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Cuba’s Population Decline Deepens With Deaths Outpacing Births
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Cuba’s Population Decline Deepens With Deaths Outpacing Births Cuba’s population collapse continued unabated last year, as births declined and people continued to flee an island that’s being crushed by an economic crisis and US sanctions. At the end of 2025, the island had 9.4 million people, the National Statistics and Information Office, or ONEI, said in an annual report. That’s down 3% from 2024 and 16% lower than a decade ago when the population was running at 11.2 million people and...
Cuba’s Population Decline Deepens With Deaths Outpacing Births
Cuba’s population collapse continued unabated last year, as births declined and people continued to flee an island that’s being crushed by an economic crisis and US sanctions.
At the end of 2025, the island had 9.4 million people, the National Statistics and Information Office, or ONEI, said in an annual report. That’s down 3% from 2024 and 16% lower than a decade ago when the population was running at 11.2 million people and growing.