Cuba vs Dominican Republic

Cuba vs Dominican Republic: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 77.2% in Cuba and 72.5% in Dominican Republic, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cuba, by 4.7 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Dominican Republic.

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% of people · UN

Cuba vs Dominican Republic: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 77.2% in Cuba and 72.5% in Dominican Republic, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cuba, by 4.7 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Dominican Republic.
CubaDominican RepublicUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Cuba has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Cuba ranked 76 and Dominican Republic ranked 87 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Cuba at 85.1% and Dominican Republic at 89.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearCubaDominican Republic
202577.272.5
202477.272.4
202377.172.4
202277.172.4
202177.172.9
202077.173.3
201977.173.5
20187773.8
20177773.9
201676.974.1
201576.974.1
201476.874.2
201376.874.2
201276.874.2
201176.774.2
201076.674.2
200976.573.6
200876.472.5
200776.271
200676.169.3
20057667.6
200475.965.9
200375.964.4
200275.963.3
200175.962.3
200075.661.3
199975.460.4
199875.359.5
199775.158.6
199674.857.8
199574.657.1
199474.556.5
199374.556
199274.455.6
199174.155.3
199073.755
198973.354.7
198872.754.5
198772.254.2
198671.654
198571.153.7
198470.853.4
198370.353.1
198269.552.6
198168.952.1
198068.451.5
197967.750.7
197866.949.7
197765.948.6
197664.947.5
197563.946.3
19746345
197362.143.8
197261.342.6
197160.741.4
197060.340.3
19696039.2
196859.638.1
196759.437.1
196659.136
196558.834.9
196458.633.9
196358.332.9
196258.131.9
196157.931
196057.730.2
195957.629.4
195857.428.7
195757.327.9
195657.227.3
195557.126.6
195457.126
195357.125.4
195256.924.8
195156.724.3
195056.423.8
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearCubaDominican Republic
202677.372.7
202777.472.9
202877.573.1
202977.773.4
203077.873.8
20317874.2
203278.274.6
203378.475.1
203478.775.6
203578.976.1
203679.276.7
203779.577.4
203879.878.1
203980.278.8
204080.579.6
204180.980.4
204281.381.2
204381.782.1
204482.183.1
204582.684
204683.185
204783.686.1
204884.187.1
204984.688.3
205085.189.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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