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TOTAL AREA: 110,860 sq km
IRRIGATED LAND: 9,100 sq km (1993)
POPULATION: 11,096,395 (1999)
POPULATION GROWTH RATE: 0.4% (1999)
GDP: purchasing power parity - $17.3 billion (1998)
GDP-REAL GROWTH RATE: 1.2% (1998)
GDP-PER CAPITA: purchasing power parity - $1,560 (1998)
GDP-COMPOSITION BY SECTOR: agriculture: 7.4%, industry: 36.5%, services: 56.1% (1997)
LABOR FORCE: 4.5million economically active population state sector: 76%, non-state sector: 24% (1996)
LABOR FORCE BY OCCUPATION: services and government: 30%, industry 22%, agriculture: 20%, commerce: 11%, construction: 10%, transportation and communication: 7%
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 6.8% (1997)
REVENUE: $12.3 billion (1998)
EXPENDITURES: $13 billion
INDUSTRIES: sugar, petroleum, food, tobacco, textiles, chemicals, paper and wood products, metals, cement, fertilizers, consumer goods, agricultural machinery
EXPORTS: $1.4 billion (1998)
IMPORTS : $3 billion (1998)
TELEPHONES: 229,000
RAILWAYS: 4,807 km
HIGHWAYS: 60,858
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How does Cuba compare?
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Population: Cuba and Selected Countries [in thousands]
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How many Cubans are there?
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Without counting the more than a million and one half Cubans overseas who went into exile, Cuba (11,116,000 people) has a larger population than Belgium, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Switzerland, and Uruguay, among others.
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Despite what is often written, Cuba is not a tiny island:
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Square Miles
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Population
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| Anguilla |
35
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7,000
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| Antigua |
171
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84,000
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| Austria |
32,377
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7,584,000
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| Bahamas |
5,382
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243,000
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| Barbados |
166
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255,000
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| Belgium |
11,783
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9,862,000
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| Costa Rica |
19,730
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2,990,000
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| Cuba |
42,804
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10,440,000
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| Denmark |
16,638
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5,135,000
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| Finland |
135,559
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4,949,000
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| Greece |
50,944
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10,030,000
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| Grenada |
133
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95,000
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| Hungary |
35,920
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10,580,000
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| Iceland |
39,769
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248,000
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| Jamaica |
4,244
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2,470,000
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| Netherlands |
16,133
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14,815,000
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| New Zealand |
103,519
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3,391,000
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| Nicaragua |
50,193
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3,689,000
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| Norway |
149,412
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4,221,000
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| Portugal |
35,516
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1,044,500
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| Puerto Rico |
3,515
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3,301,000
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| Saint Chistopher-Nevis |
104
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47,000
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| Saint Lucia |
238
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148,000
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| Saint Vincent |
150
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125,000
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| Switzerland |
15,943
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6,590,000
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,980
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1,295,000
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| Uruguay |
67,574
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3,184,000
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(source: Rand McNally Illustrated Atlas of the world, 1989)
Cuba’s land surface, at 42,804 square miles, is bigger than Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, and Portugal, among others
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