Cuba
Country in the Caribbean
Cuba is a country in the Caribbean, with its capital in Havana. About 10.9 million people live there (2025), making it the 87th most populous of the 195 countries. At 109,884 km², it is the 104th largest country by area. It has no land borders.
Cuba at a glance
- Capital
- Havana
- Population (2025)
- 10.9 million
- Area
- 109,884 km²
- Density
- 100 per km²
- Official language
- Spanish
- Currencies
- Cuban convertible peso, Cuban peso
- People
- Cuban
- Calling code
- +53
- Internet domain
- .cu
- Coast
- Surrounded by sea
Where is Cuba?
How Cuba compares
Population rank
87th of 195
8th of 23 in North America
Size rank
104th of 195
6th of 23 in North America
Crowding
100 per km²
More crowded than 54% of countries
- Similar in size: Bulgaria (110,879 km²).
- Similar population: Czechia (10.9 million).
- Cuba is the only place that uses the Cuban convertible peso.
- Cuba is the only place that uses the Cuban peso.
- Spanish is also an official language in 20 other countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and 14 more.
The flag of Cuba
Flags that look like it
How to tell them apart: Cuba has blue stripes and a red triangle; Puerto Rico swaps them, with red stripes and a blue triangle.
Would you recognise Cuba?
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How players do with Cuba
Every answer in DodoThinks games is counted anonymously. This is how players have done with Cuba so far, from 138 answers up to November 2026.
On the map
72% right
141st hardest of 176 · 138 answers
- Players find Cuba on the map in 72% of tries, which makes it one of the easiest. The most common wrong answer is the Dominican Republic.
Cuba has no land borders
Cuba shares no land border with another country.
Quick quiz: Cuba
3 questions. Tap an answer to check it.
1. Which is the flag of Cuba?
That's the flag of Cuba, easy to confuse with Puerto Rico.
2. What is the capital of Cuba?
Havana is the capital of Cuba.
3. Which has more people?
Cuba has about 10.9 million people and Czechia about 10.9 million.
Questions about Cuba
Is Cuba a country?
Yes. Cuba is an independent country and one of the 193 member states of the United Nations.
What is the capital of Cuba?
The capital of Cuba is Havana.
Does Cuba have any land borders?
No. Cuba is surrounded by sea and shares no land border with another country.
How big is Cuba?
Cuba covers 109,884 km², about the same size as Bulgaria (110,879 km²).
Is Cuba hard to find on a map?
Not for most players. On DodoThinks map quizzes, players find Cuba in 72% of 138 tries, 141st hardest of 176 places with enough answers to count. The most common wrong answer is the Dominican Republic.
Which flags look like the flag of Cuba?
Puerto Rico. Cuba has blue stripes and a red triangle; Puerto Rico swaps them, with red stripes and a blue triangle.
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