Basic Facts
Official name: Republic of Cuba
Capital: Havana
Area: 114,525 sq km or 44,218 sq mi
People
Population: 11,308,764 (2004 estimate)
Population growth rate: 0.34 percent (2004 estimate)
Projected population in 2025: 11,668,658 (2004 estimate)
Projected population in 2050: 10,477,677 (2004 estimate)
Population density: 102 persons per sq km (2004 estimate)
264 persons per sq mi (2004 estimate)
Urban/rural distribution
Share urban: 76 percent (2002 estimate)
Share rural: 24 percent (2002 estimate)
Largest cities, with population
Havana: 2,189,716 (2000 estimate)
Santiago de Cuba: 441,524 (2000 estimate)
Camagüey: 306,049 (2000 estimate)
Holguín: 259,300 (2000 estimate)
Guantánamo: 208,030 (2000 estimate)
Ethnic groups
Mixed race: 51 percent
White: 37 percent
Black: 11 percent
Other: 1 percent
Languages
Spanish (official)
Religious affiliations
Roman Catholic: 40 percent
Traditional African beliefs and other (especially Santería): 17
percent
Atheist: 7 percent
Protestant: 2 percent
Nonreligious: 30 percent
Other: 4 percent
Health and Education
Life expectancy
Total: 77 years (2004 estimate)
Female: 79.4 years (2004 estimate)
Male: 74.8 years (2004 estimate)
Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths per 1,000 live births
(2004 estimate)
Population per physician: 289 people (1999)
Population per hospital bed: 195 people (1996)
Literacy rate
Total: 97.2 percent (2004 estimate)
Female: 97 percent (2004 estimate)
Male: 97.3 percent (2004 estimate)
Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP):
8.7 percent (2000-2001)
Number of years of compulsory schooling: 9 years (2000)
Number of students per teacher, primary school: 11 students
per teacher (2000-2001)
Government
Form of government: Communist state
Voting qualifications: Universal at age 16
Constitution: 24 February 1976; amended in 1992, 2002
Armed forces
Total number of military personnel: 46,000 (2002)
Military expenditures as a share of gross domestic product: (GDP) 3.9
percent (2002)
Economy
GDP by economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing: 6.7 percent (2000)
Industry: 46.4 percent (2000)
Services: 46.9 percent (2000)
Employment
Number of workers: 5,625,869 (2002)
Workforce share of economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing: 24 percent (2001)
Industry: 24 percent (2001)
Services: 52 percent (2001)
Unemployment rate: 3.3 percent (2002)
National budget (U.S.$)
Total revenue: Not available
Total expenditure: Not available
Monetary unit
1 Cuban peso (Cu$), consisting of 100 centavos
Major trade partners for exports
Russia, The Netherlands, Canada, Spain, and China
Major trade partners for imports
Spain, Venezuela, China, Italy, and Canada
Energy, Communications, and Transportation
Electricity production
Electricity from thermal sources: 93.92 percent (2001 estimate)
Electricity from hydroelectric sources: 0.65 percent (2001 estimate)
Electricity from nuclear sources: 0 percent (2001 estimate)
Electricity from geothermal, solar, and wind sources: 5.43 percent (2001
estimate)
Number of radios per 1,000 people: 352 (1997)
Number of telephones per 1,000 people: 51 (2001)
Number of televisions per 1,000 people: 251 (2000 estimate)
Number of Internet hosts per 10,000 people: 1 (2002)
Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people: 119 (1996)
Number of motor vehicles per 1,000 people: 32 (1997)
Paved road as a share of total roads: 49 percent (1999)
Sources
Basic Facts and People sections
Area data is from the statistical bureaus of individual countries. Population,
population growth rate, and population projections are from the United
States Census Bureau, International Programs Center, International Data
Base (IDB) (www.census.gov). Urban and rural population data are from
the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN),
FAOSTAT database (www.fao.org). Largest cities population data and political
divisions data are from the statistical bureaus of individual countries.
Ethnic divisions and religion data are largely from the latest Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook and from various country censuses
and reports. Language data are largely from the Ethnologue, Languages
of the World, Summer Institute of Linguistics International (www.sil.org).
Health and Education section
Life expectancy and infant mortality data are from the United States Census
Bureau, International Programs Center, International database (IDB) (www.census.gov).
Population per physician and population per hospital bed data are from
the World Health Organization (WHO) (www.who.int). Education data are
from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) database (www.unesco.org).
Government section
Government, independence, legislature, constitution, highest
court, and voting qualifications data are largely from various government
Web sites, the latest Europa World Yearbook, and the latest Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) World Factbook. The armed forces data is from Military Balance.
Economy section
Gross domestic product (GDP), GDP per capita, GDP by economic sectors,
employment, and national budget data are from the World Bank database
(www.worldbank.org). Monetary unit, agriculture, mining, manufacturing,
exports, imports, and major trade partner information is from the statistical
bureaus of individual countries, latest Europa World Yearbook, and various
United Nations and International Monetary Fund (IMF) publications.
Energy, Communication, and Transportation section
Electricity information is from the Energy Information Administration
(EIA) database (www.eia.doe.gov). Radio, telephone, television, and newspaper
information is from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) database (www.unesco.org). Internet hosts, motor
vehicles, and road data are from the World Bank database (www.worldbank.org).
Note
Figures may not total 100 percent due to rounding.
- These statistics were found on the MSN Encarta website, which can be
found at the following address: http://encarta.msn.com/fact_631504750/Cuba_Facts_and_Figures.html