Haiti - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Haiti was 11,402,530 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,402,530 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,866,162 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 3,866,162
1961 3,941,956
1962 4,019,171
1963 4,097,755
1964 4,177,631
1965 4,258,734
1966 4,341,325
1967 4,425,318
1968 4,509,811
1969 4,593,666
1970 4,676,237
1971 4,757,175
1972 4,837,334
1973 4,918,625
1974 5,003,708
1975 5,094,570
1976 5,191,637
1977 5,294,625
1978 5,404,020
1979 5,520,187
1980 5,643,175
1981 5,773,367
1982 5,910,223
1983 6,051,617
1984 6,194,686
1985 6,337,275
1986 6,478,537
1987 6,618,742
1988 6,758,222
1989 6,897,755
1990 7,037,915
1991 7,178,611
1992 7,319,491
1993 7,460,684
1994 7,602,318
1995 7,744,509
1996 7,887,312
1997 8,030,721
1998 8,174,680
1999 8,319,070
2000 8,463,802
2001 8,608,810
2002 8,754,148
2003 8,900,108
2004 9,047,082
2005 9,195,289
2006 9,344,784
2007 9,495,336
2008 9,646,570
2009 9,798,046
2010 9,949,318
2011 10,100,320
2012 10,250,920
2013 10,400,670
2014 10,549,010
2015 10,695,540
2016 10,839,980
2017 10,982,370
2018 11,123,180
2019 11,263,080
2020 11,402,530

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population