| People | Cuba |
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Population:
 | 11,423,952 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
 | 104 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 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:
 | total: 36.8 years male: 36.1 years female: 37.5 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 0.251% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 11.27 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 7.19 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | -1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | 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:
 | 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:
 | total population: 77.27 years male: 75.02 years female: 79.64 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 1.6 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A vectorborne diseases: dengue fever (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 3,300 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | less than 200 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
 | noun: Cuban(s) adjective: Cuban |
Ethnic groups:
 | mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% |
Religions:
 | nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented |
Languages:
 | Spanish |
Literacy:
 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2002 census) |
People - note:
 | 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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