Cuba vs Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic has 5% more people than Cuba: 11,520,487 vs 10,937,203, a gap of 583,284. Dominican Republic is growing faster (+0.81% vs −0.39% a year), adding about 93,307 people a year against −42,497. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Cuba is the older society: 17.0% aged 65+ against 8.2% in Dominican Republic, while Dominican Republic has more children (26.2% under 15 vs 15.0%). Dominican Republic is 2.2× as densely populated (235.1 vs 106.2 people per km²). People in Cuba live 4.4 years longer on average (78.3 vs 73.9).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Cuba) and 2025 (Dominican Republic); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Cuba vs Dominican Republic — side by side
 Cuba |  Dominican Republic | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 10,937,2032025 | 11,520,4872025 |
| Growth rate / yr | −0.39%2025 | +0.81%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 8.62024 | 17.62024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 10.42024 | 6.22024 |
| Children per woman | 1.452024 | 2.222024 |
| Life expectancy | 78.3 yrs2024 | 73.9 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 15.0%2025 | 26.2%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 17.0%2025 | 8.2%2025 |
| Density | 106.2 /km²2023 | 235.1 /km²2023 |
| Area | 109,880 km²2023 | 49,003 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 77.2%2025 | 72.5%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -22,2442025 | -35,3062025 |
| GDP per capita | $9,6052020 | $11,0592025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #87 | #84 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.13% | 0.14% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Cuba: 1.5× from 1960 to 2025; Dominican Republic: 3.5× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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