Data as of Nov 4, 2026, 5:09 PM UTC

SERIAL · 192North America

Cuba

CapitalHavana

CurrencyCUP · Cuban peso

LanguageSpanish

Area109,884 km²

Since1898

ISOCUB · CU

Population

10.9Mas of 2025

— THE COUNTRY —

Country in the Caribbean

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the convergence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean, Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula, south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola, and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Cuba is the largest country in the Caribbean by area and the third-largest by population, after Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Culturally, Cuba is considered to be part of Latin America. Its capital and largest city is Havana.

Text: Wikipedia — CubaCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-10-29

— FACTS —

Capital: Havana
Currency: Cuban peso (CUP)
Official language: Spanish
Drives on the: Right
Calling code: +53
Licence plate code: C
Top-level domain: .cu
Independence / founding: 10 Dec 1898
Highest point: Pico Turquino (1,974 m)
Lowest point: Caribbean Sea (0 m)
Anthem: El Himno de Bayamo

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-11-04

— LAND —

Land covered by forest

34.9%% of land area

#106 of 2132024

110% of world average

Forest area

36,224km²

#87 of 2132025

19% of world average

Agricultural land

61.7%% of land area

#36 of 2092024

166% of world average

Farmable (arable) land

28.0%% of land area

#34 of 2062024

201% of world average

Land area

109,884km²

#106 of 2152024

17% of world average

— PEOPLE —

Population

10.9Mpeople

#87 of 2162025

29% of world average

Population growth

-0.4%% per year

#193 of 2162025

-39% of world average

Population density

106people per km²

#98 of 2152024

23% of world average

People living in cities

77.2%% of population

#70 of 2162025

122% of world average

Urban population growth

-0.3%% per year

#199 of 2162025

-20% of world average

People living rurally

22.8%% of population

#147 of 2162025

62% of world average

Population aged 0-14

15.0%% of population

#178 of 2162025

60% of world average

Population aged 15-64

67.9%% of population

#52 of 2162025

106% of world average

Population aged 65+

17.0%% of population

#56 of 2162025

157% of world average

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Age dependency ratio

47.2%% of working-age population

#165 of 2162025

82% of world average

Female population

50.7%% of population

#76 of 2162025

101% of world average

Births per woman

1.45births per woman

#165 of 2162024

61% of world average

Birth rate

8.6 /1,000per 1,000 people

#177 of 2162024

50% of world average

Death rate

10.4 /1,000per 1,000 people

#31 of 2162024

135% of world average

Net migration

-22,244people (5-year total)

#173 of 2162025

-20201% of world average

Migrants living in the country

0.0%% of population

#214 of 2152024

0% of world average

— MONEY —

GDP

$107.35Bcurrent US$

#73 of 2112020

19% of world average

GDP per person

$9,605current US$

#106 of 2112020

40% of world average

GDP growth

-1.1%% per year

#200 of 2102024

-31% of world average

GDP per person growth

-0.7%% per year

#187 of 2102024

-29% of world average

Gross national income

$101.87Bcurrent US$

#72 of 2042019

18% of world average

Gross national income per person

$9,010current US$

#99 of 2032019

45% of world average

Inflation (GDP deflator)

32.2%% per year

#201 of 2092024

454% of world average

Government consumption

24.8%% of GDP

#22 of 1812024

142% of world average

Household consumption

90.9%% of GDP

#16 of 1812024

141% of world average

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Investment (gross capital formation)

24.2%% of GDP

#77 of 1782024

104% of world average

Fixed investment

12.8%% of GDP

#157 of 1732024

57% of world average

Foreign investment inflows

$79.5Mcurrent US$

not enough data to rank2025

1% of world average

Foreign investment inflows

0.0%% of GDP

not enough data to rank2020

no comparison

Foreign reserves

$0current US$

not enough data to rank1974

0% of world average

Foreign aid received

0.5%% of GNI

#105 of 1372019

8% of world average

Exchange rate

0.822local currency per US$

not enough data to rank1974

0% of world average

Agriculture's share of the economy

1.2%% of GDP

#168 of 1992024

12% of world average

Industry's share of the economy

23.8%% of GDP

#102 of 2022024

97% of world average

Manufacturing's share of the economy

10.7%% of GDP

#92 of 1952024

97% of world average

Services' share of the economy

73.4%% of GDP

#20 of 2022024

127% of world average

19 of 39 figures unavailable for Cuba.

— TRADE —

Exports

42.5%% of GDP

#72 of 1872024

98% of world average

Imports

82.4%% of GDP

#20 of 1872024

166% of world average

Trade balance

-39.9%% of GDP

#175 of 1872024

no comparison

Total trade (openness)

8.3%% of GDP

#205 of 2052020

13% of world average

Goods exported

$1.62Bcurrent US$

#150 of 2072025

1% of world average

Goods imported

$8.75Bcurrent US$

#121 of 2072025

7% of world average

High-tech share of exports

7.9%% of manufactured exports

#81 of 1792022

65% of world average

Terms of trade

92.6index

#161 of 2062024

88% of world average

4 of 12 figures unavailable for Cuba.

— HEALTH —

Life expectancy

78.3 yrsyears

#65 of 2162024

106% of world average

Life expectancy, women

80.7 yrsyears

#74 of 2162024

105% of world average

Life expectancy, men

75.9 yrsyears

#65 of 2162024

106% of world average

Infant deaths

6.8 /1,000per 1,000 live births

#58 of 1962024

37% of world average

Deaths under age 5

8.6 /1,000per 1,000 live births

#62 of 1962024

36% of world average

Maternal deaths

35per 100,000 live births

#83 of 1942023

30% of world average

Health spending

9.4%% of GDP

#38 of 1932023

137% of world average

Health spending per person

$1,199current US$

#58 of 1932020

82% of world average

Physicians

9.5 /1,000per 1,000 people

#1 of 1872021

453% of world average

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Nurses and midwives

7.6 /1,000per 1,000 people

#37 of 1962020

161% of world average

Hospital beds

4.3 /1,000per 1,000 people

#31 of 1572023

146% of world average

Access to clean drinking water

95.1%% of population

#131 of 2142024

105% of world average

Access to basic sanitation

94.8%% of population

#103 of 2132024

118% of world average

Suicide rate

13.8per 100,000 people

#149 of 1852021

161% of world average

Adults who smoke

16.1%% of adults

#69 of 1662024

81% of world average

HIV prevalence

0.6%% aged 15-49

#94 of 1532024

44% of world average

Tuberculosis cases

11per 100,000 people

#62 of 2082024

11% of world average

Undernourishment

3.5%% of population

not enough data to rank2024

35% of world average

Children vaccinated against measles

99.0%% of children 12-23 months

#1 of 1932024

115% of world average

— LEARNING —

Education spending

8.4%% of GDP

#6 of 1902022

195% of world average

Education spending

17.0%% of government spending

#40 of 1892022

125% of world average

Adult literacy

97.7%% aged 15+

#30 of 1192019

117% of world average

Youth literacy

99.6%% aged 15-24

#26 of 1262019

109% of world average

Primary school enrolment

98.1%% gross

#120 of 2002024

97% of world average

Secondary school enrolment

91.7%% gross

#94 of 1882024

105% of world average

University enrolment

43.1%% gross

#93 of 1672024

87% of world average

Primary school completion

91.1%% of relevant age group

#113 of 1802024

102% of world average

Pupils per teacher, primary school

9.16pupils per teacher

#7 of 1602018

41% of world average

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Years of compulsory education

9.0 yrsyears

#115 of 1972025

90% of world average

— WORK —

Unemployment

1.7%% of labour force

#15 of 1862025

25% of world average

Youth unemployment

4.3%% of labour force aged 15-24

#23 of 1862025

27% of world average

Labour force participation

52.2%% aged 15+

#149 of 1862025

86% of world average

Women in the labour force

40.0%% of women aged 15+

#150 of 1862025

78% of world average

Men in the labour force

65.1%% of men aged 15+

#137 of 1862025

93% of world average

Labour force

4.9Mpeople

#88 of 1862025

24% of world average

Working in agriculture

15.5%% of employment

#91 of 1862025

71% of world average

Working in industry

16.9%% of employment

#119 of 1862025

86% of world average

Working in services

67.6%% of employment

#69 of 1862025

116% of world average

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Self-employed

24.9%% of employment

#119 of 1862025

64% of world average

Labour force with advanced education

81.8%% of labour force

not enough data to rank2012

108% of world average

Employed

51.3%% aged 15+

#133 of 1862025

91% of world average

— CONNECTED —

People online

70.5%% of population

#131 of 2072024

99% of world average

Mobile phone subscriptions

72.9per 100 people

#173 of 2102024

63% of world average

Fixed broadband subscriptions

3.08per 100 people

#148 of 2082024

17% of world average

Fixed telephone lines

14.5per 100 people

#83 of 2132024

97% of world average

Access to electricity

100.0%% of population

#1 of 2142024

113% of world average

Access to clean cooking fuel

96.0%% of population

#82 of 1892024

138% of world average

Electricity used per person

1,373kWh per person

#98 of 1492024

33% of world average

Energy used per person

777kg oil equivalent per person

#106 of 1492024

34% of world average

Air passengers carried

136,998passengers

#136 of 1652023

1% of world average

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Air freight

5.16million tonne-km

#98 of 1632023

0% of world average

Rail network

5,076route-km

not enough data to rank2007

49% of world average

Rail passengers

1,285million passenger-km

not enough data to rank2007

5% of world average

Container port traffic

281,140TEU

#101 of 1672023

5% of world average

Research and development spending

0.4%% of GDP

#65 of 1272024

45% of world average

Patent applications by residents

12count

#96 of 1422024

0% of world average

Scientific journal articles published

1,217count

#84 of 1972023

7% of world average

Tourists arriving

1.1Mcount

#93 of 1942020

21% of world average

Money earned from tourism

$1.15Bcurrent US$

#65 of 1752020

31% of world average

— NATURE —

Carbon emissions per person

1.91tonnes per person

#88 of 2032024

42% of world average

Carbon emissions

21Mt CO2

#117 of 2032024

11% of world average

Greenhouse gas emissions

36Mt CO2-equivalent

#105 of 2032024

14% of world average

Protected land

15.6%% of land area

#120 of 2132025

83% of world average

Protected coastal waters

4.2%% of territorial waters

#71 of 1742025

41% of world average

Freshwater withdrawn

18.3%% of internal resources

#113 of 1772022

14% of world average

Renewable water available per person

3,447m³ per person

#76 of 1832022

24% of world average

Renewable energy use

20.9%% of final energy consumption

#103 of 2122021

72% of world average

Electricity from renewables

4.8%% of total

#165 of 2062021

14% of world average

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Electricity from fossil fuels

96.3%% of total

#175 of 2092024

162% of world average

Electricity from nuclear power

0.0%% of total

#33 of 2082021

0% of world average

Energy imported (net)

69.3%% of energy use

#32 of 1432024

no comparison

— STATE —

Military spending

2.9%% of GDP

#29 of 1562018

129% of world average

Military spending

$128.6Mcurrent US$

#134 of 1602018

1% of world average

Armed forces personnel

76,000people

#57 of 1702020

47% of world average

Armed forces

1.5%% of labour force

#40 of 1682020

122% of world average

Homicides

4.46per 100,000 people

#101 of 1582019

57% of world average

2 of 7 figures unavailable for Cuba.

— TRADE PARTNERS —

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— TRADE —

No trade data available for Cuba.

— EXTRAS —

Anthem

El Himno de BayamoAudio: Wikimedia Commons

Capital time

--:--:--Havana · approx. UTC-5

Neighbours

Cuba has no land borders

Landmarks

Alexander von Humboldt National ParkImage: Wikimedia Commons

Historic Centre of CamagüeyImage: Wikimedia Commons

Agramonte Park (Camaguey)Image: Wikimedia Commons

Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of CubaImage: Wikimedia Commons

Desembarco del Granma National ParkImage: Wikimedia Commons

Castillo de San Pedro de la RocaImage: Wikimedia Commons

Historic Centre of CienfuegosImage: Wikimedia Commons

Trinidad and the Valley de los IngeniosImage: Wikimedia Commons

People

Che GuevaraArgentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

Fidel CastroCuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)

Raúl Castroformer First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

Anaïs NinFrench-born American author (1903–1977)

José Raúl CapablancaCuban chess player (1888-1942)

Fulgencio BatistaPresident of Cuba, 1940–1944; dictator, 1952-1959 (1901-1973)

Miguel Díaz-CanelFirst Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021

Camila CabelloCuban-Mexican-American singer

Gloria EstefanCuban-American singer (born 1957)

Max ErnstGerman artist (1891–1976)

Alejo CarpanterCuban-French writer and musicologist (1904–1980)

Ana de ArmasCuban-Spanish actress and model (born 1988)

History

10 Dec 1898Cuba founded as a sovereign state

24 Oct 1945Joined the United Nations

Size, side by side

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1960 → now

2026

Population10.9M2025

GDP$107.35B2020

GDP per person$9,6052020