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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Syria	Cuba	Syria
1960	7,238,081	4,673,500	-	-
1961	7,387,117	4,815,466	2.06%	3.04%
1962	7,541,098	4,959,340	2.08%	2.99%
1963	7,701,660	5,110,467	2.13%	3.05%
1964	7,866,020	5,269,087	2.13%	3.1%
1965	8,030,797	5,435,267	2.09%	3.15%
1966	8,193,450	5,609,047	2.03%	3.2%
1967	8,352,625	5,790,198	1.94%	3.23%
1968	8,509,522	5,978,742	1.88%	3.26%
1969	8,666,640	6,175,166	1.85%	3.29%
1970	8,824,382	6,380,609	1.82%	3.33%
1971	8,979,085	6,598,094	1.75%	3.41%
1972	9,123,891	6,826,024	1.61%	3.45%
1973	9,255,328	7,060,321	1.44%	3.43%
1974	9,374,183	7,302,160	1.28%	3.43%
1975	9,479,726	7,554,364	1.13%	3.45%
1976	9,571,242	7,817,320	0.97%	3.48%
1977	9,648,440	8,090,501	0.81%	3.49%
1978	9,711,980	8,372,759	0.66%	3.49%
1979	9,763,355	8,661,909	0.53%	3.45%
1980	9,804,796	8,957,663	0.42%	3.41%
1981	9,849,320	9,260,189	0.45%	3.38%
1982	9,912,681	9,572,511	0.64%	3.37%
1983	9,991,026	9,904,809	0.79%	3.47%
1984	10,073,299	10,258,398	0.82%	3.57%
1985	10,157,228	10,625,672	0.83%	3.58%
1986	10,244,247	11,002,844	0.86%	3.55%
1987	10,335,342	11,388,923	0.89%	3.51%
1988	10,432,585	11,782,264	0.94%	3.45%
1989	10,533,243	12,179,060	0.96%	3.37%
1990	10,631,799	12,579,208	0.94%	3.29%
1991	10,717,640	12,980,821	0.81%	3.19%
1992	10,785,801	13,385,571	0.64%	3.12%
1993	10,841,031	13,795,686	0.51%	3.06%
1994	10,886,021	14,208,583	0.41%	2.99%
1995	10,925,362	14,616,801	0.36%	2.87%
1996	10,962,010	15,018,104	0.34%	2.75%
1997	10,997,934	15,417,542	0.33%	2.66%
1998	11,034,712	15,820,413	0.33%	2.61%
1999	11,072,230	16,228,061	0.34%	2.58%
2000	11,109,109	16,637,888	0.33%	2.53%
2001	11,144,132	17,051,338	0.32%	2.48%
2002	11,177,418	17,468,332	0.3%	2.45%
2003	11,209,383	17,889,296	0.29%	2.41%
2004	11,238,756	18,336,875	0.26%	2.5%
2005	11,262,554	18,814,091	0.21%	2.6%
2006	11,278,550	19,637,022	0.14%	4.37%
2007	11,287,272	20,884,125	0.08%	6.35%
2008	11,291,762	21,636,564	0.04%	3.6%
2009	11,294,719	21,976,969	0.03%	1.57%
2010	11,297,409	22,482,421	0.02%	2.3%
2011	11,301,571	22,878,098	0.04%	1.76%
2012	11,303,175	22,759,763	0.01%	-0.52%
2013	11,298,167	21,666,917	-0.04%	-4.8%
2014	11,285,775	20,273,659	-0.11%	-6.43%
2015	11,275,065	19,424,618	-0.09%	-4.19%
2016	11,265,612	19,193,834	-0.08%	-1.19%
2017	11,247,829	19,224,668	-0.16%	0.16%
2018	11,227,118	19,577,845	-0.18%	1.84%
2019	11,202,846	20,353,534	-0.22%	3.96%
2020	11,176,354	21,049,429	-0.24%	3.42%
2021	11,122,168	21,628,839	-0.48%	2.75%
2022	11,059,820	22,462,173	-0.56%	3.85%
2023	11,019,931	23,594,623	-0.36%	5.04%
2024	10,979,783	24,672,760	-0.36%	4.57%
2025	10,937,204	25,620,422	-0.39%	3.84%
2026	10,892,659	26,472,499	-0.41%	3.33%
2027	10,846,709	27,261,544	-0.42%	2.98%
2028	10,799,586	28,006,558	-0.43%	2.73%
2029	10,750,892	28,719,309	-0.45%	2.54%
2030	10,700,820	29,395,545	-0.47%	2.35%
2031	10,649,673	30,029,824	-0.48%	2.16%
2032	10,597,336	30,633,661	-0.49%	2.01%
2033	10,543,539	31,212,478	-0.51%	1.89%
2034	10,488,270	31,768,138	-0.52%	1.78%
2035	10,431,762	32,294,792	-0.54%	1.66%
2036	10,373,926	32,788,153	-0.55%	1.53%
2037	10,314,339	33,258,407	-0.57%	1.43%
2038	10,253,201	33,710,718	-0.59%	1.36%
2039	10,190,465	34,131,238	-0.61%	1.25%
2040	10,125,837	34,533,185	-0.63%	1.18%
2041	10,059,299	34,916,936	-0.66%	1.11%
2042	9,990,897	35,279,863	-0.68%	1.04%
2043	9,920,670	35,623,325	-0.7%	0.97%
2044	9,848,751	35,944,394	-0.72%	0.9%
2045	9,775,205	36,265,295	-0.75%	0.89%
2046	9,699,830	36,583,260	-0.77%	0.88%
2047	9,622,707	36,878,640	-0.8%	0.81%
2048	9,544,142	37,171,029	-0.82%	0.79%
2049	9,463,925	37,477,690	-0.84%	0.83%
2050	9,381,995	37,793,378	-0.87%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.