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
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