What is population, age 21, total in Cuba?

Population, age 21, total in Cuba was 143,774 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 21, total recorded in Cuba?

The highest recorded value was 225,617 in 1990.

What is the lowest population, age 21, total recorded in Cuba?

The lowest recorded value was 124,656 in 2001.

How does Cuba rank for population, age 21, total?

Cuba ranks 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 21, total rising or falling in Cuba?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Cuba data come from?

The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 21, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 21, total in Cuba

Name: Population, age 21, total in Cuba
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Cuba: Population, age 21, total was 143,774 in 2015. ▼ Falling

Latest (2015)

143,774

Change on year

down 7.2%

World rank

88th

of 191 countries

All-time high

225,617

in 1990

All-time low

124,656

in 2001

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 21, total in Cuba, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2015, population, age 21, total in Cuba stood at 143,774.

That represents a change of down 7.2% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 21, total in Cuba peaked at 225,617 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 124,656, in 2001.

Cuba ranks 88th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	191,399	135,855	225,617	10
2000s	144,564	124,656	166,927	10
2010s	158,493	143,774	167,489	5

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89 El Salvador 138,323 compare
90 Paraguay 134,711 compare
91 Nicaragua 131,071 compare

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More education data for Cuba

Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Population ages 15-64 67.9% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
School enrollment, primary 98.1% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 82,575 (2024)
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.45 live births per woman (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 97.6% (2024)

All data for Cuba →

Frequently asked questions

What is population, age 21, total in Cuba?: Population, age 21, total in Cuba was 143,774 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 21, total recorded in Cuba?: The highest recorded value was 225,617 in 1990.
What is the lowest population, age 21, total recorded in Cuba?: The lowest recorded value was 124,656 in 2001.
How does Cuba rank for population, age 21, total?: Cuba ranks 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 21, total rising or falling in Cuba?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cuba data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 21, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 21, total
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,605 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.