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Cuban People
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Population: |
11,350,800 |
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Population growth rate:
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0.55 % |
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Birth rate:
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13.13 births/1,000 population
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| Death rate:
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7.35 deaths/1,000 population
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| Sex ratio:
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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: 0.88 male(s)/female
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| Infant mortality rate:
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7.89 deaths/1,000 live births
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| Total
fertility rate:
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1.57 children born/woman
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| Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 75.64 years
male: 73.29 years
female: 78.13 years | | Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.7%
male: 96.2%
female: 95.3%
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Religions:
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nominally Roman Catholic 85% prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants,
Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
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| Nationality:
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noun: Cuban(s)
adjective: Cuban
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| Languages:
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Spanish
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Cuban Government
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| Country name:
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conventional long form: Republic of Cuba
conventional short form: Cuba
local long form: Republica de Cuba
local short form: Cuba
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| Data code:
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CU
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Government type:
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Communist state
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National capital:
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Havana
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Independence:
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20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902
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| National holiday:
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Rebellion Day, 26 July (1953); Liberation Day, 1 January (1959)
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Legal system:
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based on Spanish and American law, with large elements of Communist legal theory; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
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| Suffrage:
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16 years of age; universal
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| Judicial branch:
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People's Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo Popular), president, vice president, and other judges are elected by the National Assembly
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Flag description:
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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
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Cuban Economy
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GDP:
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purchasing power parity—$17.8 billion
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GDP - real growth rate:
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2.5%
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity—$1,740
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GDP
- composition by sector:
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agriculture: 7.6%
industry: 34.8%
services: 57.6%
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Inflation rate - consumer price index:
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NA%
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Labor force:
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total: 4.7 million economically active population
by occupation: services and government 30%, industry 22%, agriculture 20%, commerce
11%, construction 10%, transportation and communications 7%
note: state sector 76%, non-state sector 24%
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Unemployment rate:
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8% official 24 % real.
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| Budget:
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revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
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Industries:
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sugar, petroleum, food, tobacco, textiles, chemicals, paper and wood
products, metals (particularly nickel), cement, fertilizers, consumer goods,
agricultural machinery
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| Industrial production growth rate:
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3.5 %
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Agriculture - products:
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sugarcane, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes and other tubers,beans; livestock
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Exports:
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total value: $1.9 billion
commodities: sugar, nickel, tobacco, shellfish, medical products, citrus, coffee
partners: Canada 37%, Spain 15%, Italy 17%, Netherlands 18%, Venezuela 20%, Russia 10%.
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Imports:
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total value: $3.5 billion
commodities: petroleum, food, machinery, chemicals
partners:Canada 30% Spain 14%, Russia 7%, Mexico 9%, Venezuela 40% |
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Debt - external:
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Currency:
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1 Cuban peso (Cu$) = 100 centavos , 20 Cuban peso = $US 1.
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Energy Information:
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Country Analysis Briefs - Cuba
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Cuban Communications
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Telephones:
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287,000
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Telephone system:
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among the world's least developed telephone systems
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station—1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 150, FM 5, shortwave 1
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Radios:
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2.64 million
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Televisions:
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2.9 million
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Cuban Transportation
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Railways:
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total: 4,677 km
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Highways:
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total: 27,700 km
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Waterways:
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240 km
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Merchant marine:
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total: 17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 91,981 GRT/126,416 DWT
ships by type: cargo 9, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 6
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Ports and harbors:
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Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas,
Santiago de Cuba. |
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