Haiti

Republic of Haiti

Caribbean

Geography

Area: 27,400 sq km

Western third of the island of Hispaniola; shared with the Dominican Republic.

Population: 10,188,175    Annual Growth: 1.60%

Capital: Port-au-Prince

Urbanites: 49.6%

HDI Rank: 149 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Official language: French (10% speak it). Common languages Haitian Creole, English and Spanish increasingly used as a second language    Languages:2 All languages