Havana — UN urban centre
Havana: 1,593,580 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #309 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 350; 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: 23.086, -82.3655. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,475,009 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,522,168 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,594,897 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 1,667,584 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 1,694,818 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,716,311 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,705,682 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,674,366 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,639,809 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,623,076 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,593,580 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,565,145 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,532,628 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,496,195 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,454,575 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,387,265 | Projection |
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