History of Cuba/Geography

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Population:
11,141,997 (July 2000 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:
21% (male 1,221,602; female 1,157,846)

15-64 years:
69% (male 3,849,135; female 3,829,599)

65 years and over:
10% (male 503,711; female 580,104) (2000 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.39% (2000 est.)

Birth rate:
12.68 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Death rate:
7.31 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Net migration rate:
-1.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 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:
0.87 male(s)/female

total population:
1 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
7.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:
76.21 years

male:
73.84 years

female:
78.73 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.6 children born/woman (2000 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, or falsified visas; some 3,800 Cubans took to the Florida Straits in 1999; the US Coast Guard interdicted about 40% of these migrants