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People
11,477,459 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
73
0-14 years: 18.3% (male 1,077,745/female 1,020,393)
15-64 years: 70.4% (male 4,035,691/female 4,030,103)
65 years and over: 11.2% (male 584,478/female 703,242) (2010 est.)
total: 37.8 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 38.6 years (2010 est.)
0.217% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 181
11.02 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 177
7.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
-1.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 169
urban population: 76% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 180
male: 6.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 77.64 years
country comparison to the world: 53
male: 75.36 years
female: 80.05 years (2010 est.)
1.61 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 178
less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 138
6,200 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
fewer than 100 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 129
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever (2009)
noun: Cuban(s)
adjective: Cuban
white 65.1%, mulatto and mestizo 24.8%, black 10.1% (2002 census)
nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
Spanish (official)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2002 census)
total: 18 years
male: 16 years
female: 19 years (2009)
13.6% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 2
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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