Demographics of Cuba

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Cuba is projected at 11.32 million, down by 0.08% compared with 11.33 million in 2020. Cuba is ranked 84th in terms of population and 207th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.11 million births in Cuba in 2021. That is 298 per day, which is ranked 107th. The crude birth rate is 9.62 per 1000 people. There are 0.11 million deaths in Cuba in 2021. That is 293 per day, which is ranked 79th. The crude death rate is 9.45 per 1000 people.

8.89 million people are living in urban areas, which is 77.29% of Cuba population. Cuba is ranked 78th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Cuba in 2021 is 98.57 males per 100 females. There are 5.62 million males and 5.70 million females in Cuba. The percentage of female population is 50.36% compare to 49.64% male population. Cuba has 0.08 million more females than males. Cuba is at 95th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Cuba population

Year Population Growth (%)
19505,919,989-
19556,539,4631.80
19607,141,2411.94
19657,958,1712.12
19708,712,5351.77
19759,446,4411.35
19809,849,4570.60
198510,097,9100.66
199010,596,9860.89
199510,888,2460.46
200011,126,4230.38
200511,261,5860.10
201011,225,833-0.01
201511,324,7770.16
201611,335,1080.09
201711,339,2550.04
201811,338,146-0.01
201911,333,484-0.04
202011,326,616-0.06
202111,317,498-0.08
  • Total
  • Crude

Cuba death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195070,330221,31611.6436.07
195563,960182,3869.8228.21
196063,596231,6558.8332.05
196562,539271,6677.8834.31
197058,742256,7166.7329.38
197556,485204,6276.0121.83
198058,270160,4195.9316.28
198565,513175,7236.4517.27
199074,369173,7697.0516.49
199578,551155,8687.2114.30
200079,656145,2827.1713.07
200581,889129,4807.2911.53
201086,942125,6807.7211.16
201596,135122,3368.5010.82
2020105,272110,6989.309.78
2021106,901108,7889.459.62
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Cuba

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19503,345,4322,574,561-56.511
19553,757,4732,781,9962.1357.458
19604,170,4822,970,6532.2758.401
19654,718,4113,233,5222.4459.337
19705,252,2583,462,8652.0960.266
19756,061,7353,376,7072.6064.224
19806,698,3003,136,8771.7368.106
19857,152,1962,930,7931.3770.933
19907,763,3932,818,6881.5773.364
19958,100,6492,805,3940.7174.277
20008,399,0812,751,6550.6875.323
20058,591,1352,693,1180.2876.134
20108,680,7872,652,2640.2576.597
20158,813,3482,648,0840.2376.896
20208,873,8482,621,6440.1477.194
20218,888,3242,611,4070.1677.292
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Cuba population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 281,394 266,255 547,649 4.84 105.686
05-09 322,206 305,085 627,291 5.54 105.612
10-14 311,251 294,227 605,478 5.35 105.786
15-19 324,056 305,873 629,929 5.57 105.945
20-24 354,922 336,623 691,545 6.11 105.436
25-29 365,338 340,424 705,762 6.24 107.319
30-34 420,896 403,668 824,564 7.29 104.268
35-39 368,729 356,463 725,192 6.41 103.441
40-44 302,705 294,626 597,331 5.28 102.742
45-49 445,804 440,615 886,419 7.83 101.178
50-54 487,854 504,222 992,076 8.77 96.754
55-59 484,013 513,169 997,182 8.81 94.318
60-64 315,776 339,391 655,167 5.79 93.042
65-69 264,391 298,797 563,188 4.98 88.485
70-74 214,717 245,966 460,683 4.07 87.295
75-79 164,560 195,547 360,107 3.18 84.154
80-84 104,073 134,333 238,406 2.11 77.474
85-89 53,278 74,289 127,567 1.13 71.717
90-94 23,418 35,807 59,225 0.52 65.401
95-99 7,306 12,174 19,480 0.17 60.013
100+ 1,232 2,025 3,257 0.03 60.840
Total 5,617,919 5,699,579 11,317,498 98.567