Cuba now has more people over 65 than children
People aged 65+ and under 15 in Cuba, millions, 2000–2025. World Bank estimates based on UN population data.
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- 2. Japan's median age is more than three times Niger's
- 3. South Korea now has a quarter of its 1971 births
- 4. China's population is projected to more than halve by 2100
- 5. Japan now has over 100,000 centenarians, up from 153
- 6. Japan has 9 million empty homes: one in seven
- 7. More Christians live in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else
- 8. Two in three people live where fertility is below replacement
- 9. Japan's births fell below half their 1899 level
- 10. Brazil now has more people over 65 than Germany
- 11. 34 countries and territories are past their population peak
- 12. Chile's fertility rate fell below Italy's and Japan's
- 13. Thailand's births have fallen below its deaths
- 14. Women hold at least half the seats in seven parliaments
- 15. Child marriage in South Asia has nearly halved since 2005
- 16. Argentina's teen birth rate fell 60% in ten years
- 17. Sri Lanka's population has shrunk three years in a row
- 18. Bangladesh's births per woman have fallen by two-thirds since 1970
- 19. China now has more university students than preschoolers
- 20. Uruguay now records more deaths than births
- 21. Kazakhstan's births have fallen by a quarter since 2021
- 22. Thailand is ageing faster than every G7 country but Japan
- 23. 20 of China's 31 provinces have more deaths than births
- 24. Cuba now has more people over 65 than children
- 25. Deaths outnumbered births in 45 countries, up from 20
Cubans were 65 or older in 2025, against 1.64 million children under 15.
the first year Cuba's over-65s outnumbered its children; in 2000 children outnumbered them more than two to one (2.36 M vs 1.09 M).
people since Cuba's 2012 peak: 11.30 million to 10.94 million in 2025, by World Bank estimates.
the numbers & method
| Year | People over sixty-five (M) | Children under fifteen (M) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.09 | 2.36 |
| 2005 | 1.26 | 2.18 |
| 2010 | 1.43 | 2.00 |
| 2015 | 1.60 | 1.88 |
| 2020 | 1.75 | 1.77 |
| 2021 | 1.75 | 1.75 |
| 2022 | 1.76 | 1.73 |
| 2023 | 1.79 | 1.71 |
| 2024 | 1.82 | 1.68 |
| 2025 | 1.86 | 1.64 |
Claim types Estimate · Interpretation
World Bank WDI SP.POP.0014.TO (population ages 0–14, total) and SP.POP.65UP.TO (population ages 65 and above, total), and SP.POP.TOTL, Cuba; estimates based on the UN World Population Prospects; read from the World Bank API via the progrss vault (wb-wdi; GUIDELINES §4.11). Under 15 / 65+: 2000 2,361,934 / 1,090,767; 2010 2,002,091 / 1,427,852; 2020 1,769,828 / 1,747,932; 2021 1,753,515 / 1,751,138; 2022 1,733,848 / 1,755,844 (first year 65+ is larger); 2023 1,709,630 / 1,784,736; 2024 1,679,242 / 1,819,249; 2025 1,643,180 / 1,863,153. Total population peaked at 11,303,175 in 2012; 10,937,203 in 2025 (−365,972). The 2021 margin is under 2,400 people, so the crossing year depends on the estimates; the gap has widened every year since. Population figures are estimates, not census counts.
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