A consolidated migration profile for Cuba:
who arrives, who leaves, how many people are hosted or displaced, and the national context behind those numbers.
Every figure below is a reported value from an official source — nothing is estimated or filled in.
CapitalHavana
RegionLatin America
SubregionLatin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Population10,937,203
Refugees hosted115People protected here
Refugees from here—Fled abroad
Migrants living here2,144Foreign-born stock
Net migration-22,244Net outflow
Asylum-seekers40Awaiting a decision
Reporting year2025Most recent data
Latest figures · 2025
Key migration numbers
The headline counts for the most recent reporting year. Refugees hosted are people this country protects; asylum-seekers are still awaiting a decision; applications are new asylum claims lodged during the year.
2025Reporting year
115Refugees hosted
40Asylum-seekers
25Applications (year)
Migration balance
Incoming vs outgoing
Annual estimates
Net migration is arrivals minus departures over the year. Positive means more people moved in than out. Migrant stock is the total foreign-born people living here now.
Net migration (year)-22,244Net outflow
Migrants living here2,144Migrant stock
Missing / dead migrants
No data available
IOM Missing Migrants Project
Historical series
Statistics
Recorded migrant, refugee and asylum populations over time. Each line is one category; gaps mean a year the source did not report a figure (the line bridges the gap rather than dropping to zero).
Population profile
Sex, age, religion & more
How the population breaks down across reported dimensions, grouped by the year each figure was reported (most recent first). Bars show each group’s share of the total; where only headcounts were published, the raw number is shown instead.
Religion
Religious make-up over time
National shares
Share of the population by faith across the recorded years. Each line is a stored national value; nothing is estimated.
Displaced population by age cohort for the most recent reported year. Age is summed across sexes in the source data, so this is a single series per cohort — not a male/female split.
Displaced population by sex over the reported years, stacked so the top line reads as the total.
Sex
Female29.0%
Male71.0%
Age
18-5981.9%
5-119.7%
Sex
Female35.8%
Male64.2%
Age
0-42.8%
12-178.5%
18-5977.3%
5-118.5%
60+2.8%
Sex
Female22.2%
Male77.8%
Age
0-46.6%
12-176.0%
18-5984.4%
60+3.0%
Sex
Female20.9%
Male79.1%
Age
18-5990.1%
5-117.1%
60+2.7%
Sex
Female29.1%
Male70.9%
Age
0-43.2%
12-177.3%
18-5980.5%
5-119.1%
Sex
Female28.5%
Male67.4%
Unknown4.1%
Age
0-42.1%
12-176.6%
18-5978.9%
5-116.2%
60+2.1%
Sex
Female32.1%
Male67.9%
Age
0-41.9%
12-178.3%
18-5981.9%
5-117.9%
Sex
Female26.4%
Male73.6%
Age
12-173.9%
18-5986.2%
5-118.4%
60+1.6%
Sex
Female23.2%
Male74.6%
Unknown2.2%
Age
12-171.6%
18-5988.3%
5-116.6%
60+1.4%
Sex
Female22.6%
Male77.4%
Age
0-41.5%
12-176.5%
18-5985.6%
5-116.5%
Sex
Female16.7%
Male83.3%
Age
12-173.4%
18-5990.4%
5-116.2%
Sex
Female13.8%
Male86.2%
Age
0-42.1%
12-173.5%
18-5992.6%
5-111.8%
Sex
Female9.5%
Male90.5%
Age
12-174.0%
18-5996.0%
Sex
Female6.5%
Male93.5%
Age
12-174.3%
18-5995.7%
Sex
Female2.3%
Male96.4%
Unknown1.3%
Age
12-171.3%
18-5996.1%
5-111.3%
Sex
Female1.7%
Male98.3%
Age
12-171.2%
18-5997.6%
5-111.2%
Sex
Female0.0%
Male100.0%
Age
12-171.1%
18-5997.8%
5-111.1%
Sex
Female1.5%
Male98.5%
Age
12-174.0%
18-5996.0%
Sex
Female3.9%
Male94.0%
Unknown2.1%
Age
12-178.2%
18-5989.0%
5-110.8%
Sex
Female4.7%
Male95.3%
Age
12-1713.9%
18-5985.4%
5-110.7%
Sex
Female5.3%
Male94.7%
Age
12-1711.2%
18-5975.8%
5-1113.0%
Sex
Female5.2%
Male94.8%
Age
12-1715.5%
18-5965.9%
5-1118.6%
Sex
Female5.4%
Male94.6%
Age
0-40.6%
12-1718.0%
18-5960.6%
5-1120.8%
Sex
Female4.9%
Male95.1%
Age
12-1718.1%
18-5960.7%
5-1121.2%
Sex
Female6.3%
Male93.7%
Age
12-1714.3%
18-5969.8%
5-1116.0%
Country context
National indicators
Economy
GDP (current US$)107,352,000,000.00 USD2020GDP per capita (current US$)9,605.28 USD2020Unemployment (% of labour force)1.75 %2025
Returned refugees6.00 people2023Naturalisations10.00 people2023
Other
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)78.26 years2024Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)91.15 %2024Current health expenditure (% of GDP)9.38 %2023
Context
Migration & quality of life
These charts place migration next to quality-of-life indicators over time. Correlation is not causation — a relationship here does not prove migration caused the change, or that a change caused the migration.
Economy
Gross domestic product
World Bank
GDP (current US$)
$107.35B
Reported 2020
GDP per capita (current US$)
$9,605
Reported 2020
Migrant stock as a share of the population (left axis, in percent) shown against life expectancy (right axis, in years) over the years.
Each point is one year: migrant share of population (x, in percent) versus life expectancy (y, in years).
Public safety
Recorded crime
Not migrant offending
National crime figures for context only — they describe the whole resident population and are not a measure of migrant offending.
Recorded crime by type
rate / 100k where available
Crime
Rate / 100k
1.86
Homicide
4.46
Crime
Rate / 100k
1.91
Homicide
4.37
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.29
Homicide
4.59
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.13
Homicide
5.08
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.45
Homicide
5.49
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.74
Homicide
5.32
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.58
Homicide
5.97
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.42
Homicide
5.49
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.32
Homicide
4.73
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.22
Homicide
4.47
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.70
Homicide
5.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.12
Homicide
4.56
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.46
Homicide
5.03
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.35
Homicide
5.11
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.98
Homicide
6.07
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.60
Homicide
5.87
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.73
Homicide
5.73
Crime
Rate / 100k
3.32
Homicide
5.91
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.86
Homicide
5.43
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.80
Homicide
5.28
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.89
Homicide
5.50
Crime
Rate / 100k
3.41
Homicide
7.41
Crime
Rate / 100k
2.99
Homicide
6.79
Crime
Rate / 100k
3.06
Homicide
6.68
Crime
Rate / 100k
3.87
Homicide
7.80
Crime
Rate / 100k
3.92
Homicide
8.28
Crime
Rate / 100k
3.42
Homicide
7.40
Crime
Rate / 100k
3.30
Homicide
6.24
Public expenditure
Expenses
Migration-related public spending only — Official Development Assistance received and provided (which, for donor countries, includes in-donor refugee costs), in US dollars, stacked so the top line reads as the combined total for each year.
Year
Amount (USD)
Category
2023
$167,148,453
ODA received
2022
$138,591,537
ODA received
2021
$153,132,996
ODA received
2020
$530,086,853
ODA received
2019
$497,994,049
ODA received
2018
$749,779,419
ODA received
2017
$734,722,839
ODA received
2016
$2,698,113,770
ODA received
2015
$557,955,933
ODA received
2014
$261,544,159
ODA received
2013
$99,452,530
ODA received
2012
$85,755,074
ODA received
2011
$87,281,342
ODA received
2010
$128,179,993
ODA received
2009
$112,560,493
ODA received
2008
$125,513,535
ODA received
2007
$96,546,265
ODA received
2006
$82,213,234
ODA received
2005
$90,142,670
ODA received
2004
$99,467,667
ODA received
2003
$76,538,689
ODA received
2002
$62,111,008
ODA received
2001
$54,652,874
ODA received
2000
$45,068,966
ODA received
1999
$59,387,726
ODA received
1998
$80,148,758
ODA received
1997
$65,398,758
ODA received
1996
$57,220,001
ODA received
1995
$63,630,001
ODA received
1994
$47,119,999
ODA received
1993
$43,900,002
ODA received
1992
$24,799,999
ODA received
1991
$36,930,000
ODA received
1990
$51,810,001
ODA received
1989
$56,840,000
ODA received
1988
$61,259,998
ODA received
1987
$48,880,001
ODA received
1986
$41,779,999
ODA received
1985
$41,990,002
ODA received
1984
$35,770,000
ODA received
1983
$36,840,000
ODA received
1982
$35,099,998
ODA received
1981
$27,370,001
ODA received
1980
$45,279,999
ODA received
1979
$47,900,002
ODA received
1978
$47,990,002
ODA received
1977
$44,930,000
ODA received
1976
$45,660,000
ODA received
1975
$19,629,999
ODA received
1974
$15,230,000
ODA received
1973
$5,190,000
ODA received
1972
$3,570,000
ODA received
1971
$2,480,000
ODA received
1970
$1,820,000
ODA received
1969
$1,310,000
ODA received
1968
$650,000
ODA received
1967
$740,000
ODA received
1966
$730,000
ODA received
1965
$580,000
ODA received
1964
$440,000
ODA received
1963
$-170,000
ODA received
1962
$40,000
ODA received
1961
$190,000
ODA received
1960
$230,000
ODA received
Sources & notes
Figures are consolidated from the UNHCR Refugee Data Finder and the World Bank / UNODC. Only reported values are shown — blanks mean a source did not publish a figure, never a fabricated estimate. Statistics describe recorded populations and movements and should not be read as causal relationships.