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Cuba

Cuba / CU

01 / BASIC INFORMATION

Cuba in numbers.

Area109,880 kmยฒWorld # 106 โ†’Population10.9MWorld # 87 โ†’Population density99.5 people/kmยฒWorld # 102 โ†’Life expectancy78.3 yearsWorld # 65 โ†’GDP per capitaUS$ 9,605World # 106 โ†’

02 / ALL RANKINGS

Cuba across 51 rankings.

Essentials

Area109,880 kmยฒWorld # 106 / 2023 โ†’Population10.9MWorld # 87 / 2025 โ†’Population density99.5 people/kmยฒWorld # 102 / Population 2025 ยท area 2023 โ†’Independence / founding reference year1,902World # 141 / CIA World Factbook 2025 archive โ†’

People & society

Population growth-0.4%World # 193 / 2025 โ†’Total fertility rate1.4World # 164 / 2024 โ†’Birth rate8.6 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 176 / 2024 โ†’Death rate10.4 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 31 / 2024 โ†’Median age41.7 yearsWorld # 41 / 2023 โ†’Population aged 65+17%World # 56 / 2025 โ†’Population aged 0โ€“1415%World # 177 / 2025 โ†’Urban population77.2%World # 70 / 2025 โ†’Net migration-22.2KWorld # 172 / 2025 โ†’Net migration rate-2 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 160 / 2025 โ†’International migrant share0%World # 214 / 2024 โ†’

Health

Life expectancy78.3 yearsWorld # 65 / 2024 โ†’Healthy life expectancy64.6 yearsWorld # 63 / 2021 โ†’Physicians per 1,000 people9.5 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 1 / 2021 โ†’Smoking rate16.1%World # 98 / 2024 โ†’

Economy & work

GDP per capitaUS$ 9,605World # 106 / 2020 โ†’Nominal GDPUS$ 107.4BWorld # 73 / 2020 โ†’GDP per capita (PPP)No dataNo rank โ†’Real GDP growth-1.1%World # 200 / 2024 โ†’InflationNo dataNo rank โ†’Unemployment1.7%World # 172 / 2025 โ†’Youth unemployment4.3%World # 164 / 2025 โ†’Average annual working hoursNo dataNo rank โ†’Average sleep timeNo dataNo rank โ†’Income inequality (Gini index)No dataNo rank โ†’

Education & science

Education spending (% of GDP)8.4%World # 6 / 2022 โ†’Researchers per million people2,171.3 per million peopleWorld # 45 / 2024 โ†’R&D spending (% of GDP)0.4%World # 70 / 2024 โ†’Patent applications per million people1.9 per million peopleWorld # 108 / 2021 โ†’

Food & agriculture

Calorie supply per person3,385 kcal/dayWorld # 38 / 2019 โ†’Meat supply per person65.7 kg/person/yearWorld # 75 / 2019 โ†’Rice production84.3K tWorld # 78 / 2024 โ†’Wheat productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Coffee production6K tWorld # 42 / 2024 โ†’Coffee consumption per personNo dataNo rank โ†’

Environment & digital

Forest area31.2%World # 106 / 2023 โ†’Electricity use per person1,462 kWh/personWorld # 98 / 2023 โ†’COโ‚‚ emissions per person2.2 tWorld # 127 / 2024 โ†’Internet use70.5%World # 130 / 2024 โ†’Mobile subscriptions72.9 per 100 peopleWorld # 173 / 2024 โ†’

Safety & politics

Homicide rate4.5 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 69 / 2019 โ†’Road traffic death rate8.9 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 131 / 2019 โ†’Military spending (% of GDP)2.9%World # 32 / 2018 โ†’Women in parliament55.7%World # 2 / 2025 โ†’

Travel & culture

International tourist arrivals1.1MWorld # 93 / 2020 โ†’International tourism receiptsUS$ 1.2BWorld # 69 / 2020 โ†’World Heritage sites9 sitesWorld # 36 / 2026-07 โ†’

03 / CULTURE & INDUSTRY

Society, culture and industry.

Largest religious groupChristianity2020 / 58.9%Main languageSpanishMain functional languageLeading electricity sourceOil2024Top export categoryPrepared food and beverages2023Most mapped OSM sportBaseball and softball3,874 facilities countedWriting directionLeft to rightSpanishLargest staple-food calorie sourceRice2013Current currencyCuban PesoCUPDriving sideRight-hand trafficSide of the road used by trafficCountry-name originNo dataNo comparison data for this country