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Population:
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11,423,952 (July 2008 est.)
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Age structure:
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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.)
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Median age:
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total: 36.8 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 37.5 years (2008 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.251% (2008 est.)
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Birth rate:
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11.27 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Death rate:
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7.19 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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-1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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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.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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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.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 77.27 years
male: 75.02 years
female: 79.64 years (2008 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.6 children born/woman (2008 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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3,300 (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 200 (2003 est.)
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Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever (2008)
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Nationality:
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noun: Cuban(s)
adjective: Cuban
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Ethnic groups:
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white 65.1%, mulatto and mestizo 24.8%, black 10.1% (2002 census)
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Religions:
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nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
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Languages:
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Spanish
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2002 census)
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School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)
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Education expenditures:
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9.1% of GDP (2006)
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People - note:
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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
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