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: 140e )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
See also
