North America · Caribbean
Cuba
Cuba covers about 110,000 km² (42,400 mi²), the 106th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Guatemala, at about 109,000 km².
- 110,000km²Area, main territory
- 11.0 millionPopulation
- 3.58In Belgiums
200 km
- Cuba
Facts
| Area, main territory | 110,000 km²42,400 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 110,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 3.58 |
| Capital | Havana |
| Population | 11.0 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 100 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 23°N |
| In other languages | Kuba Deutsch · キューバ 日本語 · 古巴 中文 · 쿠바 한국어 |
| Continent | North America#7 of 27 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Cuba
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 154× the size of Cuba.
- At 100 people per km², Cuba is the 70th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Cuba lies at 22°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
- Laid out flat, Cuba's main territory stretches about 377 km north to south and 1,120 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 110,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 110,000 km², to within 2%.
How Cuba measures up
Cuba holds 0.5% of the land area and 1.8% of the people of the 27 countries listed for North America. In Caribbean it is the 1st largest of 16.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 110,000 km² | 105th of 239 |
| Population | 11.0 million | 83rd of 237 |
| Density | 100 per km² | 70th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 21.6°N | 99th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Cuba is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 3.58× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.45× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.31× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.29× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.20× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
Where Cuba sits
- Cuba's centre lies at 21.6°N, 79.0°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 2,410 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 20°N to 23°N, about 380 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Cuba had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Cuba would have 137.7 million people. It has 11.0 million.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Cuba would have 409,000 people. It has 11.0 million.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 8.0 million.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11