| Country (long form) |
Republic of Haiti |
| Capital |
Port-au-Prince |
| Total Area |
10,714.33 sq mi
27,750.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Maryland) |
| Population |
6,867,995 (July 2000 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of
excess mortality due to AIDS |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
11,851,865 |
| Languages |
French (official), Creole (official) |
| Literacy |
45.0% total, 48.0% male, 42.2% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%,
Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982) |
| Life Expectancy |
47.46 male, 51.06 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
elected government |
| Currency |
1 gourde (G) = 100 centimes |
| GDP (per capita) |
$1,340 (1999 est.) |
| Labor Force (by occupation) |
agriculture 66%, services 25%, industry 9% |
| Industry |
sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement,
tourism, light assembly industries based on imported parts |
| Agriculture |
coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood |
| Arable Land |
20% |
| Exports |
manufactures, coffee, oils, mangoes |
| Imports |
food, machinery and transport equipment, fuels |
| Natural Resources |
bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble,
hydropower |
| Current Environmental Issues |
extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested
land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion;
inadequate supplies of potable water |
| Telephones (main lines in use) |
60,000 (1995) |
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