The People of Haiti
The People of Haiti
Haitian People
Population: 9,035,536 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 2009 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 38.1% (male 1,735,917/female 1,704,383) 15-64 years: 58.5% (male 2,621,059/female 2,665,447) 65 years and over: 3.4% (male 120,040/female 188,690) (2009 est.)
Median age: total: 20.2 years male: 19.8 years female: 20.7 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.838% (2009 est.)
Death rate: 10.15 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate: -2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 59.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 53.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 60.78 years male: 59.13 years female: 62.48 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.81 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 2.2% (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 120,000 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 7,200 (2007 est.)
Nationality: noun: Haitian(s) adjective: Haitian
Ethnic groups: black 95%, mulatto and white 5%
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
Languages: French (official), Creole (official)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 52.9% male: 54.8% female: 51.2% (2003 est.)