Population in Cuba compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cuba and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	United States	Cuba	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	7,238,081	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	7,387,117	183,691,481	2.06%	1.67%
1962	7,541,098	186,537,737	2.08%	1.55%
1963	7,701,660	189,241,798	2.13%	1.45%
1964	7,866,020	191,888,791	2.13%	1.4%
1965	8,030,797	194,302,963	2.09%	1.26%
1966	8,193,450	196,560,338	2.03%	1.16%
1967	8,352,625	198,712,056	1.94%	1.09%
1968	8,509,522	200,706,052	1.88%	1%
1969	8,666,640	202,676,946	1.85%	0.98%
1970	8,824,382	205,052,174	1.82%	1.17%
1971	8,979,085	207,660,677	1.75%	1.27%
1972	9,123,891	209,896,021	1.61%	1.08%
1973	9,255,328	211,908,788	1.44%	0.96%
1974	9,374,183	213,853,928	1.28%	0.92%
1975	9,479,726	215,973,199	1.13%	0.99%
1976	9,571,242	218,035,164	0.97%	0.95%
1977	9,648,440	220,239,425	0.81%	1.01%
1978	9,711,980	222,584,545	0.66%	1.06%
1979	9,763,355	225,055,487	0.53%	1.11%
1980	9,804,796	226,542,250	0.42%	0.66%
1981	9,849,320	229,465,744	0.45%	1.29%
1982	9,912,681	231,664,432	0.64%	0.96%
1983	9,991,026	233,792,014	0.79%	0.92%
1984	10,073,299	235,824,908	0.82%	0.87%
1985	10,157,228	237,923,734	0.83%	0.89%
1986	10,244,247	240,132,831	0.86%	0.93%
1987	10,335,342	242,288,936	0.89%	0.9%
1988	10,432,585	244,499,004	0.94%	0.91%
1989	10,533,243	246,819,222	0.96%	0.95%
1990	10,631,799	250,131,894	0.94%	1.34%
1991	10,717,640	253,492,503	0.81%	1.34%
1992	10,785,801	256,894,189	0.64%	1.34%
1993	10,841,031	260,255,352	0.51%	1.31%
1994	10,886,021	263,435,673	0.41%	1.22%
1995	10,925,362	266,557,091	0.36%	1.18%
1996	10,962,010	269,667,391	0.34%	1.17%
1997	10,997,934	272,911,760	0.33%	1.2%
1998	11,034,712	276,115,288	0.33%	1.17%
1999	11,072,230	279,294,713	0.34%	1.15%
2000	11,109,109	282,162,411	0.33%	1.03%
2001	11,144,132	284,968,955	0.32%	0.99%
2002	11,177,418	287,625,193	0.3%	0.93%
2003	11,209,383	290,107,933	0.29%	0.86%
2004	11,238,756	292,805,298	0.26%	0.93%
2005	11,262,554	295,516,599	0.21%	0.93%
2006	11,278,550	298,379,912	0.14%	0.97%
2007	11,287,272	301,231,207	0.08%	0.96%
2008	11,291,762	304,093,966	0.04%	0.95%
2009	11,294,719	306,771,529	0.03%	0.88%
2010	11,297,409	309,327,143	0.02%	0.83%
2011	11,301,571	311,583,481	0.04%	0.73%
2012	11,303,175	313,877,662	0.01%	0.74%
2013	11,298,167	316,059,947	-0.04%	0.7%
2014	11,285,775	318,386,329	-0.11%	0.74%
2015	11,275,065	320,738,994	-0.09%	0.74%
2016	11,265,612	323,071,755	-0.08%	0.73%
2017	11,247,829	325,122,128	-0.16%	0.63%
2018	11,227,118	326,838,199	-0.18%	0.53%
2019	11,202,846	328,329,953	-0.22%	0.46%
2020	11,176,354	331,526,933	-0.24%	0.97%
2021	11,122,168	331,893,745	-0.48%	0.11%
2022	11,059,820	333,271,411	-0.56%	0.42%
2023	11,019,931	334,914,895	-0.36%	0.49%
2024	10,979,783	340,110,988	-0.36%	1.55%
2025	10,937,204	341,931,772	-0.39%	0.54%
2026	10,892,659	343,664,369	-0.41%	0.51%
2027	10,846,709	345,331,185	-0.42%	0.49%
2028	10,799,586	346,981,137	-0.43%	0.48%
2029	10,750,892	348,601,982	-0.45%	0.47%
2030	10,700,820	350,176,974	-0.47%	0.45%
2031	10,649,673	351,725,612	-0.48%	0.44%
2032	10,597,336	353,249,060	-0.49%	0.43%
2033	10,543,539	354,749,644	-0.51%	0.42%
2034	10,488,270	356,234,239	-0.52%	0.42%
2035	10,431,762	357,694,316	-0.54%	0.41%
2036	10,373,926	359,119,002	-0.55%	0.4%
2037	10,314,339	360,517,853	-0.57%	0.39%
2038	10,253,201	361,895,407	-0.59%	0.38%
2039	10,190,465	363,229,908	-0.61%	0.37%
2040	10,125,837	364,512,364	-0.63%	0.35%
2041	10,059,299	365,753,139	-0.66%	0.34%
2042	9,990,897	366,969,419	-0.68%	0.33%
2043	9,920,670	368,146,925	-0.7%	0.32%
2044	9,848,751	369,258,123	-0.72%	0.3%
2045	9,775,205	370,318,770	-0.75%	0.29%
2046	9,699,830	371,328,255	-0.77%	0.27%
2047	9,622,707	372,299,116	-0.8%	0.26%
2048	9,544,142	373,230,539	-0.82%	0.25%
2049	9,463,925	374,119,803	-0.84%	0.24%
2050	9,381,995	374,986,259	-0.87%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.