Demographic profile
Cuba is the 84th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.14% of everyone alive. Within Caribbean, it ranks 1 of 22.
Each day brings roughly 438 births and 259 deaths, adding about 65,378 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 0.55% annually, the population would double in roughly 127 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Cienfuegos, holding an estimated 24.7% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 16 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 90.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 13.0%, with life expectancy at about 76.2 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Cuba in 2026? Approximately 11,853,241 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Cuba growing? About 0.55% per year — roughly 438 births and 259 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Cuba? Around 0.14% — ranked 84 worldwide by population.