Country Facts and Statistics
HAITI
Population:
9,719,932 (2011 est.)
Location:
Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic.
Government:
Republic
Official name: Republic of Haiti
President: Rene Preval (since May 2006)
Capital: Port-au-Prince
Independence Day: January 1, 1804 (from France)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 80%; Protestant 16%; other 3%; none 1% (About half of the population practices voodoo.)
Language:
Both French and Creole are official languages of Haiti. Only about 10% of the population speaks fluent French, however, while all Haitians speak Creole. English and Spanish are also used by young people and those in the business world.
Exports:
apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee
Currency:
Gourdés (HTG) USD equivalent = 41.198 (2010)
Education:
Literacy Rate: (definition: age 15 and over can read and write) total population: 52.9%, male: 54.8%, female: 51.2% (2003 est.)
Health:
Haiti’s poverty combined with the 2010 devastating earthquake has caused death to become an everyday occurrence.
Infant mortality: about 54/1,000 births
Births per woman: 3
Life expectancy: 62 years
People living with HIV/AIDS: 120,000 (2007 est.)
Climate:
Haiti is hot, humid, and tropical in most seasons. It’s semiarid where mountains in the east cut off trade winds.
Other Facts:
Airports: 14
Airports with paved runways: 4
Internet Users: 1 million people (2009)
Telephone main lines: 100,000
Cell Phones: 3.6 million (2009)
Staple Food: rice and beans
All facts and information stated has been taken from: www.CIA.gov, www.worldbank.com and www.state.gov.