Cuba Demographics Profile 2012

Population

11,087,330 (July 2011 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 17.3% (male 984,607/female 931,167)
15-64 years: 71.1% (male 3,947,047/female 3,932,128)
65 years and over: 11.7% (male 583,757/female 708,624) (2011 est.)

Median age

total: 38.4 years
male: 37.6 years
female: 39.2 years (2011 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.104% (2011 est.)

Birth rate

9.99 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Death rate

7.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Net migration rate

-3.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 75% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2010-15 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 (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 77.7 years
male: 75.46 years
female: 80.08 years (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.44 children born/woman (2011 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

7,100 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2009 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 Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria
note: prior to CASTRO assuming power

Languages

Spanish (official)

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

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 18 years
male: 16 years
female: 19 years (2009)

Education expenditures

13.6% of GDP (2008)

Maternal mortality rate

53 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

3.9% (2000)

Health expenditures

11.8% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

6.399 physicians/1,000 population (2007)

Hospital bed density

5.9 beds/1,000 population (2009)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

11.8% (2002)