Nationality:
noun: Haitian(s)
adjective:
Haitian
Ethnic groups:
black 95%, mulatto and white 5%
Languages:
French (official), Creole (official)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3%
note:
roughly half of the population practices voodoo
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
9,996,731
country comparison to the world: 89
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 (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
34% (male 1,701,559/female 1,693,236)
15-24 years:
21.6% (male 1,078,994/female 1,081,005)
25-54 years:
35.3% (male 1,755,722/female 1,770,386)
55-64 years:
5% (male 241,174/female 263,369)
65 years and over:
4.1% (male 183,627/female 227,659) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
64.2 %
youth dependency ratio:
56.7 %
elderly dependency ratio:
7.5 %
potential support ratio:
13.4 (2014 est.)
total:
22.2 years
male:
22 years
female:
22.4 years (2014 est.)
1.08%
country comparison to the world: 113
note:
the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2014 est.)
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
22.83 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
7.91 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 103
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-4.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
53.4% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
3.68% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) 2.207 million (2011)
at birth:
1.01 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.8 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
22.7
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
350 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 31
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
49.43 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 40
male:
53.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
45.56 deaths/1,000 live births
note:
the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2014 est.)
total population:
63.18 years
country comparison to the world: 186
male:
61.77 years
female:
64.6 years
note:
the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2014 est.)
2.79 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
34.5% (2012)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
7.9% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 65
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.25 physicians/1,000 population (1998)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.3 beds/1,000 population (2007)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 74.6% of population
rural: 47.5% of population
total: 62.4% of population
unimproved:
urban: 25.4% of population
rural: 52.5% of population
total: 37.6% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 31% of population
rural: 16.3% of population
total: 24.4% of population
unimproved:
urban: 69% of population
rural: 83.7% of population
total: 75.6% of population (2012 est.)
2.1% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 27
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
146,000 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 36
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
7,500 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 29
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever and malaria (2013)
7.9% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 137
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
18.9% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 33
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
NA
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
48.7%
male:
53.4%
female:
44.6% (2006 est.)
total number:
2,587,205
percentage:
21 % (2006 est.)