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Population: 6,780,501 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (male 1 465 735; female 1 422 260)
15-64 years: 53% (male 1 733 636; female 1 881 367)
65 years and over: 4% (male 138 678; female 138 825) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.51% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 32.84 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 14.17 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -3.61 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 98.98 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 51.4 years
male: 49.33 years
female: 53.58 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 4.67 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Haitian(s)
adjective: Haitian
Ethnic groups: black 95% mulatto plus white 5%
Religions: Roman Catholic 80% Protestant 16% (Baptist 10% Pentecostal 4% Adventist 1% other 1%) none 1% other 3% (1982)
note: roughly one-half of the population also practices Voodoo
Languages: French (official)50% , english ,Creole , spanish
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 45%
male: 48%
female: 42.2% (1995 est.)
