🇭🇹 Haiti Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇭🇹 Haiti HT / HTI #143

Nomad Score 38.0

Cities 8

Region Caribbean Community, Latin America, Francophone, Islands, North America, Americas, Caribbean, Least Developed Countries

Currency HTG

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 11.5M

Density 395.7/km²

HDI 0.554 (Medium)

Gini Index (2012) 41.1

Life Expectancy (2024) 65.1 yrs

Fertility Rate (2024) 2.63

Urban Population (2024) 55.0%

Literacy Rate (2017) 68.0%

Labor Force (2025) 65.3%

Gender Wage Gap (2001) 16.0%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
French	français
Haitian Creole	Kreyòl ayisyen

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	87.0%
No religion	10.7%
Haitian vodou	2.1%
Other	0.2%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
African	95.0%
Others	5.0%

Demonym (male) Haitian

Demonym (female) Haitian

National Anthem La Dessalinienne

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		31.2%
15-64 Working		64.1%
65+ Elderly		4.7%

Dependency Ratio 56%

Profile Young

Urban Pop. (2024) 55.0%

Birth Rate (2024) 21.9 /1000

Death Rate (2024) 7.8 /1000

Largest City (2025) 47.3%

Fertility Rate (2024) 2.63

Infant Mortality (2024) 39.0 /1000

Slum Pop. (2022) 51.1%

Tourism (2019) 938.0K

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2024) 65.1 yrs

HALE (2021) 53.9 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 3.2% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2024) 39.0/1000

UHC Index (2021) 54/100

Hospital Beds (2023) 4.9/1000

Physicians (2022) 0.29/1000

Nurses (2022) 0.73/1000

Health Spending/cap (2023) $54

Out-of-Pocket (2023) 52.4%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2017) 68.0%

Education Spending (2023) 1.0% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 338

Internet Users (2024) 47.9%

Mobile Subscriptions (2022) 65.2/100

Broadband (2022) 0.3/100

Secure Servers (2024) 8/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2022) 0.3

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 27,750 km²

Capital Port-au-Prince 📍

Continent North America

Region Americas

Subregion Caribbean

Landlocked No

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC-05:00

Calling Codes +509

Postal Code HT####

TLD .ht

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Haiti is composed of two equal horizontal bands of blue and red. A white square bearing the national coat of arms is superimposed at the center of the field.