Cuba
Urban population in Cuba
Urban population in Cuba: 56.4% in 1950 and 77.2% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 77.2%
- Since 1950
- +20.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 76 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 85.1%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 85.1% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Cuba |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 77.2 |
| 2024 | 77.2 |
| 2023 | 77.1 |
| 2022 | 77.1 |
| 2021 | 77.1 |
| 2020 | 77.1 |
| 2019 | 77.1 |
| 2018 | 77 |
| 2017 | 77 |
| 2016 | 76.9 |
| 2015 | 76.9 |
| 2014 | 76.8 |
| 2013 | 76.8 |
| 2012 | 76.8 |
| 2011 | 76.7 |
| 2010 | 76.6 |
| 2009 | 76.5 |
| 2008 | 76.4 |
| 2007 | 76.2 |
| 2006 | 76.1 |
| 2005 | 76 |
| 2004 | 75.9 |
| 2003 | 75.9 |
| 2002 | 75.9 |
| 2001 | 75.9 |
| 2000 | 75.6 |
| 1999 | 75.4 |
| 1998 | 75.3 |
| 1997 | 75.1 |
| 1996 | 74.8 |
| 1995 | 74.6 |
| 1994 | 74.5 |
| 1993 | 74.5 |
| 1992 | 74.4 |
| 1991 | 74.1 |
| 1990 | 73.7 |
| 1989 | 73.3 |
| 1988 | 72.7 |
| 1987 | 72.2 |
| 1986 | 71.6 |
| 1985 | 71.1 |
| 1984 | 70.8 |
| 1983 | 70.3 |
| 1982 | 69.5 |
| 1981 | 68.9 |
| 1980 | 68.4 |
| 1979 | 67.7 |
| 1978 | 66.9 |
| 1977 | 65.9 |
| 1976 | 64.9 |
| 1975 | 63.9 |
| 1974 | 63 |
| 1973 | 62.1 |
| 1972 | 61.3 |
| 1971 | 60.7 |
| 1970 | 60.3 |
| 1969 | 60 |
| 1968 | 59.6 |
| 1967 | 59.4 |
| 1966 | 59.1 |
| 1965 | 58.8 |
| 1964 | 58.6 |
| 1963 | 58.3 |
| 1962 | 58.1 |
| 1961 | 57.9 |
| 1960 | 57.7 |
| 1959 | 57.6 |
| 1958 | 57.4 |
| 1957 | 57.3 |
| 1956 | 57.2 |
| 1955 | 57.1 |
| 1954 | 57.1 |
| 1953 | 57.1 |
| 1952 | 56.9 |
| 1951 | 56.7 |
| 1950 | 56.4 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Cuba |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 77.3 |
| 2027 | 77.4 |
| 2028 | 77.5 |
| 2029 | 77.7 |
| 2030 | 77.8 |
| 2031 | 78 |
| 2032 | 78.2 |
| 2033 | 78.4 |
| 2034 | 78.7 |
| 2035 | 78.9 |
| 2036 | 79.2 |
| 2037 | 79.5 |
| 2038 | 79.8 |
| 2039 | 80.2 |
| 2040 | 80.5 |
| 2041 | 80.9 |
| 2042 | 81.3 |
| 2043 | 81.7 |
| 2044 | 82.1 |
| 2045 | 82.6 |
| 2046 | 83.1 |
| 2047 | 83.6 |
| 2048 | 84.1 |
| 2049 | 84.6 |
| 2050 | 85.1 |
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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