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title: "Cuba vs France — area, population, currency"
description: "Cuba is 110,860 km² with 10,937,203 people; France is 643,801 km² with 68,720,337. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/cuba-vs-france/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Cuba vs France

**Cuba vs France: France is larger; France has more people**

110,860 km² vs 643,801 km² · 10,937,203 vs 68,720,337

France is 5.8 times larger than Cuba — 643,801 against 110,860 km². France is 6.3 times more populous than Cuba — 68,720,337 against 10,937,203 people.

## Side by side

|  | Cuba | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Havana | Paris |
| Area | 110,860 km² | 643,801 km² |
| Population | 10,937,203 (2025) | 68,720,337 (2025) |
| Density | 98.7 /km² | 106.7 /km² |
| Currency | Cuban peso (CUP) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Spanish | French |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +53 | +33 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | CU / CUB | FR / FRA |

## Population density

France is slightly more densely populated, by 8.2% — 107 against 99 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Cuban peso and the Euro.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## Cuba

The largest island in the Caribbean, roughly 1,250 km long but as little as 31 km wide. The Viñales valley in the west is a karst landscape of mogotes — steep limestone humps left standing when the rock around them dissolved. The bee hummingbird, the smallest bird in the world at about 5 cm, lives only here.

## France

Mont Blanc on the Italian border is 4,806 m, the highest point in western Europe. Counting its overseas departments, France spans twelve time zones — more than any other country — and its exclusive economic zone is the second largest in the world. The Gouffre Mirolda and other Alpine systems make it one of the great caving countries.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Cuba bigger than France?

France is larger — 643,801 km² against 110,860 km².

### Which has more people, Cuba or France?

France, with 68,720,337 against 10,937,203.

### What is the time difference between Cuba and France?

Cuba is UTC-05:00 and France is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]