Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Cuba

Urban population share in Cuba in 2025 — 77.2%. Ranked 70 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19.5 pp.

2025 77.2% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 70of 217
Period maximum 77.2%2025
Period minimum 57.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Cuba, 1960–202555606570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 57.7%1962: 58.1%1964: 58.6%1966: 59.1%1968: 59.6%1970: 60.3%1972: 61.3%1974: 63%1976: 64.9%1978: 66.9%1980: 68.4%1982: 69.5%1984: 70.8%1986: 71.6%1988: 72.7%1990: 73.7%1992: 74.4%1994: 74.5%1996: 74.8%1998: 75.3%2000: 75.6%2002: 75.9%2004: 75.9%2006: 76.1%2008: 76.4%2010: 76.6%2012: 76.8%2014: 76.8%2016: 76.9%2018: 77%2020: 77.1%2022: 77.1%2024: 77.2%2025: 77.2%
Change over the period: +19.5 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cuba

Cuba 77.2%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
Urban population share — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 77.2 +0.1 pp
2024 77.2 +0 pp
2023 77.1 +0 pp
2022 77.1 +0 pp
2021 77.1 −0 pp
2020 77.1 +0 pp
2019 77.1 +0.1 pp
2018 77 +0.1 pp
2017 77 +0 pp
2016 76.9 +0 pp
2015 76.9 +0 pp
2014 76.8 +0 pp
2013 76.8 +0 pp
2012 76.8 +0.1 pp
2011 76.7 +0.1 pp
2010 76.6 +0.1 pp
2009 76.5 +0.1 pp
2008 76.4 +0.1 pp
2007 76.2 +0.1 pp
2006 76.1 +0.1 pp
2005 76 +0.1 pp
2004 75.9 +0.1 pp
2003 75.9 +0 pp
2002 75.9 −0 pp
2001 75.9 +0.3 pp
2000 75.6 +0.3 pp
1999 75.4 +0.1 pp
1998 75.3 +0.2 pp
1997 75.1 +0.3 pp
1996 74.8 +0.2 pp
1995 74.6 +0.1 pp
1994 74.5 +0 pp
1993 74.5 +0.1 pp
1992 74.4 +0.3 pp
1991 74.1 +0.4 pp
1990 73.7 +0.5 pp
1989 73.3 +0.6 pp
1988 72.7 +0.5 pp
1987 72.1 +0.6 pp
1986 71.6 +0.5 pp
1985 71.1 +0.3 pp
1984 70.8 +0.6 pp
1983 70.3 +0.7 pp
1982 69.5 +0.6 pp
1981 68.9 +0.5 pp
1980 68.4 +0.7 pp
1979 67.7 +0.8 pp
1978 66.9 +0.9 pp
1977 65.9 +1 pp
1976 64.9 +1 pp
1975 63.9 +1 pp
1974 63 +0.9 pp
1973 62.1 +0.8 pp
1972 61.3 +0.6 pp
1971 60.7 +0.4 pp
1970 60.3 +0.3 pp
1969 59.9 +0.3 pp
1968 59.6 +0.3 pp
1967 59.4 +0.3 pp
1966 59.1 +0.3 pp
1965 58.8 +0.3 pp
1964 58.6 +0.2 pp
1963 58.3 +0.2 pp
1962 58.1 +0.2 pp
1961 57.9 +0.2 pp
1960 57.7

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.