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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Portugal	Cuba	Portugal
1960	7,238,081	8,857,716	-	-
1961	7,387,117	8,929,316	2.06%	0.81%
1962	7,541,098	8,993,985	2.08%	0.72%
1963	7,701,660	9,030,355	2.13%	0.4%
1964	7,866,020	9,035,365	2.13%	0.06%
1965	8,030,797	8,998,595	2.09%	-0.41%
1966	8,193,450	8,930,990	2.03%	-0.75%
1967	8,352,625	8,874,520	1.94%	-0.63%
1968	8,509,522	8,836,650	1.88%	-0.43%
1969	8,666,640	8,757,705	1.85%	-0.89%
1970	8,824,382	8,680,431	1.82%	-0.88%
1971	8,979,085	8,643,756	1.75%	-0.42%
1972	9,123,891	8,630,430	1.61%	-0.15%
1973	9,255,328	8,633,100	1.44%	0.03%
1974	9,374,183	8,754,365	1.28%	1.4%
1975	9,479,726	9,093,470	1.13%	3.87%
1976	9,571,242	9,355,810	0.97%	2.88%
1977	9,648,440	9,455,675	0.81%	1.07%
1978	9,711,980	9,558,250	0.66%	1.08%
1979	9,763,355	9,661,265	0.53%	1.08%
1980	9,804,796	9,766,312	0.42%	1.09%
1981	9,849,320	9,851,362	0.45%	0.87%
1982	9,912,681	9,911,771	0.64%	0.61%
1983	9,991,026	9,957,865	0.79%	0.47%
1984	10,073,299	9,996,232	0.82%	0.39%
1985	10,157,228	10,023,613	0.83%	0.27%
1986	10,244,247	10,032,734	0.86%	0.09%
1987	10,335,342	10,030,031	0.89%	-0.03%
1988	10,432,585	10,019,610	0.94%	-0.1%
1989	10,533,243	10,005,000	0.96%	-0.15%
1990	10,631,799	9,983,218	0.94%	-0.22%
1991	10,717,640	9,960,235	0.81%	-0.23%
1992	10,785,801	9,952,494	0.64%	-0.08%
1993	10,841,031	9,964,675	0.51%	0.12%
1994	10,886,021	9,991,525	0.41%	0.27%
1995	10,925,362	10,026,176	0.36%	0.35%
1996	10,962,010	10,063,945	0.34%	0.38%
1997	10,997,934	10,108,977	0.33%	0.45%
1998	11,034,712	10,160,196	0.33%	0.51%
1999	11,072,230	10,217,828	0.34%	0.57%
2000	11,109,109	10,289,898	0.33%	0.71%
2001	11,144,132	10,362,722	0.32%	0.71%
2002	11,177,418	10,419,631	0.3%	0.55%
2003	11,209,383	10,458,821	0.29%	0.38%
2004	11,238,756	10,483,861	0.26%	0.24%
2005	11,262,554	10,503,330	0.21%	0.19%
2006	11,278,550	10,522,288	0.14%	0.18%
2007	11,287,272	10,542,964	0.08%	0.2%
2008	11,291,762	10,558,177	0.04%	0.14%
2009	11,294,719	10,568,247	0.03%	0.1%
2010	11,297,409	10,573,100	0.02%	0.05%
2011	11,301,571	10,557,560	0.04%	-0.15%
2012	11,303,175	10,514,844	0.01%	-0.4%
2013	11,298,167	10,457,295	-0.04%	-0.55%
2014	11,285,775	10,401,062	-0.11%	-0.54%
2015	11,275,065	10,358,076	-0.09%	-0.41%
2016	11,265,612	10,325,452	-0.08%	-0.31%
2017	11,247,829	10,300,300	-0.16%	-0.24%
2018	11,227,118	10,283,822	-0.18%	-0.16%
2019	11,202,846	10,286,263	-0.22%	0.02%
2020	11,176,354	10,297,081	-0.24%	0.11%
2021	11,122,168	10,361,831	-0.48%	0.63%
2022	11,059,820	10,434,332	-0.56%	0.7%
2023	11,019,931	10,578,174	-0.36%	1.38%
2024	10,979,783	10,701,636	-0.36%	1.17%
2025	10,937,204	10,687,819	-0.39%	-0.13%
2026	10,892,659	10,670,917	-0.41%	-0.16%
2027	10,846,709	10,653,073	-0.42%	-0.17%
2028	10,799,586	10,632,868	-0.43%	-0.19%
2029	10,750,892	10,611,484	-0.45%	-0.2%
2030	10,700,820	10,591,436	-0.47%	-0.19%
2031	10,649,673	10,571,418	-0.48%	-0.19%
2032	10,597,336	10,549,456	-0.49%	-0.21%
2033	10,543,539	10,526,482	-0.51%	-0.22%
2034	10,488,270	10,502,882	-0.52%	-0.22%
2035	10,431,762	10,478,843	-0.54%	-0.23%
2036	10,373,926	10,454,630	-0.55%	-0.23%
2037	10,314,339	10,430,128	-0.57%	-0.23%
2038	10,253,201	10,404,947	-0.59%	-0.24%
2039	10,190,465	10,377,968	-0.61%	-0.26%
2040	10,125,837	10,349,515	-0.63%	-0.27%
2041	10,059,299	10,321,577	-0.66%	-0.27%
2042	9,990,897	10,294,106	-0.68%	-0.27%
2043	9,920,670	10,264,596	-0.7%	-0.29%
2044	9,848,751	10,233,543	-0.72%	-0.3%
2045	9,775,205	10,201,832	-0.75%	-0.31%
2046	9,699,830	10,168,932	-0.77%	-0.32%
2047	9,622,707	10,135,159	-0.8%	-0.33%
2048	9,544,142	10,101,419	-0.82%	-0.33%
2049	9,463,925	10,066,064	-0.84%	-0.35%
2050	9,381,995	10,029,252	-0.87%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.