Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Cuba ranked by population.
Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.
| Rank | Urban Area | Population Estimate (2025) | 1 Year Change (over 2024) | Land Area (Km²) | Density (P/Km²) | Global Rank | Projections (2030) | Projections (2050) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Habana (Havana) | 1,593,580 | −0.37% | 317 | 5,027 | 309 | 1,565,145 | 1,387,265 |
| 2 | Santiago de Cuba | 429,537 | −0.29% | 43 | 9,989 | 1,303 | 423,445 | 373,199 |
| 3 | Holguín | 312,173 | −0.28% | 35 | 8,919 | 1,840 | 307,903 | 283,507 |
| 4 | Camagüey | 278,716 | −0.28% | 51 | 5,465 | 2,084 | 274,825 | 252,633 |
| 5 | Santa Clara | 213,948 | −0.51% | 34 | 6,293 | 2,770 | 211,015 | 194,735 |
| 6 | Bayamo | 201,207 | −0.27% | 19 | 10,590 | 2,967 | 198,530 | 183,101 |
| 7 | Guantanamo | 198,411 | −0.28% | 25 | 7,936 | 3,017 | 195,707 | 180,243 |
| 8 | Las Tunas | 187,705 | −0.27% | 27 | 6,952 | 3,216 | 185,193 | 166,687 |
| 9 | Pinar del Rio | 151,868 | −0.37% | 23 | 6,603 | 3,987 | 149,114 | 132,483 |
| 10 | Matanzas | 142,097 | −0.37% | 25 | 5,684 | 4,295 | 139,485 | 125,165 |
| 11 | Cienfuegos | 125,459 | −0.29% | 26 | 4,825 | 4,874 | 123,757 | 114,327 |
| 12 | Managua | 115,632 | −0.32% | 8 | 14,454 | 5,311 | 113,780 | 104,882 |
| 13 | Ciego de Ávila | 113,256 | −0.28% | 20 | 5,663 | 5,444 | 111,677 | 102,978 |
| 14 | Manzanillo | 109,933 | −0.27% | 17 | 6,467 | 5,617 | 108,458 | 100,008 |
| 15 | Sancti Spiritus | 106,466 | −0.28% | 15 | 7,098 | 5,801 | 104,993 | 96,850 |
| 16 | Palma Soriano | 104,686 | −0.26% | 13 | 8,053 | 5,900 | 103,343 | 95,418 |
| 17 | Cotorro | 96,445 | −0.35% | 15 | 6,430 | 6,409 | 94,784 | 85,436 |
| 18 | Contramaestre | 70,739 | −0.25% | 11 | 6,431 | 8,774 | 69,868 | 64,655 |
| 19 | Baracoa | 67,068 | −0.22% | 14 | 4,791 | 9,243 | 66,344 | 61,792 |
| 20 | Moa | 61,732 | −0.25% | 12 | 5,144 | 10,060 | 60,978 | 56,485 |
| 21 | Banes | 57,171 | −0.26% | 8 | 7,146 | 10,777 | 56,437 | 52,106 |
| 22 | Trinidad | 54,488 | −0.28% | 7 | 7,784 | 11,292 | 53,734 | – |
| 23 | Varadero | 54,323 | −0.34% | 27 | 2,012 | 11,333 | 53,412 | – |
| 24 | Artemisa | 54,048 | −0.37% | 8 | 6,756 | 11,392 | 53,058 | – |
| 25 | Nuevitas | 53,130 | −0.26% | 13 | 4,087 | 11,577 | 52,446 | – |
| 26 | Las Guásimas | 53,081 | −0.29% | 10 | 5,308 | 11,588 | 52,329 | – |
| 27 | Puerto Padre | 51,435 | −0.28% | 6 | 8,573 | 11,916 | 50,739 | – |
| 28 | La Maya | 50,068 | −0.26% | 4 | 12,517 | 12,123 | – | – |
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.