Cuba 
Facts
Population:
11,184,023 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
20.99% (male 1,205,159; female 1,142,070)
15-64 years:
69.14% (male 3,876,432; female 3,855,878)
65 years and over:
9.87% (male 511,589; female 592,895) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.37% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
12.36 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.33 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.86 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
7.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
76.41 years
male:
74.02 years
female:
78.94 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.6 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.03% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1,950 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
120 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Cuban(s)
adjective:
Cuban
Ethnic groups:
mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1%
Religions:
nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
Languages:
Spanish
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
95.7%
male:
96.2%
female:
95.3% (1995 est.)
People - note:
illicit migration is a continuing problem; Cubans attempt to depart the island and enter the US using homemade rafts, alien smugglers, direct flights, or falsified visas; some 3,000 Cubans took to the Straits of Florida in 2000; the US Coast Guard interdicted about 35% of these migrants; Cubans also use non-maritime routes to enter the US; some 2,400 Cubans arrived overland via the southwest border and direct flights to Miami
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $19.2 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5.6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
7%
industry:
37%
services:
56% (1998 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.3% (1999 est.)
Labor force:
4.3 million (2000 est.)
note:
state sector 75%, non-state sector 25% (1998)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 25%, industry 24%, services 51% (1998)
Unemployment rate:
5.5% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$13.5 billion
expenditures:
$14.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
sugar, petroleum, tobacco, chemicals, construction, services, nickel, steel, cement, agricultural machinery
Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
14.358 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
94.2%
hydro:
0.7%
nuclear:
0%
other:
5.1% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
13.353 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock
Exports:
$1.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee
Exports - partners:
Russia 23%, Netherlands 23%, Canada 13% (1999)
Imports:
$3.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
petroleum, food, machinery, chemicals, semifinished goods, transport equipment, consumer goods
Imports - partners:
Spain 18%, Venezuela 13%, Canada 8% (1999)
Debt - external:
$11.1 billion (convertible currency, 1999); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
$68.2 million (1997 est.)
Currency:
Cuban peso (CUP)
Currency code:
CUP
Exchange rates:
Cuban pesos per US dollar - 1.0000 (nonconvertible, official rate, for international transactions, pegged to the US dollar); convertible peso sold for domestic use at a rate of 1.00 US dollar per 22 pesos by the Government of Cuba (January 2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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(Weekly newsmagazine), Havana
http://www.bohemia.cubaweb.cu
(biweekly humor magazine), Havana
http://www.dedete.cubaweb.cu/
(Communist Party weekly), Havana
http://www.granma.cu/
(Communist Youth Union), Havana
http://jr.co.cu
La Gaceta
(Bimonthly cultural magazine), Havana
(Government-owned news agency), Havana
http://www.prensa-latina.org/
Prisma
(English-language monthly), Havana
Cuba in the News
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One of the most anticipated leadership transitions of this epoch has been underway for the better part of a year in the absence of political instability or the upheaval predicted by American policymakers.
Before any evaluation regarding the legitimacy of Cuban elections can begin, we must first start by analyzing the electoral system that Fidel Castro has left for Cuba.
Cuba is on the cusp of change, but continuity reigns in Washington. The Bush administration is sitting on the sidelines, failing to take advantage of the new opportunities for meaningful engagement.
The Howard government will likely attempt to soften the crushing diplomatic defeat the United States suffers every year at the United Nations over its ongoing economic blockade of Cuba.
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