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Born in Haiti

About 1 in 511 people born in 2023 started life in Haiti. A boy can expect to live 62 years and a girl 68, up from 35 and 40 in 1950. Most people live in cities, and 73% have basic drinking water.

1 in 511
odds of being born here
258,300 births · Ranked 78th of 230
62 / 68
years of life, boys / girls
Was 35 / 40 in 1950
$1,564
income per person a year
2021 dollars · Ranked 187th of 203 · extrapolated
54%
live in a city
The rest live in villages

Life and health

Life lasts about 28 years longer than in 1950. Child deaths fell from 374 in every 1,000 births to 56.

How long a life lasts

GirlsBoys

020406080195019852023

Years a baby born that year could expect to live.

Children who die before age 5
0100200300400195019852023

In every 1,000 births.

Life expectancy at birth61.7 years for boys, 68.3 for girlsUN WPP 2024
Children who die before age 555.6 in every 1,000 birthsUN WPP 2024
Deaths a year91,000UN WPP 2024
Doctors per 1,000 people0.3World Bank WDI
Children immunized against measles72%World Bank WDI
Adults living with HIV1.7%World Bank WDI
New tuberculosis cases a year185 per 100,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI
Malaria cases a year2 per 1,000 people at riskWorld Bank WDI

Family

Women had 6.3 children on average in 1950. Now it is 2.7.

Children per woman
02468195019852023

Average over a lifetime.

Children per woman2.66UN WPP 2024
Average age of mothers at birth29.6 yearsUN WPP 2024

Money and work

If every 100 coins of income were shared out, the richest fifth would hold 47 and the poorest fifth 6.

Who gets the income
Share of all income by fifth of the population, 2012
6%Poorest fifth
10%Second
15%Middle
22%Fourth
47%Richest fifth
Income per personabout $1,564 a year (2021 dollars, adjusted for prices)World Bank PIP, scaled between survey years Extrapolated
Share of income going to the richest fifth / poorest fifth47% / 6% (2012)World Bank PIP
Unemployment14.5% of the workforce (2023)World Bank WDI
Price rises36.8% a year (2023)World Bank WDI
Growth in output per person-3.0% (2023)World Bank WDI
Jobs in farming47% of jobsWorld Bank WDI
Self-employed77% of jobs (2025)World Bank WDI
Secondary school enrolment17% (can pass 100 when older students are counted)World Bank WDI

Daily life

The largest city is Port-au-Prince, with 1.2 million people.

54%
live in cities
51%
have electricity at home
73%
have basic drinking water
Largest cities
People living there
Port-au-Prince1.2 million
Carrefour511,345
Delmas395,260
Pétionville376,834
Port-de-Paix306,217
Languages
Share of people who can use each
Haitian Creole81%
French42%
Haitian Creole, French is official.

Cities and regions

Every state, province and large city with a page.

Largest regions

Ouest3.6 million
Artibonite693,040
Nord-Ouest340,874
Nord205,199
Sud-Est155,025
Sud125,799
Grand'Anse97,503
Nippes89,202
Nord-Est21,328
Centre18,590

Sourced: GeoNames Population of each state, province or region.

Large cities

Sourced: GeoNames Cities with a page: a million people or more.

People on the move

About 17% as many people born here live abroad as live here. The most common destinations are United States, Dominican Republic, Chile.

Where people born here live abroad
By country of residence, 2024
United States798,232
Dominican Republic535,116
Chile172,050
Residents born abroad0.2% (2024)World Bank WDI
People born here who live abroadequal to 17.1% of the people who live hereUN DESA migrant stock
Where they go mostUnited States (798,232), Dominican Republic (535,116), Chile (172,050)UN DESA migrant stock
Money sent home from abroadabout $4.1 billion a year (2024)World Bank WDI

Safety nets

1% of older people receive a pension. Help for someone who loses a job reaches 0%.

1%
of older people receive a pension (2022)
0%
of unemployed people receive a benefit (2022)

Events in the data

The game draws real events from these records, so a life lived here can meet them.

Reported COVID-19 deaths, 2020 to 2024860Our World in Data, from WHO
Significant earthquakes recorded since 19508; the deadliest, in 2010, killed about 316,000 people (magnitude 7)NOAA NCEI
Hurricane-strength storms since 19808NOAA IBTrACS
Deaths in organized violence3,031 between 1989 and 2024UCDP

Now live it.

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