Haiti July 19, 2021 ALBA , American colony , Americas , Antilles , Atlantic , Atlantic Ocean , Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America , Cap-Haïtien , Caribbean , Caribbean Sea , Christopher Colombus , colony , coup d'État , cyclone , cyclone tropical , deforestation , dictatorship , earthquakes , France , Francophonie , French , French colony , French language , Gonaïves , Greater Antilles , Haiti , Hispaniola , hurricane , île , Irma , Latin America , Latin Union , MINUSTAH , Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti , natural disasters , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , ouragan Irma , ouragan Matthew , Port-au-Prince , poverty , Republic , South America Official name Republic of Haiti Name in local language Repiblik Ayiti (ht) ; République d'Haïti (fr) Continent Americas Subcontinent Caribbean Population (ranking: 80e ) 11,946,331 inhabitants (2021) Population growth 1.52 % / year Area 27,065 km² Density 441.39 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 139e )13.418 billions $USD (2020) GDP/capita (ranking ) 1,177 $USD (2020) GDP growth -3.40 % / year (2020) Life expectancy (ranking ) 63.70 years (2018) Birth rate 24.10 ‰ (2015) Fertility rate 2.90 children / woman (2015) Death rate (ranking ) 8.20 ‰ (2015) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 39.00 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 60.73 % (2015) Official languages French, Haitian Creole Currency Haitian gourde (HTG) HDI (ranking: 206e )0.510 / 1 (2019) EPI (ranking )33.74 (2018) Government Unitary semi-presidential republic Head of State Vacant ; Prime Minister Ariel Henry National Day 1st January (independence of 1804) ISO Codes HT, HTI Demonym Haitian Tourists (ranking ) 467,000 people (2017)
A country still in chaos Haiti is a country in the Greater Antilles, which occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola. It shares this large island, the most populated of the Antilles, with the Dominican Republic . It is the only independent French-speaking Caribbean country.
Port-au-Prince and its bay, viewed from the terrace of the Hotel Montana in Pétionville in 2007. Photo: Elena Heredero Urban areas (2015) Urban areas Population Port-au-Prince 3,744,077 inhabitants Cap-Haïtien 454,071 inhabitants Gonaïves 356,324 inhabitants Saint-Marc 266,642 inhabitants Port-de-Paix 203,975 inhabitants Jacmel 187,253 inhabitants Dessalines 181,903 inhabitants Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite 170,740 inhabitants Gros Morne 155,692 inhabitants Les Cayes 151,696 inhabitants Jean Rabel 148,416 inhabitants Jérémie 134,317 inhabitants Arcahaie 130,306 inhabitants Hinche 120,867 inhabitants Ouanaminthe 106,129 inhabitants Aquin 104,216 inhabitants Mirebalais 97,755 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Departments Population Area Artibonite 1,727,524 inhabitants 4,887 km² Centre 746,236 inhabitants 3,487 km² Grande Anse 468,301 inhabitants 1,912 km² Nippes 342,525 inhabitants 1,268 km² Nord 1,067,177 inhabitants 2,115 km² Nord-Est 393,967 inhabitants 1,623 km² Nord-Ouest 728,807 inhabitants 2,103 km² Ouest 4,029,705 inhabitants 4,983 km² Sud 774,976 inhabitants 2,654 km² Sud-Est 632,601 inhabitants 2,034 km²
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