Cuba vs Malaysia: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Cuba
77.2%
in 2025
Malaysia
77.4%
in 2025
Cuba rank
84th
Malaysia rank
82nd
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Cuba
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 77.4% against 77.2% in Cuba, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 84th and Malaysia ranks 82nd of 238 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cuba |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cuba |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cuba |
| 1300s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cuba |
| 1400s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Cuba |
| 1500s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Cuba |
| 1600s | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | Cuba |
| 1700s | 5.7% | 2.0% | 3.6% | Cuba |
| 1710s | 6.4% | 2.3% | 4.1% | Cuba |
| 1720s | 7.0% | 2.5% | 4.5% | Cuba |
| 1730s | 7.6% | 2.8% | 4.9% | Cuba |
| 1740s | 8.4% | 3.0% | 5.4% | Cuba |
| 1750s | 9.2% | 3.3% | 5.9% | Cuba |
| 1760s | 10.0% | 3.6% | 6.4% | Cuba |
| 1770s | 11.0% | 4.0% | 7.0% | Cuba |
| 1780s | 12.0% | 4.3% | 7.7% | Cuba |
| 1790s | 13.2% | 4.7% | 8.4% | Cuba |
| 1800s | 14.4% | 5.2% | 9.2% | Cuba |
| 1810s | 15.8% | 5.7% | 10.1% | Cuba |
| 1820s | 17.3% | 6.2% | 11.1% | Cuba |
| 1830s | 19.0% | 6.8% | 12.1% | Cuba |
| 1840s | 20.8% | 7.5% | 13.3% | Cuba |
| 1850s | 22.8% | 8.2% | 14.6% | Cuba |
| 1860s | 24.9% | 9.0% | 15.9% | Cuba |
| 1870s | 27.3% | 9.8% | 17.5% | Cuba |
| 1880s | 29.9% | 10.8% | 19.1% | Cuba |
| 1890s | 32.7% | 11.8% | 20.9% | Cuba |
| 1900s | 35.9% | 12.9% | 22.9% | Cuba |
| 1910s | 39.3% | 14.2% | 25.1% | Cuba |
| 1920s | 43.0% | 15.5% | 27.5% | Cuba |
| 1930s | 47.1% | 17.0% | 30.1% | Cuba |
| 1940s | 51.6% | 18.6% | 33.0% | Cuba |
| 1950s | 57.1% | 23.3% | 33.8% | Cuba |
| 1960s | 58.7% | 27.6% | 31.1% | Cuba |
| 1970s | 63.7% | 31.3% | 32.4% | Cuba |
| 1980s | 70.9% | 40.2% | 30.7% | Cuba |
| 1990s | 74.6% | 55.1% | 19.5% | Cuba |
| 2000s | 76.0% | 66.4% | 9.7% | Cuba |
| 2010s | 76.9% | 73.1% | 3.8% | Cuba |
| 2020s | 77.1% | 76.2% | 0.9% | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Cuba or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 77.4% against 77.2% in Cuba as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Cuba and Malaysia?
- 0.2%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Malaysia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Cuba and Malaysia rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Cuba ranks 84th and Malaysia ranks 82nd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.