How many people live in Cuba right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
10,878,083
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 90 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.13%
- Median age
- 42.5 years
- Children per woman
- 1.45
- Life expectancy
- 78.6 years
- People per km²
- 102
According to UN estimates, about 10.9 million people live in Cuba right now. It ranks 90th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Papua New Guinea and Sweden, and it is home to one in every 765 people on the planet.
Every day, about 250 people are born there and about 320 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 22,100 people a year. Overall, the population shrinks by about 120 people a day (0.42% a year).
In 1950, about 5.9 million people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 84%. It peaked in 2012, at about 11.3 million, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 9.4 million people (14% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 5.6 million.
Half of its people are younger than 43 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.45 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 79 years (worldwide, 74). There are 102 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Cuba in 2026?
- Cuba has about 10.9 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 10,892,659.
- How many people are born each day in Cuba?
- About 250 a day (92,300 a year). About 320 people die each day (116,000 a year).
- Is the population of Cuba growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.42% a year, or about 45,500 people.
- What will the population of Cuba be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 9.4 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Honduras 11,240,670
- Tajikistan 11,038,360
- Papua New Guinea 11,005,615
- Sweden 10,713,764
- Czechia 10,520,785
- Azerbaijan 10,472,108
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,793
- Brazil 213,783,613
- Mexico 133,319,898
- Colombia 54,089,699
- Argentina 46,051,067
- Canada 40,567,079
- Peru 35,027,447
- Venezuela 28,673,198
- Chile 19,971,250
- Guatemala 19,055,602
- Ecuador 18,493,716
- Bolivia 12,801,730
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.