Country page · Latin America & Caribbean
If you were born in Cuba
1 in 1,423 babies · 0.07% of births · about 94,279 a year
Right now, about 0.07% of the world's babies are born in Cuba — 1 in 1,423, or roughly 94,279 a year and 258 a day. Life expectancy there is 78.3 years.
How the 1 in 1,423 is calculated
This number is not based on population. It uses births: Cuba has about 94,279 births a year, and the world has about 134,147,481. Divide one by the other and you get 0.07% — 1 in 1,423. Using population instead would understate young countries and overstate ageing ones, so every draw is weighted by births.
Life in Cuba, in numbers
| Indicator | Value | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy women 80.7 · men 75.9 | 78.3 years | 47th highest of 172 countries |
| Chance of dying before 5 8.6 / 1,000 | 0.9% | 55th lowest of 170 countries |
| Chance of dying before 1 6.8 / 1,000 | 0.7% | 51st lowest of 170 countries |
| Mothers who die giving birth per 100,000 births | 35 | 77th lowest of 170 countries |
| Children per woman | 1.45 | 41st lowest of 172 countries |
| Expected years of schooling | 14.3 years | 67th highest of 168 countries |
| Tertiary enrollment | 43.1% | 84th highest of 168 countries |
| Income per person (PPP) GDP per capita, PPP | — | — |
| Income inequality closer to 0 = more equal | — | — |
| People living in cities | 77.2% | 48th highest of 172 countries |
| People working in farming | 15.5% | 83rd lowest of 171 countries |
| People using the internet | 70.5% | 104th highest of 172 countries |
| Homicide per 100,000 people | 4.5 | 105th lowest of 155 countries |
| Health costs paid out of pocket share of health spending | 16.6% | 43rd lowest of 168 countries |
| Adults living with HIV | 0.60% | 54th highest of 142 countries |
| People who smoke | 16.1% | — |
How to read these numbers
Income is shown in purchasing-power-parity dollars, so it compares what money buys locally rather than market exchange rates. The under-5 rate is the share of babies who die before their fifth birthday; the maternal mortality ratio is per 100,000 live births. A Gini index closer to 0 means a more equal income distribution, and a higher number means a more unequal one.
Each indicator uses the most recent year with a non-empty value, which can differ by country; the rank compares this country with the other 171 in the dataset, not with every country on Earth. Where a value is missing, the page shows a dash rather than an estimate.
Cuba compared with Latin America & Caribbean
Life expectancy in Cuba is 78.3 years, against a Latin America & Caribbean average of 75.1. The under-5 death rate is 0.9%, versus 1.6% across the region. Income per person is $0, against $26,587 regionally; expected schooling is 14.3 years against 13.2. 77.2% of people live in cities, against 71.1% in the region.
| Indicator | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.3 yrs | 75.1 yrs | 73.3 yrs |
| Under-5 deaths | 0.9% | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| Income per person (PPP) | — | $26,587 | $30,311 |
| Expected schooling | 14.3 yrs | 13.2 yrs | 13.0 yrs |
| People in cities | 77.2% | 71.1% | 61.6% |
What a life there looks like
Put those numbers together and you get a life: about 78.3 years on average, with roughly 8.6 of every 1,000 babies dying before their fifth birthday. A child can expect 14.3 years of school, and income per person is around $0. These are averages — every life still lands somewhere on the distribution.
If you play as someone born in Cuba
The game draws Cuba in about 1 of every 1,423 births. From there the life runs year by year: 78.3 years of life expectancy on average, a 0.9% chance of dying before five, and an income of about $0 per person. Choices move the odds; the starting statistics do not.
Nearby and similar countries
- Chance of being born in El Salvador — 1 in 1,351
- Chance of being born in Nicaragua — 1 in 1,000
- Chance of being born in Paraguay — 1 in 970
- All 172 countries
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Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, with UN World Population Prospects 2024 and UN IGME for births and mortality. Values are the most recent non-empty year for each indicator; the year is noted where it differs. Page updated 24 Oct 2026.