| Population | 8,706,497
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 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 42.1% (male 1,846,175/female 1,817,082)
15-64 years: 54.4% (male 2,313,542/female 2,426,326)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 134,580/female 168,792) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 18.4 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 18.8 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 2.453% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 35.87 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 10.4 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | -0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.016 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.954 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.797 male(s)/female
total population: 0.973 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 63.83 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 68.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 59.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 57.03 years
male: 55.35 years
female: 58.75 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 4.86 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 280,000 (2003 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 24,000 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Haitian(s)
adjective: Haitian |
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| Ethnic groups | black 95%, mulatto and white 5% |
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| 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 |
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| Languages | French (official), Creole (official) |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 52.9%
male: 54.8%
female: 51.2% (2003 est.) |
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