 In 2018, the municipality of Cueto had a population of 31,552, of which 16,308 were men and 15,244 were women With a total area of , it has a population density of .The town of Cueto, as of the 2017 census, had a registered population of 15,111 living in just over 11,000 homes.The name of the town, along with its municipal villages of Alto Cedro and Marcané, figures in the song of the 1940s, ""Voy para Mayarí"" ("I'm going to Mayarí") by Compay Segundo, and in his song from the Buena Vista Social Club, "Chan Chan".