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Cuba vs Dominican Republic
How Cuba and Dominican Republic compare on 32 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Cuba was higher: 78.1 years against 73.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2024, Dominican Republic was higher: $9,168 against $7,381
- Population · In 2023, Dominican Republic was higher: 11.3 million people against 11 million people
- Military spending · In 2018, Cuba was higher: 2.88% of GDP against 0.69% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Dominican Republic was higher: 3 tonnes against 1.91 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Dominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Dominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Dominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Dominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Dominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Dominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Dominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Dominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Dominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Dominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Dominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Dominican Republic: $90 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Dominican Republic: 71,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Dominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Dominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Dominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Dominican Republic: 0 TIV in 2022
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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