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Haiti: Haiti People Profile 2012

2012/03/13

Haiti People Profile 2012

About 95 per cent of the people are black. The rest—except for a few whites—are mulattoes, descendants of African slaves and early French settlers. Haiti's population density is about 699 persons per square mile (270 per km2). Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city.

The official languages are French and Creole. Roman Catholicism is the prevailing and official religion. Voodoo is widely practiced.

Population

Value:

9 203 083

Date:

July. 2010

Comparison to the world:

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

37.5% (male 1,742,354/female 1,711,355)

Year:

2010

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

59.1% (male 2,699,906/female 2,736,996)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

3.4% (male 119,992/female 192,480)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

20.5 years

Year:

2010

Name:

male

Value:

20 years

Name:

female

Value:

20.9 years

Population growth rate

Value:

1,84%

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

Birth rate

Value:

28.7births/1,000 population

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

Death rate

Value:

8.39 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July.2010

Comparison to the world:

Net migration rate

Value:

—1.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

132

Urbanization

Urban population:

47% of total population

Rate of urbanization:

4.5% annual rate of change

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.03 male(s)/female

Year:

2010

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.02 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

0.99 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.62 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

0.98 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

58.07 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

64.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

51.54 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2010

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

61.38 years

Comparison to the world:

180

Male value:

59.67 years

Female value:

63.14 years

Year:

2010

Total fertility rate

Value:

3.72 children born/woman

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

2,2%

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

120 000

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

7 200

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

Nationality

Noun:

Haitian(s)

Adjective:

Haitian

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> black 95%, mulatto and white 5%</p>

Religions

Value:

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

Languages

Languages info:

French (official), Creole (official)

Literacy

Definition:

age 15 and over can read and write

Total population:

52,9%

Male:

54,8%

Female:

51,2%