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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Venezuela	Cuba	Venezuela
1960	7,238,081	8,160,090	-	-
1961	7,387,117	8,455,915	2.06%	3.63%
1962	7,541,098	8,756,870	2.08%	3.56%
1963	7,701,660	9,064,021	2.13%	3.51%
1964	7,866,020	9,377,712	2.13%	3.46%
1965	8,030,797	9,697,790	2.09%	3.41%
1966	8,193,450	10,024,854	2.03%	3.37%
1967	8,352,625	10,358,513	1.94%	3.33%
1968	8,509,522	10,697,530	1.88%	3.27%
1969	8,666,640	11,040,280	1.85%	3.2%
1970	8,824,382	11,387,790	1.82%	3.15%
1971	8,979,085	11,741,008	1.75%	3.1%
1972	9,123,891	12,099,180	1.61%	3.05%
1973	9,255,328	12,463,537	1.44%	3.01%
1974	9,374,183	12,835,351	1.28%	2.98%
1975	9,479,726	13,215,892	1.13%	2.96%
1976	9,571,242	13,606,284	0.97%	2.95%
1977	9,648,440	14,006,812	0.81%	2.94%
1978	9,711,980	14,416,684	0.66%	2.93%
1979	9,763,355	14,834,552	0.53%	2.9%
1980	9,804,796	15,258,218	0.42%	2.86%
1981	9,849,320	15,687,297	0.45%	2.81%
1982	9,912,681	16,121,874	0.64%	2.77%
1983	9,991,026	16,562,205	0.79%	2.73%
1984	10,073,299	17,008,841	0.82%	2.7%
1985	10,157,228	17,461,434	0.83%	2.66%
1986	10,244,247	17,923,536	0.86%	2.65%
1987	10,335,342	18,394,963	0.89%	2.63%
1988	10,432,585	18,871,020	0.94%	2.59%
1989	10,533,243	19,348,921	0.96%	2.53%
1990	10,631,799	19,827,010	0.94%	2.47%
1991	10,717,640	20,304,896	0.81%	2.41%
1992	10,785,801	20,780,948	0.64%	2.34%
1993	10,841,031	21,254,520	0.51%	2.28%
1994	10,886,021	21,725,188	0.41%	2.21%
1995	10,925,362	22,193,821	0.36%	2.16%
1996	10,962,010	22,662,113	0.34%	2.11%
1997	10,997,934	23,131,685	0.33%	2.07%
1998	11,034,712	23,601,337	0.33%	2.03%
1999	11,072,230	24,066,593	0.34%	1.97%
2000	11,109,109	24,526,708	0.33%	1.91%
2001	11,144,132	24,979,922	0.32%	1.85%
2002	11,177,418	25,435,671	0.3%	1.82%
2003	11,209,383	25,892,703	0.29%	1.8%
2004	11,238,756	26,340,838	0.26%	1.73%
2005	11,262,554	26,785,804	0.21%	1.69%
2006	11,278,550	27,224,686	0.14%	1.64%
2007	11,287,272	27,649,363	0.08%	1.56%
2008	11,291,762	28,053,696	0.04%	1.46%
2009	11,294,719	28,438,298	0.03%	1.37%
2010	11,297,409	28,813,101	0.02%	1.32%
2011	11,301,571	29,185,212	0.04%	1.29%
2012	11,303,175	29,553,826	0.01%	1.26%
2013	11,298,167	29,912,198	-0.04%	1.21%
2014	11,285,775	30,254,079	-0.11%	1.14%
2015	11,275,065	30,573,972	-0.09%	1.06%
2016	11,265,612	30,765,720	-0.08%	0.63%
2017	11,247,829	30,565,323	-0.16%	-0.65%
2018	11,227,118	29,807,592	-0.18%	-2.48%
2019	11,202,846	28,938,098	-0.22%	-2.92%
2020	11,176,354	28,444,077	-0.24%	-1.71%
2021	11,122,168	28,237,826	-0.48%	-0.73%
2022	11,059,820	28,213,017	-0.56%	-0.09%
2023	11,019,931	28,300,854	-0.36%	0.31%
2024	10,979,783	28,405,543	-0.36%	0.37%
2025	10,937,204	28,516,898	-0.39%	0.39%
2026	10,892,659	28,633,718	-0.41%	0.41%
2027	10,846,709	28,758,565	-0.42%	0.44%
2028	10,799,586	28,885,166	-0.43%	0.44%
2029	10,750,892	29,014,444	-0.45%	0.45%
2030	10,700,820	29,151,809	-0.47%	0.47%
2031	10,649,673	29,295,744	-0.48%	0.49%
2032	10,597,336	29,442,534	-0.49%	0.5%
2033	10,543,539	29,587,099	-0.51%	0.49%
2034	10,488,270	29,735,159	-0.52%	0.5%
2035	10,431,762	29,883,329	-0.54%	0.5%
2036	10,373,926	30,020,167	-0.55%	0.46%
2037	10,314,339	30,146,546	-0.57%	0.42%
2038	10,253,201	30,268,328	-0.59%	0.4%
2039	10,190,465	30,386,284	-0.61%	0.39%
2040	10,125,837	30,495,445	-0.63%	0.36%
2041	10,059,299	30,590,207	-0.66%	0.31%
2042	9,990,897	30,674,532	-0.68%	0.28%
2043	9,920,670	30,749,671	-0.7%	0.24%
2044	9,848,751	30,813,805	-0.72%	0.21%
2045	9,775,205	30,871,490	-0.75%	0.19%
2046	9,699,830	30,923,463	-0.77%	0.17%
2047	9,622,707	30,974,366	-0.8%	0.16%
2048	9,544,142	31,021,600	-0.82%	0.15%
2049	9,463,925	31,059,954	-0.84%	0.12%
2050	9,381,995	31,094,884	-0.87%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.