Haiti 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) 20% Creole Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 45% male: 48% female: 42.2% (1995 est.)
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