Population: 7.5 million (July 2003 est.)

Age Breakdown:
0-14 years: 42.7%
15-64 years: 53.6%
65 years and over: 3.7%

Median Age: 17.9 years

Population Growth Rate: 1.67% (2003 est.)

Birth Rate: 34.06 births/1,000 pop. (2003 est.)

Death Rate: 13.36 deaths/1,000 pop. (2003 est.)

Net Migration Rate: -4.03/1,000 pop. (2003 est.)

Sex Ratio
Birth: 1.05 males/females
Under 15: .95 males/females
15-64: .95 males/females
65 and over: .9 males/females
Total Population: .98 males/females (2003 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate:
Total: 76.01 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 70.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
Male: 81.59 deaths/1,000 live births

Life Expectancy at Birth:
Total Population: 51.61 years
Male: 50.36 years
Female: 52.92 years (2003 est.)

Nationality:
Haitian

Ethnicity:
Black: 95%
Mulatto/White: 5%

Religions:
Roman Catholic: 80%
Protestant: 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, Other 1%)
Atheist: 1%
Other: 3% (1982)
Roughly half of the population practices Voodoo

Languages (in order of use):
Creole (official)
French (official)
Spanish
English

Literacy (Age 15 and over can read/write):
Total Population: 52.9%
Male: 54.8%
Female: 51.2% (2003 est.)