Cuba Demographics Profile 2003

Population

11,263,429 (July 2003 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 20.1% (male 1,164,376; female 1,103,061)
15-64 years: 69.6% (male 3,932,604; female 3,909,523)
65 years and over: 10.2% (male 531,608; female 622,257) (2003 est.)

Median age

total: 34.5 years
male: 33.9 years
female: 35.1 years (2002)

Population growth rate

0.34% (2003 est.)

Birth rate

11.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate

7.38 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate

-1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 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: 0.85 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 7.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 76.8 years
male: 74.38 years
female: 79.36 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.61 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

3,200 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

120 (2001 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