World Factbook
Haiti
République d'Haïti (French)/Repiblik d Ayiti (Haitian Creole)
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Literacy
male
72.9% (2017 est.)
female
63.9% (2017 est.)
total population
68% (2017 est.)
Languages
Languages
French (official), Creole (official)
major-language sample(s)
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Religions
Catholic 55%, Protestant 29%, Vodou 2.1%, other 4.6%, none 10% (2018 est.)
note: 50-80% of Haitians incorporate some elements of Vodou culture or practice in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism; Vodou was recognized as an official religion in 2003
Sex ratio
at birth
1.01 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1 male(s)/female
15-64 years
0.97 male(s)/female
total population
0.97 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.77 male(s)/female
Birth rate
20.76 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
7 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
24.7 years
total
25.3 years (2025 est.)
female
25.3 years
Population
male
5,863,438
total
11,898,812 (2025 est.)
female
6,035,374
Nationality
noun
Haitian(s)
adjective
Haitian
Tobacco use
male
12.4% (2025 est.)
total
7.1% (2025 est.)
female
2.1% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
59.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
30.5% (male 1,790,061/female 1,794,210)
15-64 years
65.3% (male 3,787,782/female 3,887,791)
65 years and over
4.2% (2024 est.) (male 214,600/female 279,499)
Ethnic groups
Black 95%, mixed and White 5%
Child marriage
men married by age 18
1.6% (2017)
women married by age 15
2.1% (2017)
women married by age 18
14.9% (2017)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
52.3 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
45.8 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
15.4 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
6.5 (2025 est.)
Physician density
0.29 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
3.5% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
4.1% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-1.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
4.8 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.39 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 42.8% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 67.4% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 84.6% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 57.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 32.6% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 15.4% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
1% of GDP (2023 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
13.2% national budget (2025 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
40.2 deaths/1,000 live births
total
35 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
33.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
1.22% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
1.19 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
fairly even distribution; largest concentrations located near coastal areas
Life expectancy at birth
male
63.8 years
female
67.4 years
total population
65.6 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
328 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 42.6% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 66.3% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 82.9% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 57.4% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 33.7% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 17.1% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
0.55 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
0.03 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
2.85 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
2.26 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
2.987 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
22.7% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth
22.4 years (2016/7 est.)
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
53.6% (2017 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
10.7% (2023 est.)