Population:
11,451,652 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure:
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:
total: 37.3 years
male:
36.6 years
female:
38 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.233% (2009 est.)
Birth rate:
11.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate:
7.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 76% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization:
0% annual rate of change (2005-10 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 (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
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:
total population: 77.45 years
male:
75.19 years
female:
79.85 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.61 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
6,200 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 100 (2007 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever (2009)
Nationality:
noun: Cuban(s)
adjective:
Cuban
Ethnic groups:
white 65.1%, mulatto and mestizo 24.8%, black 10.1% (2002 census)
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)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 16 years
male:
15 years
female:
17 years (2006)
Education expenditures:
9.1% of GDP (2006)
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
