Cuba: Statistics

Economy 
Budget Expenditures $50.34 billion (2009 est.)
Budget revenues $47.08 billion (2009 )
Debt - external $19.44 billion (2009 est.)
Electricity Consumption 13.93 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity Exports 0.00 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity Imports 0.00 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity Production 16.89 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Exports $2.46 billion (2009 est.)
GDP - purchasing power parity $110.90 billion (2009 est.)
Note: data are in 2009 US dollars
GDP - real growth rate 1.4% (2009 est.)
Imports $8.96 billion (2009 est.)
Industrial production growth rate -1% (2009 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 1.5% (2009 est.)
Labor force 5.16 million (2009 )
Note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22%
Natural Gas Consumption 400.00 million cu m (2008 est.)
Natural Gas Exports 0.00 cu m (2008 est.)
Natural Gas Imports 0.00 cu m (2008 est.)
Natural Gas Production 400.00 million cu m (2008 est.)
Natural Gas Proved Reserves 70.79 billion cu m (2009 est.)
Oil Consumption 169.00 thousand bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil Exports 0.00 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil Imports 104.80 thousand bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil Production 48.34 thousand bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil Proved Reserves 124.00 million bbl (2009 est.)
Unemployment rate 1.7% (2009 est.)
People 
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate 0.1% (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2010 )
Population 11,451,652 (2010 est.)
Population growth rate 0.233% (2010 est.)
Total fertility rate 2 children per woman (2010 est.)
Ethnic Groups:
white 65.1%, mulatto and mestizo 24.8%, black 10.1% (2002 census)
Nationality:
noun: Cuban(s) adjective: Cuban
Religions:
nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
Languages:
Spanish
Geography 
Location:
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida
Area
Total:110,860 sq. km
Land:109,820 sq. km
Water:1,040 sq. km
Coastline: 3,735 km
Climate:
tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)
Terrain:
mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast
Elevation Extremes
Lowest Point:Caribbean Sea 0 m
Highest Point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m
Environment - International Agreements:
party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
International Organization Participation:
ACP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation since 1962), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Technology 
Airports 136 (2010 )
Cellular Telephones 331,700 (2008 )
Highways 60,858 (2000 )
Internet Hosts 3,025 (2010 )
Internet Users 1,450,000 (2008 )
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"
Railways 8,598 (2006 )
Note: 4,533 km of the track is used by sugar plantations; 4,257 km is standard gauge; 276 km is narrow gauge
Telephones 1,104,000 (2008 )

Sources:

CIA World Factbook

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