Country+Data+and+Comparison

Cuba makes less than the average world per capita income, and even less than that compared to the United States’ per capita income. Cuba is much smaller than the United States. Cuba’s literacy rate is higher than the United States’ by 0.8%. Cuba’s natural resources are different than those found in the U.S., and there are a lot less. Cuba has fewer airports, roads, and railroads than the U.S.   There are a lot of Roman Catholics in both countries. There is also more diversity (religion-wise) in the U.S.   Spanish is the official language of Cuba, whereas only 10.7% of the U.S. speaks Spanish as their first language. Cuba has a tropical climate, and it is more diverse in the U.S.   Cuba’s population is much smaller than ours. The topography appears similar, with hills and mountains. Cuba’s economy is controlled by the government, and the U.S. economy is mixed. Cuban imports and exports total at much less than American. American industry seems more technological, whereas Cuba’s seems to be agricultural for the most part. Both countries trade mainly with China and Canada. However, one of Cuba’s main trading partners is the U.S., and Cuba is not one of America’s main trading partners. This is probably because Cuba does less trading, so what is a major amount of trading for Cuba, is only a small amount for the U.S.
 * || Cuba || United States || The World ||
 * Per Capita Income || $9,900 || $47,400 || $11,200 ||
 * Land Area || 110,860 sq km || 9,826,675 sq km || 148.94 million sq km ||
 * Governmental System || Communist state || democracy ||  ||
 * Literacy || 99.8% || 99% || 82% ||
 * Natural resources || cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land || coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber ||  ||
 * Transportation || roads ( 60,858 km**),** railroads **(**8,598 km) || 15,079 airports; 226,427 km railroads; 6,506,204 km roads || <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">total airports - 43,982; railways <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif';">1,138,632 km; roads 102,260,304 km   ||
 * Religion || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% || <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">Christians 33.32% (of which Roman Catholics 16.99%, Protestants 5.78%, Orthodox 3.53%, Anglicans 1.25%), Muslims 21.01%, Hindus 13.26%, Buddhists 5.84%, Sikhs 0.35%, Jews 0.23%, Baha'is 0.12%, other religions 11.78%, non-religious 11.77%, atheists 2.32% ||
 * Languages || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">Spanish (official) || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% || <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">Mandarin Chinese 12.65%, Spanish 4.93%, English 4.91%, Arabic 3.31%, Hindi 2.73%, Bengali 2.71%, Portuguese 2.67%, Russian 2.16%, Japanese 1.83%, Standard German 1.35%, Javanese 1.27% ||
 * Climate || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October) || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains ||  ||
 * Population || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">11,087,330 || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">313,232,044 || <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">6,928,198,253 ||
 * Population Density || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">100 people per sq km || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">32 people per sq km || <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">4652 people per sq km ||
 * Topography || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii ||  ||
 * Economic System || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">state-controlled || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">mixed economy ||  ||
 * Imports || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">$10.25 billion || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">$1.903 trillion ||  ||
 * Exports || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">$3.311 billion || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">$1.27 trillion ||  ||
 * Industry || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 115%;">sugar, petroleum, tobacco, construction, nickel, steel, cement, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, second largest industrial output in world; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining ||  ||
 * Main Trading Partners || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Venezuela, China, Spain, U.S., Canada, Netherlands || <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, UK, Germany ||  ||