Haiti People - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population

11,198,240 (July 2021 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

Nationality

noun: Haitian(s)

adjective: Haitian

Ethnic groups

Black 95%, mixed and White 5%

Languages

French (official), Creole (official)

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Religions

Protestant/Methodist/Adventist/Jehovah's Witness 51.8%, Roman Catholic 35.4%, Vodou 1.7%, none 11% (2016-17 est.)

note: many Haitians practice elements of Vodou in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism; Vodou was recognized as an official religion in 2003

Age structure

0-14 years: 31.21% (male 1,719,961/female 1,734,566)

15-24 years: 20.71% (male 1,145,113/female 1,146,741)

25-54 years: 38.45% (male 2,110,294/female 2,145,209)

55-64 years: 5.3% (male 280,630/female 305,584)

65 years and over: 4.33% (male 210,451/female 269,228) (2020 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 60.4

youth dependency ratio: 52.1

elderly dependency ratio: 8.3

potential support ratio: 13.3 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 24.1 years

male: 23.8 years

female: 24.3 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

1.22% (2021 est.)

Birth rate

21.4 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Death rate

7.29 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate

-1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Population distribution

fairly even distribution; largest concentrations located near coastal areas

Urbanization

urban population: 58% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

2.844 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2021)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

22.4 years (2016/7 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49

Maternal mortality rate

480 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 41.29 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 47.1 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 35.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 65.61 years

male: 62.94 years

female: 68.31 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.48 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

34.3% (2016/17)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 91.5% of population

rural: 55.4% of population

total: 75% of population

unimproved: urban: 8.5% of population

rural: 44.6% of population

total: 25% of population (2017 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

7.7% (2018)

Physicians density

0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Hospital bed density

0.7 beds/1,000 population (2013)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 80.6% of population

rural: 40% of population

total: 62.1% of population

unimproved: urban: 19.4% of population

rural: 60% of population

total: 37.9% of population (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1.9% (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

150,000 (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

2,200 (2020 est.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: very high (2020)

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

22.7% (2016)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

9.5% (2016/17)

Education expenditures

2.8% of GDP (2018)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 61.7%

male: 65.3%

female: 58.3% (2016)

NOTE: The information regarding Haiti on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Haiti 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Haiti 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.