note: data represent racial self-identification from Cuba's 2012 national census Age structure 0-14 years: 16.34% (male 929,927/female 877,035) 15-24 years: 11.81% (male 678,253/female 627,384) 25-54 years: 41.95% (male 2,335,680/female 2,303,793) 55-64 years: 14.11% (male 760,165/female 799,734) 65 years and over: 15.8% (male 794,743/female 952,348) (2020 est.) 0-14 years: 16.44% (male 940,787 /female 886,996) 15-24 years: 12.1% (male 698,220 /female 646,684) 25-54 years: 43.69% (male 2,443,190 /female 2,414,119) 55-64 years: 12.54% (male 677,304 /female 716,704) 65 years and over: 15.22% (male 773,636 /female 918,756) (2018 est.) Median age total: 42.1 years. Country comparison to the world: 37th male: 40.2 years female: 43.8 years (2020 est.) total: 41.8 years. Country comparison to the world: 36th male: 40.2 years female: 43.1 years (2018 est.) Birth rate 10.11 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 188th 10.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 185th Death rate 9.29 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 51st 8.9 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 63rd Total fertility rate 1.71 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 163rd 1.71 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 170th Net migration rate -2.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 180th -4.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 188th Population growth rate -0.21% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 211st -0.27% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 215th Contraceptive prevalence rate 69% (2019) Religions Christian 58.9%, folk religion 17.6%, Buddhist <1%, Hindu <1%, Jewish <1%, Muslim <1%, other <1%, none 23.2% (2020 est.) note: folk religions include religions of African origin, spiritualism, and others intermingled with Catholicism or Protestantism; data is estimative because no authoritative source on religious affiliation exists for Cuba Dependency ratio total dependency ratio: 43.3 (2015 est.) youth dependency ratio: 23.3 (2015 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 19.9 (2015 est.) potential support ratio: 5 (2015 est.) Urbanization urban population: 77.4% of total population (2022) rate of urbanization: 0.19% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 79.64 years. Country comparison to the world: 59th male: 77.29 years female: 82.14 years (2022 est.) total population: 78.9 years. Country comparison to the world: 56th male: 76.6 years female: 81.4 years (2018 est.) Major infectious diseases degree of risk: intermediate (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A vectorborne diseases: dengue fever Literacy