Cuba's population of 11,075,244 and 76% of the people live in urban areas.
Population density is 102 persons / km2.
The largest urban populations of Cubans in Cuba are to be found in order: Havana (2,2 million inhabitants), Santiago de Cuba and Holguin (1-1 million inhabitants).
Cubans are sociable, loquacious, friendly, warm and welcoming people. It’s hard to find some Cuban who is not happy to go out or does not love music, and mainly dancing and laughing. They like joking and normally face difficulties with a positive attitude.
City name | 2,201,610 |
Santiago de Cuba | 433,329 |
Camagüey | 301,574 |
Holguín | 269,618 |
Santa Clara | 210,220 |
Guantánamo | 208,145 |
Bayamo | 144,664 |
Las Tunas | 143,582 |
Cienfuegos | 140,734 |
Manzanillo | 132,789 |
Population
11,075,244 (July 2011 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 17.3% (male 984,607/female 931,167)
15-64 years: 71.1% (male 3,947,047/female 3,932,128)
65 years and over: 11.7% (male 583,757/female 708,624) (2011 est.)
Median age
total: 38.4 years
male: 37.6 years
female: 39.2 years (2011 est.)
Population growth rate
-0.115% (2011 est.)
Birth rate
9.96 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Death rate
7.52 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)
Net migration rate
-3.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 75% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population
HAVANA (capital) 2.14 million (2009)
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: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 4.83 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 77.87 years
male: 75.61 years
female: 80.27 years (2011 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.45 children born/woman (2011 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.1% (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
7,100 (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths
fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever (2009)
Nationality
noun: Cuban(s)
adjective: Cuban
Ethnic groups
white 65.1%, mulatto and mestizo 24.8%, black 10.1% (2002 census)
Religions
nominally Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria
note: prior to CASTRO assuming power
Languages
Spanish (official)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2002 census)
People - note
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
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 18 years
male: 16 years
female: 19 years (2009)
Education expenditures
13.6% of GDP (2008)
Maternal mortality rate
53 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
3.9% (2000)
Health expenditures
11.8% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
6.399 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
Hospital bed density
5.9 beds/1,000 population (2009)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
11.8% (2002)
Source: CIA World factbook