3.54%
2000	11,109,109	5,537,064	0.33%	3.51%
2001	11,144,132	5,728,435	0.32%	3.46%
2002	11,177,418	5,924,003	0.3%	3.41%
2003	11,209,383	6,123,997	0.29%	3.38%
2004	11,238,756	6,328,041	0.26%	3.33%
2005	11,262,554	6,535,905	0.21%	3.28%
2006	11,278,550	6,747,720	0.14%	3.24%
2007	11,287,272	6,963,345	0.08%	3.2%
2008	11,291,762	7,183,002	0.04%	3.15%
2009	11,294,719	7,406,438	0.03%	3.11%
2010	11,297,409	7,633,523	0.02%	3.07%
2011	11,301,571	7,859,346	0.04%	2.96%
2012	11,303,175	8,081,390	0.01%	2.83%
2013	11,298,167	8,302,698	-0.04%	2.74%
2014	11,285,775	8,523,441	-0.11%	2.66%
2015	11,275,065	8,743,246	-0.09%	2.58%
2016	11,265,612	8,961,718	-0.08%	2.5%
2017	11,247,829	9,178,714	-0.16%	2.42%
2018	11,227,118	9,394,513	-0.18%	2.35%
2019	11,202,846	9,609,010	-0.22%	2.28%
2020	11,176,354	9,815,746	-0.24%	2.15%
2021	11,122,168	10,012,896	-0.48%	2.01%
2022	11,059,820	10,203,169	-0.56%	1.9%
2023	11,019,931	10,389,635	-0.36%	1.83%
2024	10,979,783	10,576,502	-0.36%	1.8%
2025	10,937,204	10,762,813	-0.39%	1.76%
2026	10,892,659	10,947,845	-0.41%	1.72%
2027	10,846,709	11,131,268	-0.42%	1.68%
2028	10,799,586	11,312,895	-0.43%	1.63%
2029	10,750,892	11,492,799	-0.45%	1.59%
2030	10,700,820	11,671,420	-0.47%	1.55%
2031	10,649,673	11,848,221	-0.48%	1.51%
2032	10,597,336	12,023,121	-0.49%	1.48%
2033	10,543,539	12,196,639	-0.51%	1.44%
2034	10,488,270	12,369,248	-0.52%	1.42%
2035	10,431,762	12,540,596	-0.54%	1.39%
2036	10,373,926	12,710,682	-0.55%	1.36%
2037	10,314,339	12,879,737	-0.57%	1.33%
2038	10,253,201	13,047,122	-0.59%	1.3%
2039	10,190,465	13,212,668	-0.61%	1.27%
2040	10,125,837	13,376,156	-0.63%	1.24%
2041	10,059,299	13,537,361	-0.66%	1.21%
2042	9,990,897	13,696,139	-0.68%	1.17%
2043	9,920,670	13,853,410	-0.7%	1.15%
2044	9,848,751	14,009,926	-0.72%	1.13%
2045	9,775,205	14,165,578	-0.75%	1.11%
2046	9,699,830	14,318,889	-0.77%	1.08%
2047	9,622,707	14,469,210	-0.8%	1.05%
2048	9,544,142	14,617,364	-0.82%	1.02%
2049	9,463,925	14,763,600	-0.84%	1%
2050	9,381,995	14,906,584	-0.87%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.