| Country (long form) |
Republic of Haiti |
| Capital |
Port-au-Prince |
| Total Area |
10,714.33 sq mi
27,750.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Maryland) |
| Population |
6,964,549 (July 2001 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
11,851,865 |
| Languages |
French (official), Creole (official) |
| Literacy |
45.0% total, 48.0% male, 42.2% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982)
note: roughly one-half of the population also practices Voodoo |
| Life Expectancy |
47.67 male, 51.17 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
elected government |
| Currency |
1 gourde (G) = 100 centimes |
| GDP (per capita) |
$1,800 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, tourism, light assembly industries based on imported parts |
| Agriculture |
coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood |
| Arable Land |
20% |
| Natural Resources |
bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower |
