| People | Cuba |
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Population:
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11,451,652 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 76% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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105 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.3% (male 1,077,745/female 1,020,393)
15-64 years: 70.4% (male 4,035,691/female 4,030,103)
65 years and over: 11.2% (male 584,478/female 703,242) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 37.3 years
male: 36.6 years
female: 38 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.233% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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11.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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 (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 5.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 77.45 years
male: 75.19 years
female: 79.85 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.61 children born/woman (2009 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 (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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6,200 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Cuban(s)
adjective: Cuban |
Ethnic groups:
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white 65.1%, mulatto and mestizo 24.8%, black 10.1% (2002 census) |
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) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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9.1% of GDP (2006) |
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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