Haiti Demographics Profile 2012

Population

9,719,932 (July 2011 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

Age structure

0-14 years: 35.9% (male 1,748,677/female 1,742,199)
15-64 years: 60.1% (male 2,898,251/female 2,947,272)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 170,584/female 212,949) (2011 est.)

Median age

total: 21.4 years
male: 21.1 years
female: 21.6 years (2011 est.)

Population growth rate

0.787%
note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2011 est.)

Birth rate

24.4 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Death rate

8.21 deaths/1,000 population
note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (July 2011 est.)

Net migration rate

-8.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 52% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.011 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 54.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 58.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 49.83 deaths/1,000 live births
note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 62.17 years
male: 60.84 years
female: 63.53 years
note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate

3.07 children born/woman (2011 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1.9% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

120,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

7,100 (2009 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.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

NA

Education expenditures

NA

Maternal mortality rate

300 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

18.9% (2006)

Health expenditures

6% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

0.25 physicians/1,000 population (1998)

Hospital bed density

1.3 beds/1,000 population (2007)