Cuba
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Vintage American cars are part of everyday Havana; some of them are nearly a century old. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 17%
- people aged 65 or older
- 1.9M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 30.2%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 21.3 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 18.5%
- women 18.3%, men 18.7%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.6%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2019; UN, 2012 census
Languages
3 languages, 0 of them endangered
- Cuban Sign Language
- English
- Spanish
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- The practice of Cuban Son2025
- Traditional knowledge and practices for the making and consumption of cassava bread2024
- Bolero: identity, emotion and poetry turned into song2023
- Knowledge of the light rum masters2022
- Festivity of Las Parrandas in the centre of Cuba2018
- Punto2017
- Rumba in Cuba, a festive combination of music and dances and all the practices associated2016
- La Tumba Francesa2008
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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