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Cuba — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Cuba, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.39%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -119.1% since 1961
Population growth for Cuba was -0.39% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.11% in 1964. The lowest was -0.56% in 2022 (about 1.4× the latest value).
Cuba ranks 194 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 89%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Cuba sits below it. It peaked in 1964 and has fallen 118% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 309%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.39%
First (1961)
2.04%
Change
-119.1%
Highest
2.11%
in 1964
Lowest
-0.56%
in 2022
Average
0.64%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.39% |
| 2024 | -0.36% |
| 2023 | -0.36% |
| 2022 | -0.56% |
| 2021 | -0.49% |
| 2020 | -0.24% |
| 2019 | -0.22% |
| 2018 | -0.18% |
| 2017 | -0.16% |
| 2016 | -0.08% |
| 2015 | -0.09% |
| 2014 | -0.11% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.