Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Cuba

Population in cities over 1 million in Cuba in 2025 — 2,156,350 people. Ranked 85 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 50.2%.

2025 2.16M people +0.18% vs 2024
World rank 85of 121
Period maximum 2.2M people2002
Period minimum 1.44M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Cuba, 1960–20251.4M1.6M1.8M2M2.2M2.4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,435,511 people1962: 1,498,491 people1964: 1,564,326 people1966: 1,632,957 people1968: 1,704,701 people1970: 1,779,491 people1972: 1,809,358 people1974: 1,834,803 people1976: 1,860,641 people1978: 1,886,807 people1980: 1,913,377 people1982: 1,945,101 people1984: 1,984,723 people1986: 2,025,096 people1988: 2,066,348 people1990: 2,108,381 people1992: 2,129,481 people1994: 2,143,446 people1996: 2,157,522 people1998: 2,171,672 people2000: 2,185,933 people2002: 2,200,269 people2004: 2,187,870 people2006: 2,172,840 people2008: 2,157,893 people2010: 2,143,068 people2012: 2,128,326 people2014: 2,119,455 people2016: 2,127,953 people2018: 2,136,468 people2020: 2,140,423 people2022: 2,145,691 people2024: 2,152,518 people2025: 2,156,350 people
Change over the period: +720,839 (+50.21%) Average annual rate: 0.63 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Cuba 2.16M people
World computed 2.01B people
Latin America & Caribbean computed 261M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 837M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.16M +3,832 +0.18%
2024 2.15M +3,588 +0.17%
2023 2.15M +3,239 +0.15%
2022 2.15M +2,825 +0.13%
2021 2.14M +2,443 +0.11%
2020 2.14M +2,004 +0.09%
2019 2.14M +1,951 +0.09%
2018 2.14M +4,262 +0.2%
2017 2.13M +4,253 +0.2%
2016 2.13M +4,256 +0.2%
2015 2.12M +4,242 +0.2%
2014 2.12M −1,553 −0.07%
2013 2.12M −7,318 −0.34%
2012 2.13M −7,363 −0.34%
2011 2.14M −7,379 −0.34%
2010 2.14M −7,405 −0.34%
2009 2.15M −7,420 −0.34%
2008 2.16M −7,466 −0.34%
2007 2.17M −7,481 −0.34%
2006 2.17M −7,507 −0.34%
2005 2.18M −7,523 −0.34%
2004 2.19M −7,570 −0.34%
2003 2.2M −4,829 −0.22%
2002 2.2M +7,185 +0.33%
2001 2.19M +7,151 +0.33%
2000 2.19M +7,147 +0.33%
1999 2.18M +7,114 +0.33%
1998 2.17M +7,092 +0.33%
1997 2.16M +7,058 +0.33%
1996 2.16M +7,054 +0.33%
1995 2.15M +7,022 +0.33%
1994 2.14M +6,999 +0.33%
1993 2.14M +6,966 +0.33%
1992 2.13M +6,963 +0.33%
1991 2.12M +14,137 +0.67%
1990 2.11M +21,137 +1.01%
1989 2.09M +20,896 +1.01%
1988 2.07M +20,744 +1.01%
1987 2.05M +20,508 +1.01%
1986 2.03M +20,302 +1.01%
1985 2M +20,071 +1.01%
1984 1.98M +19,924 +1.01%
1983 1.96M +19,698 +1.01%
1982 1.95M +18,326 +0.95%
1981 1.93M +13,398 +0.7%
1980 1.91M +13,341 +0.7%
1979 1.9M +13,229 +0.7%
1978 1.89M +13,138 +0.7%
1977 1.87M +13,028 +0.7%
1976 1.86M +12,973 +0.7%
1975 1.85M +12,865 +0.7%
1974 1.83M +12,776 +0.7%
1973 1.82M +12,669 +0.7%
1972 1.81M +12,615 +0.7%
1971 1.8M +17,252 +0.97%
1970 1.78M +37,823 +2.17%
1969 1.74M +36,967 +2.17%
1968 1.7M +36,282 +2.17%
1967 1.67M +35,462 +2.17%
1966 1.63M +34,707 +2.17%
1965 1.6M +33,924 +2.17%
1964 1.56M +33,294 +2.17%
1963 1.53M +32,541 +2.17%
1962 1.5M +31,850 +2.17%
1961 1.47M +31,130 +2.17%
1960 1.44M

Caribbean, 2025

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About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

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