Cubais the only Latin American country whose population is falling. It is also ageing faster than anywhere else in the region, for several reasons. First, Cuban women are having far fewer babies. The number of children per woman fell from five in 1963 to 1.9 in 1978 and to below 1.5 between 2004 and 2008. Second, thanks to good health care very few children die in infancy, and Cubans live to a ripe old age.
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