Haiti Demographics Profile 2009

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.)

Birth rate

29.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

8.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

-2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 47% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 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.)

Major infectious diseases

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
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)

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.)

Education expenditures

1.4% of GDP (1991)