Brazil vs Cuba
Brazil vs Cuba: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 84.5% in Brazil and 70.5% in Cuba, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brazil, by 14 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Cuba.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher since 1995.
- In 2024, Brazil ranked 81 and Cuba ranked 118 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Brazil | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 84.5 | 70.5 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 84.2 | 69.6 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 80.5 | 67.9 | 67 |
| 2021 | 80.7 | 67.6 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 81.3 | 71.1 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 73.9 | 68 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 70.4 | 62.7 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 67.5 | 57.2 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 60.9 | 43 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 58.3 | 37.3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 54.6 | 29.1 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 51 | 27.9 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 48.6 | 21.2 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 45.7 | 16 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 40.7 | 15.9 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 39.2 | 14.3 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 33.8 | 12.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 30.9 | 11.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 28.2 | 11.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 21 | 9.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 19.1 | 8.4 | – |
| 2003 | 13.2 | 5.2 | – |
| 2002 | 9.1 | 3.8 | – |
| 2001 | 4.5 | 1.1 | – |
| 2000 | 2.9 | 0.5 | – |
| 1999 | 2 | 0.3 | – |
| 1998 | 1.5 | 0.2 | – |
| 1997 | 0.8 | 0.1 | – |
| 1996 | 0.5 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, 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
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman 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