Population in Cuba compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cuba and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Saudi Arabia	Cuba	Saudi Arabia
1960	7,238,081	2,435,403	-	-
1961	7,387,117	2,526,347	2.06%	3.73%
1962	7,541,098	2,620,910	2.08%	3.74%
1963	7,701,660	2,719,341	2.13%	3.76%
1964	7,866,020	2,821,968	2.13%	3.77%
1965	8,030,797	2,928,771	2.09%	3.78%
1966	8,193,450	3,039,887	2.03%	3.79%
1967	8,352,625	3,157,242	1.94%	3.86%
1968	8,509,522	3,282,711	1.88%	3.97%
1969	8,666,640	3,417,114	1.85%	4.09%
1970	8,824,382	3,562,470	1.82%	4.25%
1971	8,979,085	3,724,031	1.75%	4.54%
1972	9,123,891	3,905,722	1.61%	4.88%
1973	9,255,328	4,106,344	1.44%	5.14%
1974	9,374,183	4,323,632	1.28%	5.29%
1975	9,479,726	4,556,287	1.13%	5.38%
1976	9,571,242	4,807,933	0.97%	5.52%
1977	9,648,440	5,083,048	0.81%	5.72%
1978	9,711,980	5,381,902	0.66%	5.88%
1979	9,763,355	5,703,698	0.53%	5.98%
1980	9,804,796	6,047,997	0.42%	6.04%
1981	9,849,320	6,420,551	0.45%	6.16%
1982	9,912,681	6,824,486	0.64%	6.29%
1983	9,991,026	7,252,941	0.79%	6.28%
1984	10,073,299	7,697,307	0.82%	6.13%
1985	10,157,228	8,151,779	0.83%	5.9%
1986	10,244,247	8,628,639	0.86%	5.85%
1987	10,335,342	9,130,194	0.89%	5.81%
1988	10,432,585	9,629,165	0.94%	5.47%
1989	10,533,243	10,128,394	0.96%	5.18%
1990	10,631,799	10,640,691	0.94%	5.06%
1991	10,717,640	11,160,744	0.81%	4.89%
1992	10,785,801	11,686,676	0.64%	4.71%
1993	10,841,031	12,215,862	0.51%	4.53%
1994	10,886,021	12,750,040	0.41%	4.37%
1995	10,925,362	13,289,245	0.36%	4.23%
1996	10,962,010	13,831,009	0.34%	4.08%
1997	10,997,934	14,374,943	0.33%	3.93%
1998	11,034,712	14,922,185	0.33%	3.81%
1999	11,072,230	15,472,075	0.34%	3.69%
2000	11,109,109	16,177,722	0.33%	4.56%
2001	11,144,132	17,041,397	0.32%	5.34%
2002	11,177,418	17,910,910	0.3%	5.1%
2003	11,209,383	18,786,767	0.29%	4.89%
2004	11,238,756	19,669,480	0.26%	4.7%
2005	11,262,554	20,559,890	0.21%	4.53%
2006	11,278,550	21,459,144	0.14%	4.37%
2007	11,287,272	22,368,313	0.08%	4.24%
2008	11,291,762	23,287,877	0.04%	4.11%
2009	11,294,719	24,217,654	0.03%	3.99%
2010	11,297,409	23,978,487	0.02%	-0.99%
2011	11,301,571	25,091,867	0.04%	4.64%
2012	11,303,175	26,168,861	0.01%	4.29%
2013	11,298,167	27,624,004	-0.04%	5.56%
2014	11,285,775	28,309,273	-0.11%	2.48%
2015	11,275,065	29,816,382	-0.09%	5.32%
2016	11,265,612	30,954,198	-0.08%	3.82%
2017	11,247,829	30,977,355	-0.16%	0.07%
2018	11,227,118	30,196,281	-0.18%	-2.52%
2019	11,202,846	30,063,799	-0.22%	-0.44%
2020	11,176,354	31,552,510	-0.24%	4.95%
2021	11,122,168	30,784,383	-0.48%	-2.43%
2022	11,059,820	32,175,224	-0.56%	4.52%
2023	11,019,931	33,702,731	-0.36%	4.75%
2024	10,979,783	35,300,280	-0.36%	4.74%
2025	10,937,204	35,927,625	-0.39%	1.78%
2026	10,892,659	36,550,694	-0.41%	1.73%
2027	10,846,709	37,167,513	-0.42%	1.69%
2028	10,799,586	37,775,810	-0.43%	1.64%
2029	10,750,892	38,364,377	-0.45%	1.56%
2030	10,700,820	38,918,375	-0.47%	1.44%
2031	10,649,673	39,450,880	-0.48%	1.37%
2032	10,597,336	39,983,934	-0.49%	1.35%
2033	10,543,539	40,517,599	-0.51%	1.33%
2034	10,488,270	41,052,423	-0.52%	1.32%
2035	10,431,762	41,588,429	-0.54%	1.31%
2036	10,373,926	42,125,184	-0.55%	1.29%
2037	10,314,339	42,661,908	-0.57%	1.27%
2038	10,253,201	43,198,420	-0.59%	1.26%
2039	10,190,465	43,734,316	-0.61%	1.24%
2040	10,125,837	44,269,571	-0.63%	1.22%
2041	10,059,299	44,804,338	-0.66%	1.21%
2042	9,990,897	45,338,111	-0.68%	1.19%
2043	9,920,670	45,870,896	-0.7%	1.18%
2044	9,848,751	46,403,116	-0.72%	1.16%
2045	9,775,205	46,934,822	-0.75%	1.15%
2046	9,699,830	47,465,267	-0.77%	1.13%
2047	9,622,707	47,993,976	-0.8%	1.11%
2048	9,544,142	48,521,364	-0.82%	1.1%
2049	9,463,925	49,047,461	-0.84%	1.08%
2050	9,381,995	49,572,202	-0.87%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cuba decreased by 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cuba lost -372,953 (a 3.31% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Cuba was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2006 and is 90th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Cuba's population will shrink by 13.9% to 9,381,995 people with a rank change from 90th to 104th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.