Cuba: population and ages

In mid-1950 there were 5.92 million people, so the population is now 1.8 times as large.

The UN projects 92,300 births and 116,000 deaths in 2026, 23,500 more deaths than births.

Deaths have outnumbered births every year since 2019.

More people leave than move in: net migration in 2026 is projected at minus 22,100.

The median age is 42.5, which is 11.4 years above the world’s 31.1.

15% of the people are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older (world: 24% and 11%).

People aged 65 and over have outnumbered children under 15 since 2023.

Women have 1.5 children on average at today’s rates (world: 2.2), against 4.0 in 1950.

Life expectancy at birth is 78.6 years, above the world’s 73.8. In 1950 it was 59.0.

For mid-2050 the UN projects 9.38 million people, 14% fewer than now, with a median age of 49.9.

By the death rates of 2023, life expectancy at birth was 78.1 years. People who had reached 65 could expect 19.6 more years for women and 16.7 for men.

On 1 January 2026, there are 25.5 people aged 65 or more for every 100 aged 15 to 64. For 2050, the UN projects 51.6.

For 2100 the UN projects a population of 5.58 million, with a 95 percent prediction interval of 3.67 million to 8.15 million.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

In mid-2024, 2,140 international migrants lived here, 0.0% of the population.

In mid-2024, 1.88 million people from here lived in other countries.