The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.
Population statistics:
- Sri Lanka's population is 2.02 times bigger than Cuba's.
- Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
- The countries together account for 0.4% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
- For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
- Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
- Sri Lanka is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 23.5M people, while Cuba's population already peaked in 2012 at 11.3M people and is projected to decrease to 5.58M people by 2100.
Cuba vs Sri Lanka: live population counter
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| Current population |
10937204
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22125995
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| Population rank | 89/197 | 63/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
13.1 minutes
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4.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.48 minutes
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2.13 minutes
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| One death every |
4.7 minutes
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2.91 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
23.5 minutes
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19.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -22,356 | -27,245 |
| Daily growth/decline | -110 | -332 |
| Annual growth/decline | -40,148 | -121,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | -0.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 180/197 | 187/197 |
Cuba and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,238,081 | 9,661,389 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,387,117 | 9,899,372 | 2.06% | 2.46% |
| 1962 | 7,541,098 | 10,143,754 | 2.08% | 2.47% |
| 1963 | 7,701,660 | 10,395,040 | 2.13% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 7,866,020 | 10,653,397 | 2.13% | 2.49% |
| 1965 | 8,030,797 | 10,916,965 | 2.09% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 8,193,450 | 11,183,928 | 2.03% | 2.45% |
| 1967 | 8,352,625 | 11,457,328 | 1.94% | 2.44% |
| 1968 | 8,509,522 | 11,736,088 | 1.88% | 2.43% |
| 1969 | 8,666,640 | 12,013,858 | 1.85% | 2.37% |
| 1970 | 8,824,382 | 12,287,110 | 1.82% | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 8,979,085 | 12,551,910 | 1.75% | 2.16% |
| 1972 | 9,123,891 | 12,809,205 | 1.61% | 2.05% |
| 1973 | 9,255,328 | 13,060,916 | 1.44% | 1.97% |
| 1974 | 9,374,183 | 13,305,693 | 1.28% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 9,479,726 | 13,548,984 | 1.13% | 1.83% |
| 1976 | 9,571,242 | 13,796,770 | 0.97% | 1.83% |
| 1977 | 9,648,440 | 14,049,371 | 0.81% | 1.83% |
| 1978 | 9,711,980 | 14,310,128 | 0.66% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 9,763,355 | 14,579,614 | 0.53% | 1.88% |
| 1980 | 9,804,796 | 14,847,974 | 0.42% | 1.84% |
| 1981 | 9,849,320 | 15,099,414 | 0.45% | 1.69% |
| 1982 | 9,912,681 | 15,286,567 | 0.64% | 1.24% |
| 1983 | 9,991,026 | 15,388,794 | 0.79% | 0.67% |
| 1984 | 10,073,299 | 15,441,860 | 0.82% | 0.34% |
| 1985 | 10,157,228 | 15,544,154 | 0.83% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 10,244,247 | 15,731,256 | 0.86% | 1.2% |
| 1987 | 10,335,342 | 15,916,576 | 0.89% | 1.18% |
| 1988 | 10,432,585 | 16,078,621 | 0.94% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 10,533,243 | 16,248,557 | 0.96% | 1.06% |
| 1990 | 10,631,799 | 16,352,458 | 0.94% | 0.64% |
| 1991 | 10,717,640 | 16,475,354 | 0.81% | 0.75% |
| 1992 | 10,785,801 | 16,739,284 | 0.64% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 10,841,031 | 17,025,918 | 0.51% | 1.71% |
| 1994 | 10,886,021 | 17,275,773 | 0.41% | 1.47% |
| 1995 | 10,925,362 | 17,564,068 | 0.36% | 1.67% |
| 1996 | 10,962,010 | 17,905,018 | 0.34% | 1.94% |
| 1997 | 10,997,934 | 18,248,200 | 0.33% | 1.92% |
| 1998 | 11,034,712 | 18,596,003 | 0.33% | 1.91% |
| 1999 | 11,072,230 | 18,944,731 | 0.34% | 1.88% |
| 2000 | 11,109,109 | 19,293,054 | 0.33% | 1.84% |
| 2001 | 11,144,132 | 19,600,362 | 0.32% | 1.59% |
| 2002 | 11,177,418 | 19,805,752 | 0.3% | 1.05% |
| 2003 | 11,209,383 | 19,951,521 | 0.29% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 11,238,756 | 20,087,605 | 0.26% | 0.68% |
| 2005 | 11,262,554 | 20,216,524 | 0.21% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 11,278,550 | 20,352,411 | 0.14% | 0.67% |
| 2007 | 11,287,272 | 20,492,545 | 0.08% | 0.69% |
| 2008 | 11,291,762 | 20,629,378 | 0.04% | 0.67% |
| 2009 | 11,294,719 | 20,756,435 | 0.03% | 0.62% |
| 2010 | 11,297,409 | 20,879,089 | 0.02% | 0.59% |
| 2011 | 11,301,571 | 21,009,048 | 0.04% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 11,303,175 | 21,169,458 | 0.01% | 0.76% |
| 2013 | 11,298,167 | 20,585,000 | -0.04% | -2.76% |
| 2014 | 11,285,775 | 20,778,000 | -0.11% | 0.94% |
| 2015 | 11,275,065 | 20,970,000 | -0.09% | 0.92% |
| 2016 | 11,265,612 | 21,209,000 | -0.08% | 1.14% |
| 2017 | 11,247,829 | 21,453,000 | -0.16% | 1.15% |
| 2018 | 11,227,118 | 21,670,000 | -0.18% | 1.01% |
| 2019 | 11,202,846 | 21,803,000 | -0.22% | 0.61% |
| 2020 | 11,176,354 | 21,919,000 | -0.24% | 0.53% |
| 2021 | 11,122,168 | 22,156,000 | -0.48% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | 11,059,820 | 22,181,000 | -0.56% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 11,019,931 | 22,037,000 | -0.36% | -0.65% |
| 2024 | 10,979,783 | 21,916,000 | -0.36% | -0.55% |
| 2025 | 10,937,204 | 22,035,440 | -0.39% | 0.54% |
| 2026 | 10,892,659 | 22,148,172 | -0.41% | 0.51% |
| 2027 | 10,846,709 | 22,255,601 | -0.42% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 10,799,586 | 22,357,682 | -0.43% | 0.46% |
| 2029 | 10,750,892 | 22,453,922 | -0.45% | 0.43% |
| 2030 | 10,700,820 | 22,546,245 | -0.47% | 0.41% |
| 2031 | 10,649,673 | 22,635,106 | -0.48% | 0.39% |
| 2032 | 10,597,336 | 22,720,118 | -0.49% | 0.38% |
| 2033 | 10,543,539 | 22,802,043 | -0.51% | 0.36% |
| 2034 | 10,488,270 | 22,879,527 | -0.52% | 0.34% |
| 2035 | 10,431,762 | 22,952,739 | -0.54% | 0.32% |
| 2036 | 10,373,926 | 23,022,027 | -0.55% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 10,314,339 | 23,088,877 | -0.57% | 0.29% |
| 2038 | 10,253,201 | 23,152,480 | -0.59% | 0.28% |
| 2039 | 10,190,465 | 23,211,633 | -0.61% | 0.26% |
| 2040 | 10,125,837 | 23,265,986 | -0.63% | 0.23% |
| 2041 | 10,059,299 | 23,315,260 | -0.66% | 0.21% |
| 2042 | 9,990,897 | 23,359,578 | -0.68% | 0.19% |
| 2043 | 9,920,670 | 23,398,752 | -0.7% | 0.17% |
| 2044 | 9,848,751 | 23,433,096 | -0.72% | 0.15% |
| 2045 | 9,775,205 | 23,464,943 | -0.75% | 0.14% |
| 2046 | 9,699,830 | 23,492,738 | -0.77% | 0.12% |
| 2047 | 9,622,707 | 23,512,629 | -0.8% | 0.08% |
| 2048 | 9,544,142 | 23,525,953 | -0.82% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 9,463,925 | 23,533,940 | -0.84% | 0.03% |
| 2050 | 9,381,995 | 23,538,230 | -0.87% | 0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).
Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Havana | 2.49M |
| Santiago de Cuba | 445K |
| Holguin | 350K |
| Camaguey | 322K |
| Santa Clara | 247K |
| Bayamo | 235K |
| Guantanamo | 228K |
| Las Tunas | 202K |
| Pinar del Rio | 189K |
| Cienfuegos | 165K |
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| City | Population |
| Colombo | 753K |
| Gampaha | 191K |
| Beruwala | 165K |
| Negombo | 142K |
| Kandy | 120K |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 116K |
| Trincomalee | 99.1K |
| Galle | 93.1K |
| Matara | 68.2K |
| Anuradhapura | 63.2K |
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Population differences between Cuba and Sri Lanka
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| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 77.9 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 35.8 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 34.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.44 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 274 ppl/mi² | 918 ppl/mi² |
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