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Cuba vs Honduras

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Cuba

10,937,203#87 · −0.39%/yr
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Flag of Honduras

Honduras

11,005,850#86 · +1.65%/yr

Honduras has about the same population as Cuba: 11,005,850 vs 10,937,203, a gap of 68,647. Honduras is growing faster (+1.65% vs −0.39% a year), adding about 181,638 people a year against −42,497. Cuba is the older society: 17.0% aged 65+ against 4.5% in Honduras, while Honduras has more children (30.3% under 15 vs 15.0%). People in Cuba live 5.2 years longer on average (78.3 vs 73.0). GDP per capita is 2.7× higher in Cuba ($9,605 vs $3,598).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Cuba) and 2025 (Honduras); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Cuba vs Honduras — side by side

Flag of Cuba CubaFlag of Honduras Honduras
Population10,937,203202511,005,8502025
Growth rate / yr−0.39%2025+1.65%2025
Births per 1,0008.6202421.62024
Deaths per 1,00010.420244.52024
Children per woman1.4520242.482024
Life expectancy78.3 yrs202473.0 yrs2024
Aged 0–1415.0%202530.3%2025
Aged 65+17.0%20254.5%2025
Density106.2 /km²202395.1 /km²2023
Area109,880 km²2023112,490 km²2023
Urban population77.2%202559.3%2025
Net migration / yr-22,2442025-4,7782025
GDP per capita$9,6052020$3,5982025
Country population rank (available records)#87#86
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.13%0.13%

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; Honduras: 5.3× 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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