Brazil vs Cuba
Brazil vs Cuba: Fertility rate
Fertility rate in 2023: 1.62 births per woman in Brazil and 1.44 births per woman in Cuba, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Brazil, by 0.18 births per woman, or 1.13 times that in Cuba.
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- In 2023, Brazil ranked 143 and Cuba ranked 179 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Brazil at 1.58 births per woman and Cuba at 1.57 births per woman in 2100.
- The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.
Every year
births per woman · UN
| Year | Brazil | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.62 | 1.44 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 1.63 | 1.41 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 1.64 | 1.43 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 1.65 | 1.49 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 1.71 | 1.54 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 1.74 | 1.61 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 1.74 | 1.59 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 1.73 | 1.6 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 1.78 | 1.69 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 1.78 | 1.66 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 1.76 | 1.68 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 1.77 | 1.67 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 1.78 | 1.73 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 1.79 | 1.67 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 1.8 | 1.68 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 1.82 | 1.58 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 1.86 | 1.44 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 1.94 | 1.49 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 1.97 | 1.55 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 2.01 | 1.63 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 2.08 | 1.65 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 2.16 | 1.6 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 2.25 | 1.61 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 2.34 | 1.64 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 2.42 | 1.62 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 2.47 | 1.59 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 2.51 | 1.46 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 2.57 | 1.48 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 2.6 | 1.47 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 2.66 | 1.49 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 2.71 | 1.56 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 2.8 | 1.66 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 2.9 | 1.81 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 3.01 | 1.83 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 3.11 | 1.85 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 3.23 | 1.8 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 3.36 | 1.78 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 3.48 | 1.77 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 3.6 | 1.77 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 3.72 | 1.8 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 3.84 | 1.78 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 3.94 | 1.59 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 4.04 | 1.64 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 4.12 | 1.77 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 4.2 | 1.88 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 4.27 | 2.21 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 4.34 | 2.51 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 4.42 | 2.82 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 4.5 | 3.16 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 4.64 | 3.4 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 4.74 | 3.61 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 4.84 | 3.8 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 4.93 | 3.98 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 5.04 | 4.12 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 5.17 | 4.19 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 5.34 | 4.29 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 5.52 | 4.4 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 5.68 | 4.5 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 5.82 | 4.53 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 5.93 | 4.56 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 5.98 | 4.42 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 6.02 | 4.27 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 6.05 | 4.13 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 6.08 | 4 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 6.08 | 3.9 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 6.08 | 3.89 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 6.08 | 3.89 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 6.08 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 1954 | 6.09 | 3.92 | 5 |
| 1953 | 6.09 | 3.92 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 6.1 | 3.93 | 5 |
| 1951 | 6.12 | 3.95 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 6.12 | 4.03 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Brazil | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.611.36–1.87 | 1.451.27–1.63 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 1.61.31–1.89 | 1.451.24–1.66 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 1.591.26–1.91 | 1.461.23–1.68 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 1.581.22–1.92 | 1.461.2–1.71 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 1.581.18–1.94 | 1.461.2–1.74 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 1.581.15–1.95 | 1.471.18–1.74 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 1.581.13–1.95 | 1.471.17–1.76 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 1.571.1–1.96 | 1.471.16–1.79 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 1.571.09–1.97 | 1.481.15–1.79 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 1.571.07–1.98 | 1.481.15–1.81 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 1.571.07–2 | 1.481.13–1.83 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 1.571.05–2.02 | 1.491.13–1.84 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 1.571.06–2.03 | 1.491.13–1.86 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 1.571.04–2.03 | 1.491.13–1.88 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 1.571.05–2.03 | 1.491.11–1.87 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 1.571.04–2.06 | 1.51.12–1.88 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 1.571.05–2.05 | 1.491.1–1.89 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 1.571.03–2.07 | 1.491.09–1.89 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 1.571.01–2.08 | 1.51.09–1.9 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 1.571.02–2.09 | 1.51.09–1.9 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 1.571.02–2.06 | 1.51.09–1.92 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 1.571.01–2.08 | 1.51.07–1.93 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 1.570.99–2.09 | 1.511.06–1.93 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 1.560.99–2.08 | 1.511.06–1.94 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 1.561–2.09 | 1.511.07–1.94 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 1.560.99–2.08 | 1.511.06–1.96 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 1.560.99–2.1 | 1.511.05–1.97 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 1.560.98–2.1 | 1.521.04–1.97 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 1.560.98–2.09 | 1.521.04–1.97 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 1.560.98–2.1 | 1.521.02–1.99 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 1.560.97–2.1 | 1.521.03–1.99 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 1.560.96–2.1 | 1.521.02–1.99 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 1.560.97–2.11 | 1.531.02–1.98 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 1.560.97–2.13 | 1.531–2 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 1.560.96–2.11 | 1.531–2 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 1.560.93–2.12 | 1.531–2.01 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 1.570.95–2.13 | 1.531–2.02 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 1.570.95–2.13 | 1.531–2.02 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 1.560.94–2.12 | 1.541.01–2.04 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 1.570.93–2.14 | 1.541–2.03 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 1.570.94–2.14 | 1.541.01–2.04 | 2 |
| 2065 | 1.570.93–2.14 | 1.541.02–2.05 | 2 |
| 2066 | 1.570.94–2.14 | 1.541.01–2.06 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 1.570.94–2.15 | 1.541–2.05 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 1.570.93–2.17 | 1.540.99–2.07 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 1.570.93–2.17 | 1.540.99–2.06 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 1.570.91–2.17 | 1.540.98–2.07 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 1.570.92–2.19 | 1.540.98–2.07 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 1.570.92–2.19 | 1.550.99–2.07 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 1.570.93–2.17 | 1.550.97–2.08 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 1.570.93–2.18 | 1.550.99–2.07 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 1.580.93–2.18 | 1.550.97–2.08 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 1.580.94–2.17 | 1.550.98–2.1 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 1.580.94–2.18 | 1.550.99–2.08 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 1.580.94–2.18 | 1.551–2.09 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 1.580.94–2.2 | 1.550.99–2.09 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 1.570.93–2.19 | 1.550.98–2.1 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 1.570.93–2.2 | 1.550.97–2.11 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 1.570.92–2.18 | 1.550.97–2.13 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 1.580.92–2.19 | 1.550.99–2.14 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 1.580.92–2.2 | 1.550.98–2.14 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 1.580.92–2.22 | 1.550.97–2.13 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 1.570.91–2.21 | 1.550.98–2.13 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 1.570.9–2.2 | 1.550.97–2.14 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 1.570.91–2.2 | 1.560.97–2.13 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 1.580.91–2.21 | 1.560.97–2.14 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 1.580.91–2.22 | 1.560.95–2.15 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 1.580.91–2.21 | 1.560.96–2.16 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 1.580.89–2.21 | 1.560.95–2.15 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 1.580.89–2.21 | 1.560.97–2.15 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 1.580.87–2.22 | 1.560.95–2.15 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 1.580.86–2.22 | 1.560.94–2.16 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 1.580.87–2.22 | 1.560.97–2.16 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 1.580.87–2.23 | 1.560.97–2.18 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 1.580.86–2.23 | 1.570.94–2.16 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 1.580.86–2.23 | 1.570.96–2.16 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 1.580.84–2.24 | 1.570.96–2.18 | 1.84 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brazil vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980