| Key Demographic
Features of Cuba* |
|
Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea
and the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Florida
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
People
Population: 10,951,334 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (male 1,256,674; female 1,191,652)
15-64 years: 68% (male 3,753,343; female 3,736,043)
65 years and over: 10% (male 478,630; female 534,992)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.44% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 9 deaths/1,000 live births (1996
est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.05 years
male: 72.71 years
female: 77.54 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions: mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%,
Chinese 1%
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 85% prior to CASTRO
assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and
Santeria are also represented
Languages: Spanish
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995
est.)
total population: 95.7%
male: 96.2%
female: 95.3%
Government
Country Abbreviation: CU
Type of government: Communist state
Independence: 20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898;
administered by the US from 1898 to 1902)
National holiday: Rebellion Day, 26 July (1953);
Liberation Day, 1 January (1959)
Constitution: 24 February 1976
Legal system: based on Spanish and American law, with
large elements of Communist legal theory; does not accept
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: 16 years of age; universal
\i National Assembly of People's Power (Asemblea Nacional del
P: elections last held NA February 1993 (next to be held NA
1998); seats - 589 total, elected directly from slates
approved by special candidacy commissions
Judicial branch: People's Supreme Court (Tribunal
Supremo Popular), president, vice president, and other judges
are elected by the National Assembly
Political parties and leaders:
International organization participation: CCC, ECLAC,
FAO, G-77, IAEA, ICAO, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMO, Inmarsat,
Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, LAES,
LAIA (observer), NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation
since 1962), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMIG, UPU, WCL,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in US:
US diplomatic representation:
Flag: five equal horizontal bands of blue (top and
bottom) alternating with white; a red equilateral triangle
based on the hoist side bears a white five-pointed star in the
center
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $14.7 billion (1995
est.)
GDP real growth rate: 2.5% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $1,300 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Communications
Telephones: 430,000 (1987 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 150, FM 5, shortwave 0
Radios: 2.14 million (1993 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 58
Televisions: 2.5 million (1993 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
The World Factbook contains many additional demographic
variables that may be of interest to persons who wish to
examine a particular country in more depth. To access the
World Factbook, Click
Here. (This link will open a new window)
|
|
