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Population:
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8,121,622
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
2005 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years:
42.6% (male 1,741,622/female 1,721,436)
15-64 years: 53.9% (male 2,137,225/female 2,242,639)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 124,383/female 154,317) (2005
est.) |
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Median age:
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total:
18.03 years
male: 17.63 years
female: 18.44 years (2005 est.) |
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Population growth rate:
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2.26% (2005 est.) |
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Birth rate:
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36.59 births/1,000 population (2005
est.) |
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Death rate:
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12.34 deaths/1,000 population (2005
est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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-1.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005
est.) |
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Sex ratio:
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at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total:
73.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 79.92 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 66.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population:
52.92 years
male: 51.58 years
female: 54.31 years (2005 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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5.02 children born/woman (2005 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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5.6% (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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280,000 (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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24,000 (2003 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Haitian(s)
adjective: Haitian |
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Ethnic groups:
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black 95%, mulatto and white 5%
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16%
(Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%,
other 3% (1982)
note: roughly half of the population practices Voodoo
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Languages:
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French (official), Creole (official)
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Literacy:
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definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 52.9%
male: 54.8%
female: 51.2% (2003 est.) |
