Location:
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea
and the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Florida
Area:
total area:
110,860 sq km
land area:
110,860 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Land boundaries:
total 29 km ;
US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km
Coastline: 3,735 km
Population: 10,937,635 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
22% (female 1,191,320; male 1,256,928)
15-64 years:
68% (female 3,732,434; male 3,751,464)
65 years and over:
10% (female 528,104; male 477,385)
Population growth rate: 0.65% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 14.54 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 6.53 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: -1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 8.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
77.05 years
male:
74.86 years
female:
79.37 years
Total fertility rate: 1.63 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%,
Chinese 1%
Religions:
nominally Roman Catholic 85% prior
to Castro assuming power
Languages: Spanish
Literacy:
age 15-49 and over can read and write (1981)
total population:
98%
male:
female:
Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Cuba
conventional short form:
Cuba
Type: republic
Capital: Havana
Independence:
20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898;
administered by the US from1898 to 1902)
Constitution: 24 February 1976
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $14 billion
National product real growth rate: 0.4%
National product per capita: $1,260
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
capacity:
3,990,000 kW
production:
12 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
1,022 kWh
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