Cuba
- Capital
- Havana
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- Upper middle income
- Population
- 10.9 million (2025)
At a glance
- Cuba's economy shrank 1.1% in 2024, slower than most economies.
- 1.8% of Cuba's labour force had no job in 2025, a lower share than in most countries.
- Cuba had 10.9 million people in 2025: about 0.1% of everyone on Earth, the 87th largest population of 217 countries and territories.
Economic growth
2024Real GDP, change over the year
Since 2000
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| Year | Cuba | World median |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | −1.1% | 3.4% |
| 2023 | −1.9% | 3.2% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| 2020 | −11.0% | −3.8% |
| 2019 | −0.2% | 2.8% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | 3.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| 2015 | 4.4% | 2.9% |
Unemployment
2025Share of the labour force without a job (ILO modelled estimate)
Since 2000
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| Year | Cuba | World median |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| 2023 | 1.7% | 5.2% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | 6.4% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | 5.4% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | 5.4% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | 5.6% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | 5.9% |
Population
2025Everyone living in the country, mid-year
Since 2000
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| Year | Cuba |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.9 million |
| 2024 | 11.0 million |
| 2023 | 11.0 million |
| 2022 | 11.1 million |
| 2021 | 11.1 million |
| 2020 | 11.2 million |
| 2019 | 11.2 million |
| 2018 | 11.2 million |
| 2017 | 11.2 million |
| 2016 | 11.3 million |
No recent World Bank figure for Cuba: inflation, gdp per person, government debt, current account balance.
About these figures
All numbers are yearly. The world median is the middle value of all countries with a figure for the same year: half of them are above it and half below. Sparklines show Cuba since 2000 or since its first figure.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), updated 2026-10-08. Original sources: Economic growth: national statistical offices and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates; Unemployment: International Labour Organization, ILO modelled estimates (ILOSTAT); Population: United Nations Population Division (World Population Prospects) and national statistical offices. Yearly figures; recent years are often revised. All sources and terms.