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Cuba: cities by population

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · UN World Population Prospects

Cuba has a population of 10,892,659 (UN estimate, 2026), with Havana as its capital. The 50 largest of its 165 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

-2%

since 2000 (11,109,109)

-14%

projected by 2050 (9,381,999)

102

people per km²

UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.

Full UN series, 1950 to 2050

Year	Population
1950	5,924,511
1975	9,479,726
2000	11,109,109
2005	11,262,554
2010	11,297,409
2015	11,275,065
2020	11,176,354
2025	10,937,203
2026	10,892,659
2030 projected	10,700,822
2050 projected	9,381,999

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

Largest cities in Cuba

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Havana	Havana	2,163,824
2	Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba Province	555,865
3	Camagüey	Camagüey	347,562
4	Holguín	Holguín Province	319,102
5	Guantánamo	Guantánamo Province	272,801
6	Santa Clara	Villa Clara Province	250,512
7	Las Tunas	Las Tunas Province	203,684
8	Bayamo	Granma Province	192,632
9	Pinar del Río	Pinar del Río	186,990
10	Cienfuegos	Cienfuegos Province	186,644
11	Matanzas	Matanzas Province	146,733
12	Ciego de Ávila	Ciego de Ávila Province	142,027
13	Manzanillo	Granma Province	128,188
14	Sancti Spíritus	Sancti Spíritus Province	127,069
15	Palma Soriano	Santiago de Cuba Province	102,826
16	Cárdenas	Matanzas Province	98,515
17	Moa	Holguín Province	92,852
18	Puerto Padre	Las Tunas Province	76,838
19	Contramaestre	Santiago de Cuba Province	70,438
20	Güira de Melena	Artemisa	69,879
21	Consolación del Sur	Pinar del Río	69,857
22	Güines	Mayabeque	68,935
23	Artemisa	Artemisa	68,073
24	San Luis	Santiago de Cuba Province	67,293
25	Morón	Ciego de Ávila Province	66,060
26	Colón	Matanzas Province	63,882
27	Florida	Camagüey	63,007
28	Sagua la Grande	Villa Clara Province	62,073
29	Trinidad	Sancti Spíritus Province	60,206
30	San Cristobal	Artemisa	59,579
31	Placetas	Villa Clara Province	55,408
32	San José de las Lajas	Mayabeque	54,847
33	Jagüey Grande	Matanzas Province	54,363
34	Nuevitas	Camagüey	54,022
35	Banes	Holguín Province	53,104
36	Bartolomé Masó	Granma Province	53,024
37	Corralillo	Villa Clara Province	51,881
38	Jesús Menéndez	Las Tunas Province	51,002
39	Jobabo	Las Tunas Province	49,403
40	Baracoa	Guantánamo Province	48,362
41	Jovellanos	Matanzas Province	47,164
42	Bauta	Artemisa	45,768
43	Santo Domingo	Villa Clara Province	45,476
44	Cabaiguán	Sancti Spíritus Province	44,515
45	San Germán	Holguín Province	43,892
46	Ranchuelo	Villa Clara Province	43,695

Twenty years earlier: Cuba in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 11,295,969.

Common questions

What is the population of Cuba?

Cuba has a population of 10,892,659, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 9,381,999 — a forecast, not a measurement.

What is the capital of Cuba?

Havana.

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Havana

The largest place we record in Cuba: 2,163,824 people

Cuba in 2005

The World Gazetteer's archive edition: 11,295,969 then

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