Geography - note:
largest country in Caribbean and westernmost island of the Greater
Antilles
People Cuba
Population:
11,346,670 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.6% (male 1,139,644/female 1,079,412)
15-64 years: 70.1% (male 3,977,110/female 3,975,818)
65 years and over: 10.4% (male 540,720/female 633,966) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 35.36 years
male: 34.73 years
female: 35.98 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.33% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
12.03 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
7.19 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
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: 0.85 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005 est.)