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🇨🇺 Cuba

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CUB
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CU
UN M49 numeric192
IOC codeCUB
Official nameRepublic of Cuba
Native name(s)spa: official: República de Cuba; common: Cuba
Alt spellingsCU, Republic of Cuba, República de Cuba
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCaribbean
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalHavana
Area (km²)109,884
Lat / Lng21.5000, -80.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.cu
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 3

Demographics

Population (World Bank)10,937,203 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)78.264 (2024)
Languagesspa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Cuban; m: Cuban; fra: f: Cubaine; m: Cubain
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)107,352,000,000 (2020)
GDP per capita (current USD)9,605.279 (2020)
Unemployment rate (%)1.746 (2025)
CurrenciesCUC: name: Cuban convertible peso; symbol: $; CUP: name: Cuban peso; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19505,924,511
19516,042,200
19526,162,175
19536,285,748
19546,412,849
19556,543,100
19566,676,052
19576,811,727
19586,950,289
19597,092,332
19607,238,081
19617,387,117
19627,541,098
19637,701,660
19647,866,020
19658,030,797
19668,193,450
19678,352,625
19688,509,522
19698,666,640
19708,824,382
19718,979,085
19729,123,891
19739,255,328
19749,374,183
19759,479,726
19769,571,242
19779,648,440
19789,711,980
19799,763,355
19809,804,796
19819,849,320
19829,912,681
19839,991,026
198410,073,299
198510,157,228
198610,244,247
198710,335,342
198810,432,585
198910,533,243
199010,631,799
199110,717,640
199210,785,801
199310,841,031
199410,886,021
199510,925,362
199610,962,010
199710,997,934
199811,034,712
199911,072,230
200011,109,109
200111,144,132
200211,177,418
200311,209,383
200411,238,756
200511,262,554
200611,278,550
200711,287,272
200811,291,762
200911,294,719
201011,297,409
201111,301,571
201211,303,175
201311,298,167
201411,285,775
201511,275,065
201611,265,612
201711,247,829
201811,227,118
201911,202,846
202011,176,354
202111,122,168
202211,059,820
202311,019,931

Full raw record (JSON)

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