People of Cuba
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Unknown | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Cuba11,167,325 2012 Cuba Census 11,239,004  2015 Cuba Census |
|
 United States (2015) |
1,210,674 |
 Spain (2015) |
134,003 |
 Canada (2011) |
21,440 |
 Venezuela (2011) |
20,991 |
 Italy (2011) |
17,947 |
 Mexico (2013) |
14,637 |
 Puerto Rico (2015) |
12,605 |
 Germany (2014) |
8,455 |
 Ecuador (2011) |
6,717 |
 Costa Rica (2011) |
3,860 |
 Colombia (2011) |
3,689 |
 Dominican Republic (2010) |
3,639 |
 Chile (2002) |
3,163 |
 Sweden (2008) |
2,905 |
 United Kingdom (2011) |
2,481 |
 Argentina (2001) |
2,457 |
 Brazil (2000) |
1,343 |
 Switzerland (2000) |
1,168 |
 Netherlands (2008) |
1,123 |
 Norway (2014) |
959 |
Cubans or Cuban people (Spanish: Cubanos) are the inhabitants or citizens of Cuba. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. As a result, some Cubans do not treat their nationality as an ethnicity but as a citizenship with various ethnicities and national origins comprising the "Cuban people."
The majority of Cubans descend from Spaniards. Despite its multi-ethnic composition, the culture held in common by most Cubans is referred to as mainstream Cuban culture, a Western culture largely derived from the traditions of Western European migrants, beginning with the early Spanish settlers, along with other Europeans arriving later such as the Portuguese and French, along with West African culture which is somewhat influential despite the fact that most minority Afro-Cubans are of Caribbean origin.
The populations in the Spanish colonial era of Cuba (1774 -1898), U.S occupation (1899) were:
The population of Cuba was 11,167,325 inhabitants in 2012. The largest urban populations of Cubans in Cuba (2012) are to be found in Havana (2,106,146), Santiago de Cuba (506,037), Camagüey (323,309), Holguín (346,195), Guantánamo (228,436), and Santa Clara (240,543). According to Cuba's Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas ONE 2012 Census, the population was 11,167,325 including: 5,570,825 men and 5,596,500 women.
In the 2012 Census 64.1% or 7,160,399 self-identified as white. Based on genetic testing the average European, African and Other ancestry found in those self-reporting to be “blanco (White)” 91.4% were fully "European", 7.7% had some "African" ancestry and .9% had "Native" or Other Ancestry. The majority of the ancestry of European ancestry comes from Spain. During the 18th, 19th and early part of the 20th century especially, large waves of Canary Islanders, Galicians, Asturians and Catalans emigrated from Spain to Cuba. Other European nationalities which immigrated include: English, Scots, Russians, Poles, Portuguese, Romanians, Italians, Greeks, French, Germans and Irish. Central and Eastern European influence was mostly during the Cold War years and immigration from the British Isles was mostly in Pinar del Rio Province and Havana. There is a small remnant of a Jewish community. There is also significant ethnic influx from diverse Levantine peoples, especially Lebanese, Palestinians, and Syrians.
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