Country
Haiti
Leader
President: Michel Suleiman
President: Michel Martelly
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