Although Haiti averages approximately 250 people per square kilometer (650 per sq. mi.), its population is concentrated most heavily in urban areas, coastal plains, and valleys.
About 95% of Haitians are of predominantly West African descent.
The remainder of the Haitian Population is primarily mulattoes.
There are tiny Arab, Asian and White communities.
Hispanic residents in Haiti are mostly Cuban and Dominican.
About two thirds of the Haitian population live in rural areas.
Haiti population is an Afro-Latin nation with strong African contributions to the culture as well as its language, music and religion.
Mainly French, and to a much lesser extent (food, art, and folk religion) Taíno customs are also present in the society.
Haiti has many close cultural ties with its neighbors, Cuba especially, and the neighboring Dominican Republic due to the history involving those countries and the post-imperialist era.
The following demographic statistics of Haitian Population are from the CIA World Factbook
Note: estimates for Haitian Population 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 2009 est.)
Haitian Population: 9, 035, 536
Age structure: (2009 est.)
0–14 years: 38.1% (male 1, 735, 91; female 1, 704, 383)
15–64 years: 58.5% (male 2, 621, 059; female 2, 665, 447)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 120, 040; female 188, 690)
Median age: (2009 est.)
Total: 20.2 years
Male: 19.8 years
Female: 20.7 years
Haitian Population growth rate: 1.838% (2009 est.)
Birth rate: 29.1 births/1, 000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate: 8.65 deaths/1, 000 population (July 2009 est.)
Net migration rate: -2.07 migrant(s)/1, 000 population (2009 est.)
Sex ratio:
At birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15–64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
Total: 59.69 deaths/1, 000 live births
Male: 66.18 deaths/1, 000 live births
Female: 53.13 deaths/1, 000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total population: 60.78 years
Male: 59.13 years
Female: 62.48 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.81 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 2.2% (2007 est.)
Nationality:
Noun: Haitian(s)
Adjective: Haitian
Ethnic groups: Black 95%, Mulatto and White 5%
Religions: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3%
Languages: French (official), Haitian Creole (official), Spanish (non official)
Literacy: (2008 est.)
[3] Definition: Age 15 and over that can read and write
Total population: 61.0%
Male: 63.8%
Female: 58.3%
Posted by The Media on 3/13/10 8:48 AM
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