|
Republic of Cuba
República de Cuba
(Spanish)
|
|
|---|---|
| Motto: Patria o Muerte, Venceremos ("Homeland or Death, We Shall Overcome!")[1] |
|
| Anthem: La Bayamesa ("The Bayamo Song")[2] |
|
Cuba, shown in dark green
|
|
| Capital
and largest city
|
Havana 23°8′N 82°23′W / 23.133°N 82.383°W / 23.133; -82.383 |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Ethnic groups |
|
| Religion
(2020)
[4]
|
|
| Demonym(s) | Cuban |
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic[5][6] |
| Miguel Díaz-Canel | |
| Salvador Valdés Mesa | |
| Manuel Marrero Cruz | |
| Esteban Lazo Hernández | |
| Legislature | National Assembly of People's Power |
| Independence
from Spain and the United States
|
|
| 10 October 1868 | |
| 24 February 1895 | |
|
•
Recognized (Handed over to the United States from Spain)
|
10 December 1898 |
|
•
Republic declared (Independence from the United States)
|
20 May 1902 |
| 26 July 1953 – 1 January 1959 | |
| 10 April 2019 | |
| Area | |
|
• Total
|
110,860[7] km2 (42,800 sq mi) (104th) |
|
• Water (%)
|
0.94 |
| Population | |
|
• 2024 estimate
|
 9,748,532[8][9] |
|
• 2022 census
|
11,089,511[10] (85th) |
|
• Density
|
88.8/km2 (230.0/sq mi) (122nd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
|
• Total
|
$254.865 billion[11] |
|
• Per capita
|
$22,237[11][12] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
|
• Total
|
 $201.986 billion[13] (59th) |
|
• Per capita
|
$18,329[13] (60th) |
| Gini (2000) | 38.0[14] medium inequality |
| HDI (2023) |  0.762[15]high (97th) |
| Currency | Cuban peso (CUP) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (CST) |
|
• Summer (
DST)
|
UTC−4 (CDT) |
| Calling code | +53 |
| ISO 3166 code | CU |
| Internet TLD | .cu |
|
Republic of Cuba
República de Cuba
(Spanish)
|
|
|---|---|
| Motto: Patria o Muerte, Venceremos ("Homeland or Death, We Shall Overcome!")[1] |
|
| Anthem: La Bayamesa ("The Bayamo Song")[2] |
|
|
Cuba, shown in dark green
|
|
| Capital
and largest city
|
Havana 23°8′N 82°23′W / 23.133°N 82.383°W / 23.133; -82.383 |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Ethnic groups |
|
| Religion
(2020)
[4]
|
|
| Demonym(s) | Cuban |
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic[5][6] |
| Miguel Díaz-Canel | |
| Salvador Valdés Mesa | |
| Manuel Marrero Cruz | |
| Esteban Lazo Hernández | |
| Legislature | National Assembly of People's Power |
| Independence
from Spain and the United States
|
|
| 10 October 1868 | |
| 24 February 1895 | |
|
•
Recognized (Handed over to the United States from Spain)
|
10 December 1898 |
|
•
Republic declared (Independence from the United States)
|
20 May 1902 |
| 26 July 1953 – 1 January 1959 | |
| 10 April 2019 | |
| Area | |
|
• Total
|
110,860[7] km2 (42,800 sq mi) (104th) |
|
• Water (%)
|
0.94 |
| Population | |
|
• 2024 estimate
|
9,748,532[8][9] |
|
• 2022 census
|
11,089,511[10] (85th) |
|
• Density
|
88.8/km2 (230.0/sq mi) (122nd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
|
• Total
|
$254.865 billion[11] |
|
• Per capita
|
$22,237[11][12] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
|
• Total
|
$201.986 billion[13] (59th) |
|
• Per capita
|
$18,329[13] (60th) |
| Gini (2000) | 38.0[14] medium inequality |
| HDI (2023) | 0.762[15] high (97th) |
| Currency | Cuban peso (CUP) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (CST) |
|
• Summer (
DST)
|
UTC−4 (CDT) |
| Calling code | +53 |
| ISO 3166 code | CU |
| Internet TLD | .cu |
