Population in Cuba compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cuba and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	South Korea	Cuba	South Korea
1960	7,238,081	25,012,374	-	-
1961	7,387,117	25,765,673	2.06%	3.01%
1962	7,541,098	26,513,030	2.08%	2.9%
1963	7,701,660	27,261,747	2.13%	2.82%
1964	7,866,020	27,984,155	2.13%	2.65%
1965	8,030,797	28,704,674	2.09%	2.57%
1966	8,193,450	29,435,571	2.03%	2.55%
1967	8,352,625	30,130,983	1.94%	2.36%
1968	8,509,522	30,838,302	1.88%	2.35%
1969	8,666,640	31,544,266	1.85%	2.29%
1970	8,824,382	32,240,827	1.82%	2.21%
1971	8,979,085	32,882,704	1.75%	1.99%
1972	9,123,891	33,505,406	1.61%	1.89%
1973	9,255,328	34,103,149	1.44%	1.78%
1974	9,374,183	34,692,266	1.28%	1.73%
1975	9,479,726	35,280,725	1.13%	1.7%
1976	9,571,242	35,848,523	0.97%	1.61%
1977	9,648,440	36,411,795	0.81%	1.57%
1978	9,711,980	36,969,185	0.66%	1.53%
1979	9,763,355	37,534,236	0.53%	1.53%
1980	9,804,796	38,123,775	0.42%	1.57%
1981	9,849,320	38,723,248	0.45%	1.57%
1982	9,912,681	39,326,352	0.64%	1.56%
1983	9,991,026	39,910,403	0.79%	1.49%
1984	10,073,299	40,405,956	0.82%	1.24%
1985	10,157,228	40,805,744	0.83%	0.99%
1986	10,244,247	41,213,674	0.86%	1%
1987	10,335,342	41,621,690	0.89%	0.99%
1988	10,432,585	42,031,247	0.94%	0.98%
1989	10,533,243	42,449,038	0.96%	0.99%
1990	10,631,799	42,869,283	0.94%	0.99%
1991	10,717,640	43,295,704	0.81%	0.99%
1992	10,785,801	43,747,962	0.64%	1.04%
1993	10,841,031	44,194,628	0.51%	1.02%
1994	10,886,021	44,641,540	0.41%	1.01%
1995	10,925,362	45,092,991	0.36%	1.01%
1996	10,962,010	45,524,681	0.34%	0.96%
1997	10,997,934	45,953,580	0.33%	0.94%
1998	11,034,712	46,286,503	0.33%	0.72%
1999	11,072,230	46,616,677	0.34%	0.71%
2000	11,109,109	47,008,111	0.33%	0.84%
2001	11,144,132	47,370,164	0.32%	0.77%
2002	11,177,418	47,644,736	0.3%	0.58%
2003	11,209,383	47,892,330	0.29%	0.52%
2004	11,238,756	48,082,519	0.26%	0.4%
2005	11,262,554	48,184,561	0.21%	0.21%
2006	11,278,550	48,438,292	0.14%	0.53%
2007	11,287,272	48,683,638	0.08%	0.51%
2008	11,291,762	49,054,708	0.04%	0.76%
2009	11,294,719	49,307,835	0.03%	0.52%
2010	11,297,409	49,554,112	0.02%	0.5%
2011	11,301,571	49,936,638	0.04%	0.77%
2012	11,303,175	50,199,853	0.01%	0.53%
2013	11,298,167	50,428,893	-0.04%	0.46%
2014	11,285,775	50,746,659	-0.11%	0.63%
2015	11,275,065	51,014,947	-0.09%	0.53%
2016	11,265,612	51,217,803	-0.08%	0.4%
2017	11,247,829	51,361,911	-0.16%	0.28%
2018	11,227,118	51,585,058	-0.18%	0.43%
2019	11,202,846	51,764,822	-0.22%	0.35%
2020	11,176,354	51,836,239	-0.24%	0.14%
2021	11,122,168	51,769,539	-0.48%	-0.13%
2022	11,059,820	51,672,569	-0.56%	-0.19%
2023	11,019,931	51,712,619	-0.36%	0.08%
2024	10,979,783	51,751,065	-0.36%	0.07%
2025	10,937,204	51,700,480	-0.39%	-0.1%
2026	10,892,659	51,633,793	-0.41%	-0.13%
2027	10,846,709	51,552,198	-0.42%	-0.16%
2028	10,799,586	51,456,707	-0.43%	-0.19%
2029	10,750,892	51,347,230	-0.45%	-0.21%
2030	10,700,820	51,221,713	-0.47%	-0.24%
2031	10,649,673	51,081,220	-0.48%	-0.27%
2032	10,597,336	50,924,233	-0.49%	-0.31%
2033	10,543,539	50,747,132	-0.51%	-0.35%
2034	10,488,270	50,549,508	-0.52%	-0.39%
2035	10,431,762	50,333,286	-0.54%	-0.43%
2036	10,373,926	50,098,951	-0.55%	-0.47%
2037	10,314,339	49,845,669	-0.57%	-0.51%
2038	10,253,201	49,573,234	-0.59%	-0.55%
2039	10,190,465	49,283,770	-0.61%	-0.58%
2040	10,125,837	48,980,369	-0.63%	-0.62%
2041	10,059,299	48,661,905	-0.66%	-0.65%
2042	9,990,897	48,331,004	-0.68%	-0.68%
2043	9,920,670	47,990,085	-0.7%	-0.71%
2044	9,848,751	47,634,183	-0.72%	-0.74%
2045	9,775,205	47,263,526	-0.75%	-0.78%
2046	9,699,830	46,881,228	-0.77%	-0.81%
2047	9,622,707	46,482,133	-0.8%	-0.85%
2048	9,544,142	46,063,595	-0.82%	-0.9%
2049	9,463,925	45,626,805	-0.84%	-0.95%
2050	9,381,995	45,172,356	-0.87%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cuba decreased by 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cuba lost -372,953 (a 3.31% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Cuba was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2006 and is 90th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.