Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Cuba

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Cuba in 2025 — 19.72%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 0.12 pp.

2025 19.72% +0.11 pp vs 2024
World rank 71of 121
Period maximum 20.17%1970
Period minimum 18.77%2013

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Cuba, 1960–202518.51919.52020.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 19.83%1962: 19.87%1964: 19.89%1966: 19.93%1968: 20.03%1970: 20.17%1972: 19.83%1974: 19.57%1976: 19.44%1978: 19.43%1980: 19.51%1982: 19.62%1984: 19.7%1986: 19.77%1988: 19.81%1990: 19.83%1992: 19.74%1994: 19.69%1996: 19.68%1998: 19.68%2000: 19.68%2002: 19.68%2004: 19.47%2006: 19.27%2008: 19.11%2010: 18.97%2012: 18.83%2014: 18.78%2016: 18.89%2018: 19.03%2020: 19.15%2022: 19.4%2024: 19.6%2025: 19.72%
Change over the period: −0.12 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cuba 19.72%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 19.72 +0.11 pp
2024 19.6 +0.1 pp
2023 19.5 +0.1 pp
2022 19.4 +0.13 pp
2021 19.27 +0.12 pp
2020 19.15 +0.06 pp
2019 19.09 +0.06 pp
2018 19.03 +0.07 pp
2017 18.96 +0.07 pp
2016 18.89 +0.05 pp
2015 18.84 +0.06 pp
2014 18.78 +0.01 pp
2013 18.77 −0.06 pp
2012 18.83 −0.07 pp
2011 18.9 −0.07 pp
2010 18.97 −0.07 pp
2009 19.04 −0.07 pp
2008 19.11 −0.07 pp
2007 19.18 −0.08 pp
2006 19.27 −0.09 pp
2005 19.36 −0.11 pp
2004 19.47 −0.12 pp
2003 19.59 −0.1 pp
2002 19.68 +0.01 pp
2001 19.68 +0 pp
2000 19.68 −0 pp
1999 19.68 −0 pp
1998 19.68 −0 pp
1997 19.68 −0 pp
1996 19.68 −0 pp
1995 19.68 −0.01 pp
1994 19.69 −0.02 pp
1993 19.71 −0.04 pp
1992 19.74 −0.06 pp
1991 19.8 −0.03 pp
1990 19.83 +0.02 pp
1989 19.82 +0.01 pp
1988 19.81 +0.01 pp
1987 19.79 +0.02 pp
1986 19.77 +0.03 pp
1985 19.74 +0.03 pp
1984 19.7 +0.04 pp
1983 19.67 +0.04 pp
1982 19.62 +0.06 pp
1981 19.56 +0.05 pp
1980 19.51 +0.05 pp
1979 19.46 +0.03 pp
1978 19.43 +0.01 pp
1977 19.42 −0.02 pp
1976 19.44 −0.05 pp
1975 19.49 −0.08 pp
1974 19.57 −0.11 pp
1973 19.69 −0.14 pp
1972 19.83 −0.18 pp
1971 20.01 −0.16 pp
1970 20.17 +0.07 pp
1969 20.1 +0.06 pp
1968 20.03 +0.06 pp
1967 19.97 +0.04 pp
1966 19.93 +0.03 pp
1965 19.9 +0.01 pp
1964 19.89 +0.01 pp
1963 19.88 +0.01 pp
1962 19.87 +0.02 pp
1961 19.85 +0.02 pp
1960 19.83

Caribbean, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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