Haiti
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1. Population:
   9,035,536
   note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)

1. Age structure:
   0-14 years: 38.1% (male 1,735,917/female 1,704,383)
   15-64 years: 58.5% (male 2,621,059/female 2,665,447)
   65 years and over: 3.4% (male 120,040/female 188,690) (2009 est.)

1. Median age:
   total: 20.2 years
   male: 19.8 years
   female: 20.7 years (2008 est.)

1. Population growth rate:
   1.838% (2009 est.)

1. Sex ratio:
   at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
   under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
   15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
   65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
   total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

1. Nationality:
   noun: Haitian(s)
   adjective: Haitian

1. Ethnic groups:
   black 95%, mulatto and white 5%

1. Religions:
   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

1. Languages:
   French (official), Creole (official)

1. Literacy:
   definition: age 15 and over can read and write
   total population: 52.9%
   male: 54.8%
   female: 51.2% (2003 est.)

1. Education expenditures:
   1.4% of GDP (1991)(2000)