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Facts

Population: 11,394,043 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.8% (male 1,100,672/female 1,042,327) 15-64 years: 70.5% (male 4,019,648/female 4,016,429) 65 years and over: 10.7% (male 554,043/female 660,924) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.273% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 11.44 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 7.14 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.056 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.001 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.838 male(s)/female total population: 0.992 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 6.04 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.08 years male: 74.85 years female: 79.43 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 3,300 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 200 (2003 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: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2002 census).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $45.51 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 9.5% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $4,000 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 5.1% industry: 27.2% services: 67.6% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 4.82 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 20% industry: 19.4% services: 60.6% (2005).

Population below poverty line: NA%.

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%.

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 1.9% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $35.07 billion expenditures: $36.41 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock.

Industries: sugar, petroleum, tobacco, construction, nickel, steel, cement, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals.

Industrial production growth rate: 17.6% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 15.34 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - consumption: 14.1 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).

Exports: $2.956 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee.

Exports - partners: Netherlands 25.8%, Canada 21.1%, China 10%, Spain 6.8% (2005).

Imports: $9.51 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals.

Imports - partners: China 14.5%, Spain 13.7%, Canada 8.4%, US 8.3%, Germany 7.2%, Brazil 5.6%, Italy 5.6%, Mexico 5.1%, Japan 4% (2005).

Debt - external: $15.15 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $68.2 million (1997 est.).

Currency (code): Cuban peso (CUP) and Convertible peso (CUC).

Exchange rates: Convertible pesos per US dollar - 0.9231 (2006) note: Cuba has three currencies in circulation: the Cuban peso (CUP), the convertible peso (CUC), and the US dollar (USD), although the dollar is being withdrawn from circulation; in April 2005 the official exchange rate changed from $1 per CUC to $1.08 per CUC (0.93 CUC per $1), both for individuals and enterprises; individuals can buy 24 Cuban pesos (CUP) for each CUC sold, or sell 25 Cuban pesos for each CUC bought; enterprises, however, must exchange CUP and CUC at a 1:1 ratio..

Fiscal year: calendar year.