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Population:
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11,394,043 (July 2007 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.8% (male 1,100,672/female 1,042,327)
15-64 years: 70.5% (male 4,019,648/female 4,016,429)
65 years and over: 10.7% (male 554,043/female 660,924) (2007 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 36.3 years
male: 35.7 years
female: 37 years (2007 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.273% (2007 est.)
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Birth rate:
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11.44 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
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Death rate:
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7.14 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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-1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.056 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.001 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.838 male(s)/female
total population: 0.992 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 6.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 77.08 years
male: 74.85 years
female: 79.43 years (2007 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.6 children born/woman (2007 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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less than 200 (2003 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Cuban(s)
adjective: Cuban
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Ethnic groups:
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mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1%
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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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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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