Cuba vs Papua New Guinea: Population, male

Cuba
5.39 million
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
5.53 million
in 2025
Cuba rank
88th
Papua New Guinea rank
87th

Population, male over time

  • Cuba
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 5.53 million against 5.39 million in Cuba, a difference of 136,220.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 88th and Papua New Guinea ranks 87th of 217 countries.

Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 4.05 million 1.17 million 2.87 million Cuba
1970s 4.76 million 1.47 million 3.29 million Cuba
1980s 5.14 million 1.82 million 3.32 million Cuba
1990s 5.50 million 2.40 million 3.10 million Cuba
2000s 5.61 million 3.35 million 2.26 million Cuba
2010s 5.59 million 4.47 million 1.12 million Cuba
2020s 5.46 million 5.30 million 155,373 Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, male, Cuba or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 5.53 million against 5.39 million in Cuba as of 2025.
What is the difference in population, male between Cuba and Papua New Guinea?
136,220, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Papua New Guinea?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Cuba and Papua New Guinea rank globally for population, male?
Cuba ranks 88th and Papua New Guinea ranks 87th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Population, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population, male
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Male population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all male residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.