Short facts about people of Cuba

Population:

11,184,023 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  20.99% (male 1,205,159; female 1,142,070) 15-64 years:  69.14% (male 3,876,432; female 3,855,878) 65 years and over:  9.87% (male 511,589; female 592,895) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.37% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

12.36 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

7.33 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

-1.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.86 male(s)/female total population:  1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

7.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  76.41 years male:  74.02 years female:  78.94 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.6 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.03% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

1,950 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

120 (1999 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:  95.7% male:  96.2% female:  95.3% (1995 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 3,000 Cubans took to the Straits of Florida in 2000; the US Coast Guard interdicted about 35% of these migrants; Cubans also use non-maritime routes to enter the US; some 2,400 Cubans arrived overland via the southwest border and direct flights to Miami

Source: World Factbook