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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 142,718,132 in Russia.

Population statistics:

  • Russia's population is 13 times bigger than Cuba's.
  • Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
  • The countries together account for 1.86% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 1.73% for Russia.
  • For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while Russia has declined from 144M to 143M (0.56% 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 10.7% in Russia.

Cuba vs Russia: live population counter

Cuba Russia
Current population
10937204
142718132
Population rank 89/197 9/197
Percent of world population 0.13% 1.73%
One net population change
13.1 minutes
1.8 minutes
One birth every
5.48 minutes
25.5 seconds
One death every
4.7 minutes
18.1 seconds
One migration net change every
23.5 minutes
2.95 minutes
Annual migration change -22,356 -178,042
Daily growth/decline -110 -801
Annual growth/decline -40,148 -292,279
Annual growth/decline rate -0.36% -0.2%
Population growth rate rank 180/197 177/197

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

Cuba
Population

Growth rate
Russia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cuba Russia Cuba Russia
1960 7,238,081 119,897,000 - -
1961 7,387,117 121,236,000 2.06% 1.12%
1962 7,541,098 122,591,000 2.08% 1.12%
1963 7,701,660 123,960,000 2.13% 1.12%
1964 7,866,020 125,345,000 2.13% 1.12%
1965 8,030,797 126,745,000 2.09% 1.12%
1966 8,193,450 127,468,000 2.03% 0.57%
1967 8,352,625 128,196,000 1.94% 0.57%
1968 8,509,522 128,928,000 1.88% 0.57%
1969 8,666,640 129,664,000 1.85% 0.57%
1970 8,824,382 130,404,000 1.82% 0.57%
1971 8,979,085 131,155,000 1.75% 0.58%
1972 9,123,891 131,909,000 1.61% 0.57%
1973 9,255,328 132,669,000 1.44% 0.58%
1974 9,374,183 133,432,000 1.28% 0.58%
1975 9,479,726 134,200,000 1.13% 0.58%
1976 9,571,242 135,147,000 0.97% 0.71%
1977 9,648,440 136,100,000 0.81% 0.71%
1978 9,711,980 137,060,000 0.66% 0.71%
1979 9,763,355 138,027,000 0.53% 0.71%
1980 9,804,796 139,010,000 0.42% 0.71%
1981 9,849,320 139,941,000 0.45% 0.67%
1982 9,912,681 140,823,000 0.64% 0.63%
1983 9,991,026 141,668,000 0.79% 0.6%
1984 10,073,299 142,745,000 0.82% 0.76%
1985 10,157,228 143,858,000 0.83% 0.78%
1986 10,244,247 144,894,000 0.86% 0.72%
1987 10,335,342 145,908,000 0.89% 0.7%
1988 10,432,585 146,857,000 0.94% 0.65%
1989 10,533,243 147,721,000 0.96% 0.59%
1990 10,631,799 147,969,406 0.94% 0.17%
1991 10,717,640 148,394,216 0.81% 0.29%
1992 10,785,801 148,538,197 0.64% 0.1%
1993 10,841,031 148,458,777 0.51% -0.05%
1994 10,886,021 148,407,912 0.41% -0.03%
1995 10,925,362 148,375,787 0.36% -0.02%
1996 10,962,010 148,160,129 0.34% -0.15%
1997 10,997,934 147,915,361 0.33% -0.17%
1998 11,034,712 147,670,784 0.33% -0.17%
1999 11,072,230 147,214,776 0.34% -0.31%
2000 11,109,109 146,596,869 0.33% -0.42%
2001 11,144,132 145,976,482 0.32% -0.42%
2002 11,177,418 145,306,497 0.3% -0.46%
2003 11,209,383 144,648,618 0.29% -0.45%
2004 11,238,756 144,067,316 0.26% -0.4%
2005 11,262,554 143,518,814 0.21% -0.38%
2006 11,278,550 143,049,637 0.14% -0.33%
2007 11,287,272 142,805,114 0.08% -0.17%
2008 11,291,762 142,742,366 0.04% -0.04%
2009 11,294,719 142,785,348 0.03% 0.03%
2010 11,297,409 142,849,468 0.02% 0.04%
2011 11,301,571 143,018,195 0.04% 0.12%
2012 11,303,175 143,378,447 0.01% 0.25%
2013 11,298,167 143,805,638 -0.04% 0.3%
2014 11,285,775 144,237,223 -0.11% 0.3%
2015 11,275,065 144,640,716 -0.09% 0.28%
2016 11,265,612 145,015,460 -0.08% 0.26%
2017 11,247,829 145,293,260 -0.16% 0.19%
2018 11,227,118 145,398,106 -0.18% 0.07%
2019 11,202,846 145,453,291 -0.22% 0.04%
2020 11,176,354 145,245,148 -0.24% -0.14%
2021 11,122,168 144,746,762 -0.48% -0.34%
2022 11,059,820 144,236,933 -0.56% -0.35%
2023 11,019,931 143,826,130 -0.36% -0.28%
2024 10,979,783 143,533,851 -0.36% -0.2%
2025 10,937,204 142,718,132 -0.39% -0.57%
2026 10,892,659 142,120,553 -0.41% -0.42%
2027 10,846,709 141,773,330 -0.42% -0.24%
2028 10,799,586 141,402,326 -0.43% -0.26%
2029 10,750,892 141,021,009 -0.45% -0.27%
2030 10,700,820 140,628,883 -0.47% -0.28%
2031 10,649,673 140,218,596 -0.48% -0.29%
2032 10,597,336 139,807,207 -0.49% -0.29%
2033 10,543,539 139,414,947 -0.51% -0.28%
2034 10,488,270 139,034,543 -0.52% -0.27%
2035 10,431,762 138,666,694 -0.54% -0.26%
2036 10,373,926 138,311,757 -0.55% -0.26%
2037 10,314,339 137,968,177 -0.57% -0.25%
2038 10,253,201 137,643,032 -0.59% -0.24%
2039 10,190,465 137,336,299 -0.61% -0.22%
2040 10,125,837 137,053,347 -0.63% -0.21%
2041 10,059,299 136,795,588 -0.66% -0.19%
2042 9,990,897 136,558,692 -0.68% -0.17%
2043 9,920,670 136,335,849 -0.7% -0.16%
2044 9,848,751 136,124,845 -0.72% -0.15%
2045 9,775,205 135,933,758 -0.75% -0.14%
2046 9,699,830 135,756,848 -0.77% -0.13%
2047 9,622,707 135,574,181 -0.8% -0.13%
2048 9,544,142 135,372,557 -0.82% -0.15%
2049 9,463,925 135,156,911 -0.84% -0.16%
2050 9,381,995 134,923,391 -0.87% -0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.

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