Población:
6,867,995
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 2000 est.)
Estructura de Edades:
0-14 years:
41% (male 1,430,018; female 1,393,665)
15-64 years:
55% (male 1,814,964; female 1,945,165)
65 years and over:
4% (male 138,533; female 145,650) (2000 est.)
Indice de Crecimiento en la población:
1.39% (2000 est.)
Indice de Nacimiento:
31.97 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Indice de Muerte:
15.13 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Indice Neto de Migración:
-2.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Indice de sexo:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.95 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Indice de mortalidad Infantil:
97.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Esperanza de vida al nacer:
total population:
49.21 years
male:
47.46 years
female:
51.06 years (2000 est.)
Indice Total de Fertilidad:
4.5 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nacionalidad:
noun:
Haitian(s)
adjective:
Haitian
Grupos Etnicos:
black 95%, mulatto plus white 5%
Religiones:
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982)
note:
roughly one-half of the population also practices Voodoo
Idiomas:
French (official), Creole (official)
Literatos:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
45%
male:
48%
female:
42.2% (1995 est.)