The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 39,426,577 in Ukraine.
Population statistics:
- Ukraine's population is 3.6 times bigger than Cuba's.
- Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
- The countries together account for 0.61% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
- For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
- Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while Ukraine has declined from 47.6M to 39.4M (17.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 33.4% of the population in Cuba and 42.2% in Ukraine.
Cuba vs Ukraine: live population counter
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| Current population |
10937204
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39426577
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| Population rank | 89/197 | 40/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.48% |
| One net population change |
13.1 minutes
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4.13 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.48 minutes
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2.48 minutes
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| One death every |
4.7 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
23.5 minutes
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27.5 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -22,356 | +1,146,012 |
| Daily growth/decline | -110 | +349 |
| Annual growth/decline | -40,148 | +127,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | +0.34% |
| Population growth rate rank | 180/197 | 146/197 |
Cuba and Ukraine: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,238,081 | 42,824,093 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,387,117 | 43,399,766 | 2.06% | 1.34% |
| 1962 | 7,541,098 | 43,943,674 | 2.08% | 1.25% |
| 1963 | 7,701,660 | 44,462,372 | 2.13% | 1.18% |
| 1964 | 7,866,020 | 44,951,156 | 2.13% | 1.1% |
| 1965 | 8,030,797 | 45,386,892 | 2.09% | 0.97% |
| 1966 | 8,193,450 | 45,802,519 | 2.03% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 8,352,625 | 46,215,988 | 1.94% | 0.9% |
| 1968 | 8,509,522 | 46,614,325 | 1.88% | 0.86% |
| 1969 | 8,666,640 | 46,976,256 | 1.85% | 0.78% |
| 1970 | 8,824,382 | 47,261,306 | 1.82% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 8,979,085 | 47,573,287 | 1.75% | 0.66% |
| 1972 | 9,123,891 | 47,946,893 | 1.61% | 0.79% |
| 1973 | 9,255,328 | 48,277,121 | 1.44% | 0.69% |
| 1974 | 9,374,183 | 48,576,570 | 1.28% | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 9,479,726 | 48,865,229 | 1.13% | 0.59% |
| 1976 | 9,571,242 | 49,120,842 | 0.97% | 0.52% |
| 1977 | 9,648,440 | 49,336,481 | 0.81% | 0.44% |
| 1978 | 9,711,980 | 49,521,243 | 0.66% | 0.37% |
| 1979 | 9,763,355 | 49,721,381 | 0.53% | 0.4% |
| 1980 | 9,804,796 | 49,955,152 | 0.42% | 0.47% |
| 1981 | 9,849,320 | 50,189,281 | 0.45% | 0.47% |
| 1982 | 9,912,681 | 50,402,724 | 0.64% | 0.43% |
| 1983 | 9,991,026 | 50,637,029 | 0.79% | 0.46% |
| 1984 | 10,073,299 | 50,887,599 | 0.82% | 0.49% |
| 1985 | 10,157,228 | 51,108,770 | 0.83% | 0.43% |
| 1986 | 10,244,247 | 51,318,745 | 0.86% | 0.41% |
| 1987 | 10,335,342 | 51,515,732 | 0.89% | 0.38% |
| 1988 | 10,432,585 | 51,724,853 | 0.94% | 0.41% |
| 1989 | 10,533,243 | 51,917,817 | 0.96% | 0.37% |
| 1990 | 10,631,799 | 52,054,092 | 0.94% | 0.26% |
| 1991 | 10,717,640 | 52,170,961 | 0.81% | 0.22% |
| 1992 | 10,785,801 | 52,323,671 | 0.64% | 0.29% |
| 1993 | 10,841,031 | 52,350,126 | 0.51% | 0.05% |
| 1994 | 10,886,021 | 52,075,998 | 0.41% | -0.52% |
| 1995 | 10,925,362 | 51,665,539 | 0.36% | -0.79% |
| 1996 | 10,962,010 | 51,226,109 | 0.34% | -0.85% |
| 1997 | 10,997,934 | 50,786,885 | 0.33% | -0.86% |
| 1998 | 11,034,712 | 50,379,731 | 0.33% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 11,072,230 | 49,976,446 | 0.34% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 11,109,109 | 49,556,660 | 0.33% | -0.84% |
| 2001 | 11,144,132 | 49,106,855 | 0.32% | -0.91% |
| 2002 | 11,177,418 | 48,677,281 | 0.3% | -0.87% |
| 2003 | 11,209,383 | 48,315,136 | 0.29% | -0.74% |
| 2004 | 11,238,756 | 47,979,507 | 0.26% | -0.69% |
| 2005 | 11,262,554 | 47,585,556 | 0.21% | -0.82% |
| 2006 | 11,278,550 | 47,278,694 | 0.14% | -0.64% |
| 2007 | 11,287,272 | 47,062,798 | 0.08% | -0.46% |
| 2008 | 11,291,762 | 46,819,175 | 0.04% | -0.52% |
| 2009 | 11,294,719 | 46,623,731 | 0.03% | -0.42% |
| 2010 | 11,297,409 | 46,456,003 | 0.02% | -0.36% |
| 2011 | 11,301,571 | 46,307,853 | 0.04% | -0.32% |
| 2012 | 11,303,175 | 46,210,056 | 0.01% | -0.21% |
| 2013 | 11,298,167 | 46,126,770 | -0.04% | -0.18% |
| 2014 | 11,285,775 | 45,972,380 | -0.11% | -0.33% |
| 2015 | 11,275,065 | 45,784,896 | -0.09% | -0.41% |
| 2016 | 11,265,612 | 45,616,832 | -0.08% | -0.37% |
| 2017 | 11,247,829 | 45,436,041 | -0.16% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 11,227,118 | 45,208,907 | -0.18% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 11,202,846 | 44,957,458 | -0.22% | -0.56% |
| 2020 | 11,176,354 | 44,680,014 | -0.24% | -0.62% |
| 2021 | 11,122,168 | 44,298,640 | -0.48% | -0.85% |
| 2022 | 11,059,820 | 41,048,766 | -0.56% | -7.34% |
| 2023 | 11,019,931 | 37,732,836 | -0.36% | -8.08% |
| 2024 | 10,979,783 | 37,860,221 | -0.36% | 0.34% |
| 2025 | 10,937,204 | 38,980,379 | -0.39% | 2.96% |
| 2026 | 10,892,659 | 39,535,850 | -0.41% | 1.43% |
| 2027 | 10,846,709 | 39,245,208 | -0.42% | -0.74% |
| 2028 | 10,799,586 | 38,952,086 | -0.43% | -0.75% |
| 2029 | 10,750,892 | 38,654,416 | -0.45% | -0.76% |
| 2030 | 10,700,820 | 38,353,848 | -0.47% | -0.78% |
| 2031 | 10,649,673 | 38,050,624 | -0.48% | -0.79% |
| 2032 | 10,597,336 | 37,746,688 | -0.49% | -0.8% |
| 2033 | 10,543,539 | 37,442,088 | -0.51% | -0.81% |
| 2034 | 10,488,270 | 37,135,839 | -0.52% | -0.82% |
| 2035 | 10,431,762 | 36,828,149 | -0.54% | -0.83% |
| 2036 | 10,373,926 | 36,519,767 | -0.55% | -0.84% |
| 2037 | 10,314,339 | 36,209,679 | -0.57% | -0.85% |
| 2038 | 10,253,201 | 35,897,705 | -0.59% | -0.86% |
| 2039 | 10,190,465 | 35,584,263 | -0.61% | -0.87% |
| 2040 | 10,125,837 | 35,270,911 | -0.63% | -0.88% |
| 2041 | 10,059,299 | 34,957,580 | -0.66% | -0.89% |
| 2042 | 9,990,897 | 34,641,778 | -0.68% | -0.9% |
| 2043 | 9,920,670 | 34,324,132 | -0.7% | -0.92% |
| 2044 | 9,848,751 | 34,004,074 | -0.72% | -0.93% |
| 2045 | 9,775,205 | 33,680,448 | -0.75% | -0.95% |
| 2046 | 9,699,830 | 33,351,499 | -0.77% | -0.98% |
| 2047 | 9,622,707 | 33,017,828 | -0.8% | -1% |
| 2048 | 9,544,142 | 32,680,968 | -0.82% | -1.02% |
| 2049 | 9,463,925 | 32,338,515 | -0.84% | -1.05% |
| 2050 | 9,381,995 | 31,990,136 | -0.87% | -1.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).
Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.
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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Population differences between Cuba and Ukraine
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| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 74.9 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 43.1 years |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 43.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 46.5:53.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.44 births per woman | 0.98 births per woman |
| Population density | 274 ppl/mi² | 169.2 ppl/mi² |
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