Cuba People:
Population:
11,346,670 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.6% (male:1,139,644; female:1,079,412)
15-64 years: 70.1% (male:3,977,110; female:3,975,818)
65 years and over: 10.4% (male:540,720; female:633,966) (2005)
Median age:
total: 35.36 years
male: 34.73 years
female: 35.98 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.33% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
12.03 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
7.19 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.58 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 6.33 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 7.11 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 5.5 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 77.23 years (2005 est.)
male: 74.94 years
female: 79.65 years
Total fertility rate:
1.66 children born/woman (2005 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:
Roman Catholic nominally prior to CASTRO assuming power 85%, Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, Santeria are also represented
Languages:
Spanish
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97.2%
female: 96.9% (2003)
People — note:
Illicit migration 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 overland via the southwest border |
