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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Spain	Cuba	Spain
1960	7,238,081	30,455,000	-	-
1961	7,387,117	30,739,250	2.06%	0.93%
1962	7,541,098	31,023,366	2.08%	0.92%
1963	7,701,660	31,296,651	2.13%	0.88%
1964	7,866,020	31,609,195	2.13%	1%
1965	8,030,797	31,954,292	2.09%	1.09%
1966	8,193,450	32,283,194	2.03%	1.03%
1967	8,352,625	32,682,947	1.94%	1.24%
1968	8,509,522	33,113,134	1.88%	1.32%
1969	8,666,640	33,441,054	1.85%	0.99%
1970	8,824,382	33,814,531	1.82%	1.12%
1971	8,979,085	34,224,490	1.75%	1.21%
1972	9,123,891	34,604,469	1.61%	1.11%
1973	9,255,328	34,988,947	1.44%	1.11%
1974	9,374,183	35,373,335	1.28%	1.1%
1975	9,479,726	35,757,900	1.13%	1.09%
1976	9,571,242	36,137,812	0.97%	1.06%
1977	9,648,440	36,511,638	0.81%	1.03%
1978	9,711,980	36,864,898	0.66%	0.97%
1979	9,763,355	37,191,330	0.53%	0.89%
1980	9,804,796	37,491,165	0.42%	0.81%
1981	9,849,320	37,758,631	0.45%	0.71%
1982	9,912,681	37,986,012	0.64%	0.6%
1983	9,991,026	38,171,525	0.79%	0.49%
1984	10,073,299	38,330,364	0.82%	0.42%
1985	10,157,228	38,469,512	0.83%	0.36%
1986	10,244,247	38,584,624	0.86%	0.3%
1987	10,335,342	38,684,815	0.89%	0.26%
1988	10,432,585	38,766,939	0.94%	0.21%
1989	10,533,243	38,827,764	0.96%	0.16%
1990	10,631,799	38,867,322	0.94%	0.1%
1991	10,717,640	38,966,376	0.81%	0.25%
1992	10,785,801	39,157,685	0.64%	0.49%
1993	10,841,031	39,361,262	0.51%	0.52%
1994	10,886,021	39,549,108	0.41%	0.48%
1995	10,925,362	39,724,050	0.36%	0.44%
1996	10,962,010	39,889,852	0.34%	0.42%
1997	10,997,934	40,057,389	0.33%	0.42%
1998	11,034,712	40,223,509	0.33%	0.41%
1999	11,072,230	40,386,875	0.34%	0.41%
2000	11,109,109	40,567,864	0.33%	0.45%
2001	11,144,132	40,850,412	0.32%	0.7%
2002	11,177,418	41,431,558	0.3%	1.42%
2003	11,209,383	42,187,645	0.29%	1.82%
2004	11,238,756	42,921,895	0.26%	1.74%
2005	11,262,554	43,653,155	0.21%	1.7%
2006	11,278,550	44,397,319	0.14%	1.7%
2007	11,287,272	45,226,803	0.08%	1.87%
2008	11,291,762	45,954,106	0.04%	1.61%
2009	11,294,719	46,362,946	0.03%	0.89%
2010	11,297,409	46,576,897	0.02%	0.46%
2011	11,301,571	46,742,697	0.04%	0.36%
2012	11,303,175	46,773,055	0.01%	0.06%
2013	11,298,167	46,604,197	-0.04%	-0.36%
2014	11,285,775	46,460,733	-0.11%	-0.31%
2015	11,275,065	46,422,303	-0.09%	-0.08%
2016	11,265,612	46,458,139	-0.08%	0.08%
2017	11,247,829	46,571,232	-0.16%	0.24%
2018	11,227,118	46,782,011	-0.18%	0.45%
2019	11,202,846	47,118,501	-0.22%	0.72%
2020	11,176,354	47,359,424	-0.24%	0.51%
2021	11,122,168	47,443,821	-0.48%	0.18%
2022	11,059,820	47,786,102	-0.56%	0.72%
2023	11,019,931	48,347,910	-0.36%	1.18%
2024	10,979,783	48,807,137	-0.36%	0.95%
2025	10,937,204	48,786,181	-0.39%	-0.04%
2026	10,892,659	48,746,279	-0.41%	-0.08%
2027	10,846,709	48,696,847	-0.42%	-0.1%
2028	10,799,586	48,642,132	-0.43%	-0.11%
2029	10,750,892	48,578,166	-0.45%	-0.13%
2030	10,700,820	48,501,513	-0.47%	-0.16%
2031	10,649,673	48,412,854	-0.48%	-0.18%
2032	10,597,336	48,321,195	-0.49%	-0.19%
2033	10,543,539	48,230,054	-0.51%	-0.19%
2034	10,488,270	48,136,421	-0.52%	-0.19%
2035	10,431,762	48,036,650	-0.54%	-0.21%
2036	10,373,926	47,929,957	-0.55%	-0.22%
2037	10,314,339	47,819,257	-0.57%	-0.23%
2038	10,253,201	47,706,580	-0.59%	-0.24%
2039	10,190,465	47,588,878	-0.61%	-0.25%
2040	10,125,837	47,463,597	-0.63%	-0.26%
2041	10,059,299	47,332,618	-0.66%	-0.28%
2042	9,990,897	47,194,588	-0.68%	-0.29%
2043	9,920,670	47,052,293	-0.7%	-0.3%
2044	9,848,751	46,902,636	-0.72%	-0.32%
2045	9,775,205	46,738,565	-0.75%	-0.35%
2046	9,699,830	46,564,383	-0.77%	-0.37%
2047	9,622,707	46,381,681	-0.8%	-0.39%
2048	9,544,142	46,190,642	-0.82%	-0.41%
2049	9,463,925	45,985,428	-0.84%	-0.44%
2050	9,381,995	45,769,362	-0.87%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.