Cuba Demographics Profile 2009

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)

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: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Education expenditures

9.1% of GDP (2006)