Haiti

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PROFILE
  • Area: 27,750 sq. km (10,714 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 10,485,800 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 1.71% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 63.8 years (2016)
  • Languages: French (official), Creole (official)
  • Religions: Roman Catholic (official) 54.7%, Protestant 28.5% (Baptist 15.4%, Pentecostal 7.9%, Adventist 3%, Methodist 1.5%, other 0.7%), voodoo (official, often practiced in addition to another religion) 2.1%, other 4.6%, none 10.2%
  • Formal name: Republic of Haiti
  • Alternate names: Ayiti, Haïti, Repiblik Ayiti, Republic of Haiti, République d’Haïti
  • Government type: semi-presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: Interim President Jocelerme PRIVERT; head of government: Prime Minister Enex JEAN-CHARLES
  • Capital: Port-au-Prince
  • Administrative divisions: 10 departments
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $1,800 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee
  • Imports: food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials
  • Currency: gourde (HTG)
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