Cuba Demographics Profile 2008

Population

11,423,952 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 18.5% (male 1,088,311/female 1,030,499)
15-64 years: 70.5% (male 4,029,381/female 4,025,154)
65 years and over: 10.9% (male 569,002/female 681,605) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 36.8 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 37.5 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

0.251% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

11.27 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

7.19 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

-1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 5.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 77.27 years
male: 75.02 years
female: 79.64 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.6 children born/woman (2008 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

fewer than 200 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever (2008)

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)