Demographics of Haiti

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Demographics of Haiti
Population pyramid of Haiti in 2020
Population	8,812,245 (Last census)
Birth rate	21.12 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate	7.23 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy	65.95 years
• male	63.26 years
• female	68.67 years
Fertility rate	2.43 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate	40.02 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate	-1.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years	32.78%
15–64 years	62.49%
65 and over	4.73%
Sex ratio
Total	0.97 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth	1.01 male(s)/female
Under 15	0.99 male(s)/female
65 and over	0.62 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	Haitian
Major ethnic	Black (95%)
Language
Official	French, Creole

Haiti is the 83rd most populous country in the world, with an estimated population of 11,123,178 as of July 2018.^[1] The last national census in Haiti was done in 2003. Although much of that data has not been released, the population recorded was 8,812,245.

According to population DNA tests,^[which?] approximately 80% of the population of Haiti is Afro-Haitian.^{[citation needed]} Within Black Haitian DNA, according to a study, the composition is approximately 88% African, the rest are European or mixed European. This is evidenced in DNA ancestry read outs where the average Haitian consistently tests at nearly 100 percent sub-Saharan African DNA.

The remaining population of Haiti is primarily composed of Mulattoes, Europeans, Asians, and Arabs. Hispanic residents in Haiti are mostly Cuban and Dominican.

About two-thirds of Haitian people live in rural areas. Several demographic studies, including those by social work researcher Athena Kolbe, have provided estimates of the demographic information of urban residents. In 2006, each Haitian household had an average of 4.5 members.