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<text id=94CT0362><title>Cuba—People</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Cuba<nl>People</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 11,064,344 (July 1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 0.95% (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 16.59 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 6.52 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 10.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 76.89 years <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 74.72 years <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 79.18 years (1994 est.) </list> <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 1.83 children born/woman (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Cuban(s) <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Cuban </list> <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> nominally Roman Catholic 85% prior to Castro assuming power <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Spanish <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 94% <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 95% <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 93% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 4,620,800 economically active population (1988); 3,578,800 in state sector <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> services and government 30%, industry 22%, agriculture 20%, commerce 11%, construction 10%, transportation and communications 7% (June 1990) </list></list></body></article></text>