Kuba - Daten & Fakten

total: 110,860 sq km

land: 109,820 sq km

water: 1,040 sq km

agricultural land: 60.3% (2018 est.)

arable land: 33.8% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 3.6% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 22.9% (2018 est.)

forest: 27.3% (2018 est.)

other: 12.4% (2018 est.)

Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida

0-14 years: 16.39% (male 926,457/female 874,347)

15-64 years: 66.81% (male 3,692,573/female 3,647,316)

65 years and over: 16.8% (2023 est.) (male 835,005/female 1,010,276)

10 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

9.4 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Spanish (official)

major-language sample(s):
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

total population: 79.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 77.5 years

female: 82.4 years

2.149 million HAVANA (capital) (2023)

total: 42.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 40.8 years

female: 44.3 years

-2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

large population clusters found throughout the country, the more significant ones being in the larger towns and cities, particularly the capital of Havana

-0.19% (2023 est.)

1.71 children born/woman (2023 est.)

urban population: 77.5% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.19% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

NA

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 15 years (2021)

-10.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

-6.75% (2021 est.)

5.135 million (2021 est.)

note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7%

NA

2.76% (2021 est.)

2.62% (2020 est.)

1.74% (2019 est.)

note: data are official rates; unofficial estimates are about double

47.7% of GDP (2017 est.)

42.7% of GDP (2016 est.)

5.5% (2017 est.)

4.5% (2016 est.)

$2.63 billion (2017 est.)

$2.546 billion (2016 est.)

note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.

China 38%, Spain 11%, Netherlands 5%, Germany 5% (2019)

$11.06 billion (2017 est.)

$10.28 billion (2016 est.)

Spain 19%, China 15%, Italy 6%, Canada 5%, Russia 5%, United States 5%, Brazil 5% (2019)

133 (2021)

total: 231,654 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2020 est.)

total: 7.81 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 71% (2021 est.)

note: private citizens are prohibited from buying computers or accessing the Internet without special authorization; foreigners may access the Internet in large hotels but are subject to firewalls; some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market or take advantage of public outlets to access limited email and the government-controlled "intranet"; issues relating to COVID-19 impact research into internet adoption, so actual internet user figures may be different than published numbers suggest

total: 8,367 km (2017)

standard gauge: 8,195 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (124 km electrified)

narrow gauge: 172 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge

note: As of 2013, 70 km of standard gauge and 12 km of narrow gauge track were not for public use

total: 60,000 km (2015)

paved: 20,000 km (2001)

unpaved: 40,000 km (2001)

total subscriptions: 1,539,269 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2021 est.)

total subscriptions: 7,103,296 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 63 (2021 est.)

240 km (2011) (almost all navigable inland waterways are near the mouths of rivers)