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Cuba:
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Other pages in this profile of Cuba:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
11,394,043 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure |
0-14 years: 18.8% (male 1,100,672/female 1,042,327) 15-64 years: 70.5% (male 4,019,648/female 4,016,429) 65 years and over: 10.7% (male 554,043/female 660,924) (2007 est.) |
Median Age |
total: 36.3 years male: 35.7 years female: 37 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate |
0.273% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate |
11.44 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate |
7.14 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate |
-1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.056 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.001 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.838 male(s)/female total population: 0.992 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 6.04 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 77.08 years male: 74.85 years female: 79.43 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
1.6 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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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