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Properties
Participations

Property	Type	Value	Unit	Rank	Empirical method	Date	Comparison
Birth rate	Population property	11.02	Per 1000 Inhabitants	175	Estimation	2010	Birth rate
Death rate	Population property	7.29	Per 1000 Inhabitants	124	Estimation	2010	Death rate
Infant Mortality Rate	Health property	5.72	Per 1000 Live Births	182	Estimation	2010	Infant Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy at Birth	Population property	77.64	Years	54	Estimation	2010	Life Expectancy at Birth
Net Migration Rate	Population property	-1.56	Per 1000 Inhabitants	131	Estimation	2010	Net Migration Rate
Population growth rate	Population property	0.22	Percent	180	Estimation	2010	Population growth rate
Total Fertility Rate	Population property	1.61	Born per Woman	177	Estimation	2010	Total Fertility Rate
Electricity production	Economic property	16890	Gigawatt hour	73	Estimation		Electricity production
Natural gas consumption	Economic property	400	1 Mil. Cubic metre	96	Estimation		Natural gas consumption
Natural gas production	Economic property	400	1 Mil. Cubic metre	69	Estimation		Natural gas production
GDP growth rate	Economic property	1.40	Percent	93	Estimation		GDP growth rate
GDP - per capita (PPP)	Economic property	9700	Dollar	109	Estimation		GDP - per capita (PPP)
GDP	Economic property	110900	Million dollar	63	Estimation		GDP
Industrial production growth rate	Economic property	-2.80	Percent	91	Estimation		Industrial production growth rate
Inflation rate	Economic property	4.30	Percent	135	Estimation		Inflation rate
Oil consumption	Economic property	176	1000 Barrel per day	63	Estimation		Oil consumption
Oil production	Economic property	52.63	1000 Barrel per day	62	Estimation		Oil production
Unemployment rate	Economic property	1.60	Percent	8	Estimation		Unemployment rate
Area	Geo property	110860	Square kilometer	105			Area
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate	Health property	0.10	Percent	137			HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate
HIV/AIDS - deaths	Health property	100		148			HIV/AIDS - deaths
People living with HIV/AIDS	Health property	6200		120			People living with HIV/AIDS
Population size	Population property	11477459		73			Population size

Organisation / Group	Aim	status
International Organization for Migration	to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration	observer
Organization of American States	to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development	excluded from formal participation since 1962
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States	to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with the EU
Alliance of Small Island States	to call attention to threats of sea-level rise and coral bleaching to small islands and lowlying coastal developing states from global warming;to emphasize the importance of information and information technology in the process of achieving sustainable development
Food and Agriculture Organization	to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency
Group of 77	to promote economic cooperation among developing countries;name persists in spite of increased membership
International Atomic Energy Agency	to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy
International Civil Aviation Organization	to promote international cooperation in civil aviation;a UN specialized agency
International Chamber of Commerce	to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement	to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS;formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime
International Fund for Agricultural Development	to promote agricultural development;a UN specialized agency
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies	to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions;to promote humanitarian activities;to represent and encourage the development of National Societies;to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people;to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs
International Hydrographic Organization	to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays;to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography;to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanography
International Labor Organization	to deal with world labor issues;a UN specialized agency
International Maritime Organization	to deal with international maritime affairs;a UN specialized agency
International Mobile Satellite Organization	acts as watchdog over Inmarsat (International Maritime Satellite Organization), a private company, to make sure it follows ICAO standards and recommended practices;plays an active role in the development of international telecommunications policies
International Criminal Police Organization	to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime
International Olympic Committee	to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK;2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
Inter-Parliamentary Union	fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses views of international interest and concern with the purpose of bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better knowledge of representative institutions
International Organization for Standardization	to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity
International Telecommunications Satellites Organization	to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services
International Telecommunication Union	to deal with world telecommunications issues;a UN specialized agency
Latin American Economic System	to promote economic and social development through regional cooperation
Latin American Integration Association	to promote freer regional trade
Nonaligned Movement	to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean	to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention
Permanent Court of Arbitration	to facilitate the settlement of international disputes
PetroCaribe	to eliminate existing social inequities, to foster high standards of living, to promote effective people's participation in shaping their own destiny
Rio Group	to consult on regional Latin American issues
United Nations	to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	to promote international trade
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization	to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture
United Nations Industrial Development Organization	UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members
Union Latina	to project, protect, and promote the common heritage and unifying identities of the Latin, and Latin-influenced, world
United Nations Institute for Training and Research	to help the UN become more effective through training and research
World Tourism Organization	to promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace
Universal Postal Union	to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Customs Organization	to promote international cooperation in customs matters
World Federation of Trade Unions	to promote the trade union movement
World Health Organization	to deal with health matters worldwide;a UN specialized agency
World Intellectual Property Organization	to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works;a UN specialized agency
World Meteorological Organization	to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Trade Organization	to provide a forum to resolve trade conflicts between members and to carry on negotiations with the goal of further lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers

Names

Cuba : Name
Republic of Cuba : Longname
Cuba : Name
- Local
Republica de Cuba : Longname
- Local

Description

The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves were imported to work the coffee and sugar plantations, and Havana became the launching point for the annual treasure fleets bound for Spain from Mexico and Peru. Spanish rule eventually provoked an independence movement and occasional rebellions that were harshly suppressed. US intervention during the Spanish-American War in 1898 assisted the Cubans in overthrowing Spanish rule. The Treaty of Paris established Cuban independence from the US in 1902 after which the island experienced a string of governments mostly dominated by the military and corrupt politicians. Fidel CASTRO led a rebel army to victory in 1959;his iron rule held the subsequent regime together for nearly five decades. He stepped down as president in February 2008 in favor of his younger brother Raul CASTRO. Cuba's Communist revolution, with Soviet support, was exported throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The country faced a severe economic downturn in 1990 following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies worth $4 billion to $6 billion annually. Cuba portrays its difficulties as the result of the US embargo in place since 1961. Illicit migration to the US - using homemade rafts, alien smugglers, air flights, or via the southwest border - is a continuing problem. The US Coast Guard intercepted 2,656 individuals attempting to cross the Straits of Florida in fiscal year 2007.