| 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) major-language sample(s): The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| 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.) |
| Major cities - 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.) |
| Health expenditures | 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) |
| Food insecurity | severe localized food insecurity: due to reduced agricultural production and socio political turmoil - about 4.4 million people are forecast to be facing severe acute food insecurity or to be in need of urgent food assistance in the March-June 2021 time period; the high levels of food insecurity reflect the worsening household access to food, which was constrained by the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily through income and job losses; the low availability of locally produced staple crops and high prices of food items exacerbated the situation; the ongoing socio-political unrest has disrupted market activities, especially in urban areas, and reduced mobility due to road blockage has further affected the access to food (2021) |
| 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) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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