| People | Cuba |
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Population:
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11,087,330 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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101 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 75% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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HAVANA (capital) 2.14 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 17.3% (male 984,607/female 931,167)
15-64 years: 71.1% (male 3,947,047/female 3,932,128)
65 years and over: 11.7% (male 583,757/female 708,624) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 38.4 years
male: 37.6 years
female: 39.2 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.104% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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9.99 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-3.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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53 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 77.7 years
male: 75.46 years
female: 80.08 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.44 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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11.8% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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6.399 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
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5.9 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 89% of population
total: 94% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 11% of population
total: 6% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 94% of population
rural: 81% of population
total: 91% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6% of population
rural: 19% of population
total: 9% of population (2008) |
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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0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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7,100 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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3.9% (2000) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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11.8% (2002) |
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 Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria
note: prior to CASTRO assuming power |
Languages:
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Spanish (official) |
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: 18 years
male: 16 years
female: 19 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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13.6% of GDP (2008) |
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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