Population in Cuba compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cuba and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Vatican	Cuba	Vatican
1960	7,238,081	-	-	-
1961	7,387,117	-	2.06%	-
1962	7,541,098	-	2.08%	-
1963	7,701,660	-	2.13%	-
1964	7,866,020	-	2.13%	-
1965	8,030,797	-	2.09%	-
1966	8,193,450	-	2.03%	-
1967	8,352,625	-	1.94%	-
1968	8,509,522	-	1.88%	-
1969	8,666,640	-	1.85%	-
1970	8,824,382	-	1.82%	-
1971	8,979,085	-	1.75%	-
1972	9,123,891	-	1.61%	-
1973	9,255,328	-	1.44%	-
1974	9,374,183	-	1.28%	-
1975	9,479,726	-	1.13%	-
1976	9,571,242	-	0.97%	-
1977	9,648,440	-	0.81%	-
1978	9,711,980	-	0.66%	-
1979	9,763,355	-	0.53%	-
1980	9,804,796	-	0.42%	-
1981	9,849,320	-	0.45%	-
1982	9,912,681	-	0.64%	-
1983	9,991,026	-	0.79%	-
1984	10,073,299	-	0.82%	-
1985	10,157,228	-	0.83%	-
1986	10,244,247	-	0.86%	-
1987	10,335,342	-	0.89%	-
1988	10,432,585	-	0.94%	-
1989	10,533,243	-	0.96%	-
1990	10,631,799	-	0.94%	-
1991	10,717,640	-	0.81%	-
1992	10,785,801	-	0.64%	-
1993	10,841,031	-	0.51%	-
1994	10,886,021	-	0.41%	-
1995	10,925,362	-	0.36%	-
1996	10,962,010	-	0.34%	-
1997	10,997,934	-	0.33%	-
1998	11,034,712	-	0.33%	-
1999	11,072,230	-	0.34%	-
2000	11,109,109	880	0.33%	-
2001	11,144,132	890	0.32%	1.14%
2002	11,177,418	900	0.3%	1.12%
2003	11,209,383	911	0.29%	1.22%
2004	11,238,756	921	0.26%	1.1%
2005	11,262,554	921	0.21%	0%
2006	11,278,550	932	0.14%	1.19%
2007	11,287,272	821	0.08%	-11.9%
2008	11,291,762	824	0.04%	0.37%
2009	11,294,719	826	0.03%	0.24%
2010	11,297,409	829	0.02%	0.36%
2011	11,301,571	832	0.04%	0.36%
2012	11,303,175	836	0.01%	0.48%
2013	11,298,167	839	-0.04%	0.36%
2014	11,285,775	842	-0.11%	0.36%
2015	11,275,065	1,000	-0.09%	18.8%
2016	11,265,612	-	-0.08%	0%
2017	11,247,829	1,000	-0.16%	0%
2018	11,227,118	-	-0.18%	0%
2019	11,202,846	1,000	-0.22%	0%
2020	11,176,354	987	-0.24%	-1.29%
2021	11,122,168	970	-0.48%	-1.68%
2022	11,059,820	944	-0.56%	-2.66%
2023	11,019,931	922	-0.36%	-2.34%
2024	10,979,783	933	-0.36%	1.2%
2025	10,937,204	939	-0.39%	0.59%
2026	10,892,659	952	-0.41%	1.37%
2027	10,846,709	974	-0.42%	2.32%
2028	10,799,586	985	-0.43%	1.13%
2029	10,750,892	983	-0.45%	-0.19%
2030	10,700,820	976	-0.47%	-0.75%
2031	10,649,673	968	-0.48%	-0.75%
2032	10,597,336	968	-0.49%	0%
2033	10,543,539	988	-0.51%	2.09%
2034	10,488,270	992	-0.52%	0.37%
2035	10,431,762	1,000	-0.54%	0.74%
2036	10,373,926	998	-0.55%	-0.18%
2037	10,314,339	1,003	-0.57%	0.55%
2038	10,253,201	1,022	-0.59%	1.83%
2039	10,190,465	1,060	-0.61%	3.78%
2040	10,125,837	1,095	-0.63%	3.3%
2041	10,059,299	1,127	-0.66%	2.86%
2042	9,990,897	1,149	-0.68%	1.96%
2043	9,920,670	1,169	-0.7%	1.76%
2044	9,848,751	1,186	-0.72%	1.42%
2045	9,775,205	1,209	-0.75%	2.02%
2046	9,699,830	1,224	-0.77%	1.22%
2047	9,622,707	1,248	-0.8%	1.95%
2048	9,544,142	1,272	-0.82%	1.92%
2049	9,463,925	1,296	-0.84%	1.88%
2050	9,381,995	1,325	-0.87%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.