Cuba
Republic of Cuba República de Cuba (Spanish) | |
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| 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 |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Other spoken languages | Haitian Creole English |
| Ethnic groups | |
| Religion (2020)[4] |
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| Demonym(s) | Cuban |
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic[5] |
| 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 | |
| 11 March 1812 10 October 1868 | |
| 24 February 1895 | |
• Recognized (Handed over to the United States from Spain) | 10 December 1898 |
• Republic declared (Independence from United States) | 20 May 1902 |
| 26 July 1953 – 1 January 1959 | |
| 10 April 2019 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 109,884 km2 (42,426 sq mi) (104th) |
• Water (%) | 0 |
| Population | |
• 2023 estimate | 10,985,974[6] (85th) |
• 2022 census | |
• Density | 101.8/km2 (263.7/sq mi) (80th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | $254.865 billion[8] |
• Per capita | $22,237[8][9] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | |
• Per capita | |
| Gini (2000) | 38.0[11] medium |
| HDI (2021) | high · 83rd |
| Currency | Cuban peso (CUP) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (CDT) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +53 |
| ISO 3166 code | CU |
| Internet TLD | .cu |