11,334,637 (2022 est.)
noun: Haitian(s)
adjective: Haitian
Black 95%, mixed and White 5%
French (official), Creole (official)
major-language sample(s):
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)
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Catholic 55%, Protestant 29%, Vodou 2.1%, other 4.6%, none 10% (2018 est.)
note: 50-80% of Haitians incorporate some elements of Vodou culture or practice in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism; Vodou was recognized as an official religion in 2003
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.)
total dependency ratio: 58.3
youth dependency ratio: 51.2
elderly dependency ratio: 7.1
potential support ratio: 14.1 (2021 est.)
total: 24.1 years
male: 23.8 years
female: 24.3 years (2020 est.)
1.2% (2022 est.)
21.12 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
7.23 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
-1.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
fairly even distribution; largest concentrations located near coastal areas
urban population: 59.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2.915 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2022)
at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
22.4 years (2016/7 est.)
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49
480 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
total: 40.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 45.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 34.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
total population: 65.95 years
male: 63.26 years
female: 68.67 years (2022 est.)
2.43 children born/woman (2022 est.)
34.3% (2016/17)
improved: urban: 91.9% of population
rural: 56.1% of population
total: 76.5% of population
unimproved: urban: 8.1% of population
rural: 43.9% of population
total: 23.5% of population (2020 est.)
4.7% of GDP (2019)
0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
0.7 beds/1,000 population (2013)
improved: urban: 82.9% of population
rural: 42.6% of population
total: 65.6% of population
unimproved: urban: 17.1% of population
rural: 57.4% of population
total: 34.4% of population (2020 est.)
1.8% (2021 est.)
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
22.7% (2016)
total: 2.85 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.55 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.03 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 2.26 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total: 7.7% (2020 est.)
male: 12.2% (2020 est.)
female: 3.1% (2020 est.)
9.5% (2016/17)
women married by age 15: 2.1%
women married by age 18: 14.9%
men married by age 18: 1.6% (2017 est.)
1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)
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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Haiti 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Haiti 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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