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
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%
Languages
French (official), Creole (official)
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals
External Debt
$665,100,000 $
$33,740,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
gourdes (HTG) per US dollar - 39.216 (2008 est.), 37.138 (2007), 40.232 (2006), 40.449 (2005), 38.352 (2004)
Egyptian pounds (EGP) per US dollar - 5.4 (2008 est.), 5.67 (2007), 5.725 (2006), 5.78 (2005), 6.1962 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.400%
3.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
1
Location
Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula
Area
27,750 km sq
1,001,450 km sq
Coastline
1,771 km
2,450 km
Climate
tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
