Country
Haiti
Leader
Population
4,140,289 9,801,664
Life Expectancy
75.230 years 62.510 years
Capital City
Port-au-Prince
Largest city
Beirut (population: 1,916,100) Port-au-Prince (population: 1,234,740)
Human Development Index
0.796 0.521 GDP per capita $1,300 US
Literacy Rate
87.4% 52.9%
Corruption Perception Index
3 1.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
4.7% 5.2% Wealthiest Citizens Najib Mikati ($2.0bn US) NA Unemployment Rate 40.600%
Death Penalty
Legal Abolished
Political System
republic republic
Independence date
1 January 1804 (from France) Religions Muslim 59.7% (Shia, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3% note: 17 religious sects recognized 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 Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian French (official), Creole (official) Exports apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee External Debt $665,100,000 US Exchange Rate gourdes (HTG) per US dollar - 39.216 (2008 est.), 37.138 (2007), 40.232 (2006), 40.449 (2005), 38.352 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 0.400% Beijing Olympics Medal Count Location Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic Area 10,400 km sq 27,750 km sq Coastline 225 km 1,771 km Climate Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
