The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 71,619,867 in Thailand.
Population statistics:
- Thailand's population is 6.55 times bigger than Cuba's.
- Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
- The countries together account for 1% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.87% for Thailand.
- For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
- Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while Thailand has grown from 66M to 71.6M (8.49% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 33.4% of the population in Cuba and 22.9% in Thailand.
Cuba vs Thailand: live population counter
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| Current population |
10937204
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71619867
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| Population rank | 89/197 | 21/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.87% |
| One net population change |
13.1 minutes
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15.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.48 minutes
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53.3 seconds
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| One death every |
4.7 minutes
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49.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
23.5 minutes
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22.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -22,356 | +23,321 |
| Daily growth/decline | -110 | -94 |
| Annual growth/decline | -40,148 | -34,424 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | -0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 180/197 | 170/197 |
Cuba and Thailand: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,238,081 | 26,851,747 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,387,117 | 27,650,334 | 2.06% | 2.97% |
| 1962 | 7,541,098 | 28,481,040 | 2.08% | 3% |
| 1963 | 7,701,660 | 29,342,322 | 2.13% | 3.02% |
| 1964 | 7,866,020 | 30,232,141 | 2.13% | 3.03% |
| 1965 | 8,030,797 | 31,149,337 | 2.09% | 3.03% |
| 1966 | 8,193,450 | 32,086,071 | 2.03% | 3.01% |
| 1967 | 8,352,625 | 33,037,801 | 1.94% | 2.97% |
| 1968 | 8,509,522 | 34,002,560 | 1.88% | 2.92% |
| 1969 | 8,666,640 | 34,973,782 | 1.85% | 2.86% |
| 1970 | 8,824,382 | 35,954,408 | 1.82% | 2.8% |
| 1971 | 8,979,085 | 36,937,387 | 1.75% | 2.73% |
| 1972 | 9,123,891 | 37,933,929 | 1.61% | 2.7% |
| 1973 | 9,255,328 | 38,947,787 | 1.44% | 2.67% |
| 1974 | 9,374,183 | 39,952,891 | 1.28% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 9,479,726 | 40,940,005 | 1.13% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 9,571,242 | 41,896,504 | 0.97% | 2.34% |
| 1977 | 9,648,440 | 42,843,974 | 0.81% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 9,711,980 | 43,788,976 | 0.66% | 2.21% |
| 1979 | 9,763,355 | 44,718,434 | 0.53% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 9,804,796 | 45,650,022 | 0.42% | 2.08% |
| 1981 | 9,849,320 | 46,575,855 | 0.45% | 2.03% |
| 1982 | 9,912,681 | 47,494,577 | 0.64% | 1.97% |
| 1983 | 9,991,026 | 48,423,309 | 0.79% | 1.96% |
| 1984 | 10,073,299 | 49,351,708 | 0.82% | 1.92% |
| 1985 | 10,157,228 | 50,270,753 | 0.83% | 1.86% |
| 1986 | 10,244,247 | 51,177,834 | 0.86% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 10,335,342 | 52,074,105 | 0.89% | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 10,432,585 | 52,969,595 | 0.94% | 1.72% |
| 1989 | 10,533,243 | 53,848,956 | 0.96% | 1.66% |
| 1990 | 10,631,799 | 54,738,329 | 0.94% | 1.65% |
| 1991 | 10,717,640 | 55,637,434 | 0.81% | 1.64% |
| 1992 | 10,785,801 | 56,528,834 | 0.64% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 10,841,031 | 57,408,198 | 0.51% | 1.56% |
| 1994 | 10,886,021 | 58,260,854 | 0.41% | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 10,925,362 | 59,098,232 | 0.36% | 1.44% |
| 1996 | 10,962,010 | 59,920,064 | 0.34% | 1.39% |
| 1997 | 10,997,934 | 60,724,584 | 0.33% | 1.34% |
| 1998 | 11,034,712 | 61,522,630 | 0.33% | 1.31% |
| 1999 | 11,072,230 | 62,299,043 | 0.34% | 1.26% |
| 2000 | 11,109,109 | 63,007,815 | 0.33% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 11,144,132 | 63,651,141 | 0.32% | 1.02% |
| 2002 | 11,177,418 | 64,266,437 | 0.3% | 0.97% |
| 2003 | 11,209,383 | 64,868,166 | 0.29% | 0.94% |
| 2004 | 11,238,756 | 65,452,047 | 0.26% | 0.9% |
| 2005 | 11,262,554 | 66,017,420 | 0.21% | 0.86% |
| 2006 | 11,278,550 | 66,567,687 | 0.14% | 0.83% |
| 2007 | 11,287,272 | 67,102,394 | 0.08% | 0.8% |
| 2008 | 11,291,762 | 67,619,830 | 0.04% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 11,294,719 | 68,121,080 | 0.03% | 0.74% |
| 2010 | 11,297,409 | 68,579,447 | 0.02% | 0.67% |
| 2011 | 11,301,571 | 69,007,208 | 0.04% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 11,303,175 | 69,436,098 | 0.01% | 0.62% |
| 2013 | 11,298,167 | 69,845,114 | -0.04% | 0.59% |
| 2014 | 11,285,775 | 70,216,367 | -0.11% | 0.53% |
| 2015 | 11,275,065 | 70,540,795 | -0.09% | 0.46% |
| 2016 | 11,265,612 | 70,859,841 | -0.08% | 0.45% |
| 2017 | 11,247,829 | 71,160,187 | -0.16% | 0.42% |
| 2018 | 11,227,118 | 71,376,079 | -0.18% | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 11,202,846 | 71,522,271 | -0.22% | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 11,176,354 | 71,641,484 | -0.24% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 11,122,168 | 71,727,332 | -0.48% | 0.12% |
| 2022 | 11,059,820 | 71,735,329 | -0.56% | 0.01% |
| 2023 | 11,019,931 | 71,702,435 | -0.36% | -0.05% |
| 2024 | 10,979,783 | 71,668,011 | -0.36% | -0.05% |
| 2025 | 10,937,204 | 71,619,867 | -0.39% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 10,892,659 | 71,559,621 | -0.41% | -0.08% |
| 2027 | 10,846,709 | 71,488,156 | -0.42% | -0.1% |
| 2028 | 10,799,586 | 71,406,996 | -0.43% | -0.11% |
| 2029 | 10,750,892 | 71,316,195 | -0.45% | -0.13% |
| 2030 | 10,700,820 | 71,215,017 | -0.47% | -0.14% |
| 2031 | 10,649,673 | 71,104,025 | -0.48% | -0.16% |
| 2032 | 10,597,336 | 70,982,286 | -0.49% | -0.17% |
| 2033 | 10,543,539 | 70,847,947 | -0.51% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 10,488,270 | 70,701,651 | -0.52% | -0.21% |
| 2035 | 10,431,762 | 70,540,884 | -0.54% | -0.23% |
| 2036 | 10,373,926 | 70,366,496 | -0.55% | -0.25% |
| 2037 | 10,314,339 | 70,180,031 | -0.57% | -0.26% |
| 2038 | 10,253,201 | 69,979,034 | -0.59% | -0.29% |
| 2039 | 10,190,465 | 69,763,928 | -0.61% | -0.31% |
| 2040 | 10,125,837 | 69,535,003 | -0.63% | -0.33% |
| 2041 | 10,059,299 | 69,288,477 | -0.66% | -0.35% |
| 2042 | 9,990,897 | 69,025,348 | -0.68% | -0.38% |
| 2043 | 9,920,670 | 68,748,075 | -0.7% | -0.4% |
| 2044 | 9,848,751 | 68,456,533 | -0.72% | -0.42% |
| 2045 | 9,775,205 | 68,150,148 | -0.75% | -0.45% |
| 2046 | 9,699,830 | 67,827,309 | -0.77% | -0.47% |
| 2047 | 9,622,707 | 67,489,358 | -0.8% | -0.5% |
| 2048 | 9,544,142 | 67,136,737 | -0.82% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 9,463,925 | 66,767,316 | -0.84% | -0.55% |
| 2050 | 9,381,995 | 66,382,732 | -0.87% | -0.58% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).
Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.
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 |
| Bangkok | 5.68M |
| Chiang Mai | 1.2M |
| Nonthaburi | 256K |
| Pak Kret | 185K |
| Hat Yai | 159K |
| Nakhon Ratchasima | 134K |
| Chaophraya Surasak | 133K |
| Surat Thani | 131K |
| Udon Thani | 130K |
| Klaeng | 130K |
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Population differences between Cuba and Thailand
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| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 76.8 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 41.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.44 births per woman | 1.21 births per woman |
| Population density | 274 ppl/mi² | 363 ppl/mi² |
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