Moa — UN urban centre
Moa: 61,732 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #10,060 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2666; territory: Cuba (CUB). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 20.658, -74.9438. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 51,669 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 51,568 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 51,500 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 52,420 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 56,406 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 58,036 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 60,566 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 62,560 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 63,666 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 62,501 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 61,732 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 60,978 | Projection |
| 2035 | 60,180 | Projection |
| 2040 | 59,170 | Projection |
| 2045 | 57,954 | Projection |
| 2050 | 56,485 | Projection |
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