Cuba People
Population11,308,764 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 20% (male 1,163,741; female 1,102,391)
15-64 years: 69.8% (male 3,949,197; female 3,948,196)
65 years and over: 10.1% (male 528,162; female 617,077) (2004 est.)
Median age
total: 34.8 years
male: 34.2 years
female: 35.5 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate
0.34% (2004 est.)
Birth rate
12.18 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate
7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate
-1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 6.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 77.04 years
male: 74.77 years
female: 79.44 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.66 children born/woman (2004 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: 97%
male: 97.2%
female: 96.9% (2003 est.)
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; some 2,500 Cubans took to the Straits of Florida in 2002; the US Coast Guard interdicted about 60% of these migrants; Cubans also use non-maritime routes to enter the US; some 1,500 Cubans arrived overland via the southwest border and direct flights to Miami in 2002
