Cuba vs Mexico: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 77.2% in Cuba and 80% in Mexico, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 2.8 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Cuba.

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% of people · UN

CubaMexicoUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Cuba.
In 2025, Cuba ranked 76 and Mexico ranked 63 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Cuba at 85.1% and Mexico at 89.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Cuba	Mexico
2025	77.2	80
2024	77.2	79.8
2023	77.1	79.5
2022	77.1	79.2
2021	77.1	78.9
2020	77.1	78.7
2019	77.1	78.4
2018	77	78
2017	77	77.7
2016	76.9	77.4
2015	76.9	77.2
2014	76.8	77
2013	76.8	76.8
2012	76.8	76.7
2011	76.7	76.6
2010	76.6	76.5
2009	76.5	76.5
2008	76.4	76.5
2007	76.2	76.5
2006	76.1	76.5
2005	76	76.5
2004	75.9	76.3
2003	75.9	76.1
2002	75.9	75.7
2001	75.9	75.3
2000	75.6	74.9
1999	75.4	74.6
1998	75.3	74.3
1997	75.1	74
1996	74.8	73.6
1995	74.6	73.3
1994	74.5	73
1993	74.5	72.6
1992	74.4	72.2
1991	74.1	71.9
1990	73.7	71.5
1989	73.3	71
1988	72.7	70.6
1987	72.2	70.1
1986	71.6	69.6
1985	71.1	69.1
1984	70.8	68.6
1983	70.3	68.1
1982	69.5	67.5
1981	68.9	66.9
1980	68.4	66.3
1979	67.7	65.7
1978	66.9	65
1977	65.9	64.4
1976	64.9	63.6
1975	63.9	62.9
1974	63	62.1
1973	62.1	61.4
1972	61.3	60.6
1971	60.7	59.8
1970	60.3	59
1969	60	58.3
1968	59.6	57.5
1967	59.4	56.6
1966	59.1	55.8
1965	58.8	55
1964	58.6	54.1
1963	58.3	53.3
1962	58.1	52.4
1961	57.9	51.6
1960	57.7	50.8
1959	57.6	49.9
1958	57.4	49.1
1957	57.3	48.3
1956	57.2	47.5
1955	57.1	46.7
1954	57.1	45.9
1953	57.1	45.1
1952	56.9	44.2
1951	56.7	43.4
1950	56.4	42.6

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Cuba	Mexico
2026	77.3	80.3
2027	77.4	80.6
2028	77.5	80.9
2029	77.7	81.3
2030	77.8	81.6
2031	78	81.9
2032	78.2	82.2
2033	78.4	82.6
2034	78.7	82.9
2035	78.9	83.3
2036	79.2	83.7
2037	79.5	84
2038	79.8	84.4
2039	80.2	84.8
2040	80.5	85.2
2041	80.9	85.6
2042	81.3	86
2043	81.7	86.4
2044	82.1	86.8
2045	82.6	87.3
2046	83.1	87.7
2047	83.6	88.1
2048	84.1	88.6
2049	84.6	89
2050	85.1	89.5

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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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