Cuba vs Portugal
Cuba has about the same population as Portugal: 10,937,203 vs 10,804,871, a gap of 132,332. Portugal is growing faster (+1.03% vs −0.39% a year), adding about 110,756 people a year against −42,497. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Portugal would overtake Cuba in about 1 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2026) — a projection, not a forecast. Portugal is the older society: 24.9% aged 65+ against 17.0% in Cuba, while Cuba has more children (15.0% under 15 vs 12.7%). People in Portugal live 4.1 years longer on average (82.4 vs 78.3). GDP per capita is 3.3× higher in Portugal ($32,082 vs $9,605).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Cuba) and 2025 (Portugal); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Cuba vs Portugal — side by side
 Cuba |  Portugal | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 10,937,2032025 | 10,804,8712025 |
| Growth rate / yr | −0.39%2025 | +1.03%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 8.62024 | 7.92024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 10.42024 | 11.12024 |
| Children per woman | 1.452024 | 1.412024 |
| Life expectancy | 78.3 yrs2024 | 82.4 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 15.0%2025 | 12.7%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 17.0%2025 | 24.9%2025 |
| Density | 106.2 /km²2023 | 115.5 /km²2023 |
| Area | 109,880 km²2023 | 92,230 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 77.2%2025 | 61.5%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -22,2442025 | +16,4722025 |
| GDP per capita | $9,6052020 | $32,0822025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #87 | #89 |
| 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; Portugal: 1.2× 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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Portugal: Portugal vs Honduras, Portugal vs Cuba, Portugal vs Czechia, Portugal vs Tajikistan, Portugal vs Papua New Guinea, Portugal vs Sweden.
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