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Population:
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7,063,722
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 2002 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 39.5%
(male 1,414,052; female 1,377,693)
15-64 years: 56.3% (male 1,924,867; female 2,049,952)
65 years and over: 4.2% (male 142,657; female 154,501) (2002 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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1.42% (2002 est.)
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Birth rate:
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31.42 births/1,000 population
(2002 est.) |
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Death rate:
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14.88 deaths/1,000 population
(2002 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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-2.31 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2002 est.) |
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05
male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2002 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate:
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93.35 deaths/1,000 live
births (2002 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population:
49.55 years
female: 51.29 years (2002 est.)
male: 47.88 years |
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Total fertility rate:
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4.3 children born/woman (2002
est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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5.17% (1999 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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210,000 (1999 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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23,000 (1999 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 70%,
Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none
1%, other 3% (1982)
note: roughly half of the population also 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: 45%
male: 48%
female: 42.2% (1995 est.) |
