| People | Cuba |
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Population:
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11,423,952 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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104 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.5% (male 1,088,311/female 1,030,499)
15-64 years: 70.5% (male 4,029,381/female 4,025,154)
65 years and over: 10.9% (male 569,002/female 681,605) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 36.8 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 37.5 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.251% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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11.27 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.19 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 5.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 77.27 years
male: 75.02 years
female: 79.64 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.6 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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3,300 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 200 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Cuban(s)
adjective: Cuban |
Ethnic groups:
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mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% |
Religions:
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nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented |
Languages:
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Spanish |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2002 census) |
People - note:
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illicit emigration is a continuing problem; Cubans attempt to depart the island and enter the US using homemade rafts, alien smugglers, direct flights, or falsified visas; Cubans also use non-maritime routes to enter the US including direct flights to Miami and over-land via the southwest border |
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