Countries of the Caribbean

By Taylor

Cuba• Population:11,477,459 • Language: Spanish• Primary religion: 85% Roman Catholic• Government type: Communist state• Imports/exports: Imports-sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice,

potatoes, beans; livestock.• Exports-sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus,

coffee.• Geographical features-• Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the

North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida.• Area: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania.

Dominican Republic• Population: 9,650,054• Language: Spanish• Religion : 95% Roman Catholic• Government: Democratic Republic• Imports/Exports: Exports-• ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer

goods.• Imports- petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals• Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola,

between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti.

Puerto Rico • Population: 3,966,213

• Language(s): Spanish, English

• Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%

• Government Type: Commonwealth

• Import: chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products

• Export: chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment

• Geographical Features: important location along the Mona Passage - a key shipping lane to the Panama Canal; San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and high central mountains ensure land is well watered; south coast relatively dry; fertile coastal plain belt in

Mexico

• Population: 111,211,789

• Language(s): Spanish, Mayan, Nahunta, and other languages

• Religions: Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 3.8%), other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1%

• Government Type: Federal Republic

• Import: metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts

• Export: manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton

• Geographical Features: strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico

El Salvador• Population: 7,185,218

• Language(s): Spanish, Nihau

• Religion: Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8%

• Government Type: Republic

• Import: raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity

• Export: offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, iron and steel manufactures

• Geographical Features: smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea

Guatemala

• Population: 13,276,517

• Language(s): Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40%

• Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs

• Government: Constitutional Democratic Republic

• Import: fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity

• Export: coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom

• Geographical Features: no natural harbors on west coast