The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 62.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.88 deaths/1,000 live births female: 57.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 57.56 years male: 55.83 years female: 59.35 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      4.79 children born/woman (2008 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      5.6% (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      280,000 (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      24,000 (2003 est.)

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008)

      Nationality:

      noun: Haitian(s) adjective: Haitian

      Ethnic groups:

      black 95%, mulatto and white 5%

      Religions:

      Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% note: roughly half of the population practices voodoo

      Languages:

      French (official), Creole (official)

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 52.9% male: 54.8% female: 51.2% (2003 est.)

      Education expenditures:

      1.4% of GDP (1991)

      Government

       Haiti

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Republic of Haiti conventional short form: Haiti local long form: Republique d'Haiti/Repiblik d' Ayiti local short form: Haiti/Ayiti

      Government type:

      republic

      Capital:

      name: Port-au-Prince geographic coordinates: 18 32 N, 72 20 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October

      Administrative divisions:

      10 departments (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est

      Independence:

      1 January 1804 (from France)

      National holiday:

      Independence Day, 1 January (1804)

      Constitution:

      approved March 1987; suspended June 1988 with most articles reinstated March 1989; constitutional government ousted in a military coup in September 1991, although in October 1991, military government claimed to be observing the constitution; returned to constitutional rule in October 1994; constitution, while technically in force between 2004–2006, was not enforced; returned to constitutional rule in May 2006

      Legal system: