General info

Entity:
Haiti
Capital:
Port-au-Prince
Population (2008-07-01):
8,924,553 (CIA)
Area:
27,750 sq.km.
Country code:
ht
Region:
the Caribbean

Haiti

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
1995
population
2003-08-07
census
source: Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI), Haiti.
Artibonite Gonaïves 4,984 1,013,779 1,070,397
Centre Hinche 3,675 490,790 565,043
Grand' Anse Jérémie 3,310 641,399 603,894
Nord Cap-Haïtien 2,106 759,318 773,546
Nord-Est Fort-Liberté 1,805 248,764 300,493
Nord-Ouest Port-de-Paix 2,176 420,971 445,080
Ouest Port-au-Prince 4,827 2,494,862 3,093,699
Sud Les Cayes 2,794 653,398 627,311
Sud-Est Jacmel 2,023 457,013 449,585
total   27,700 7,180,294 7,929,048

Main cities

name population
1990
estimate
population
1995
estimate
Port-au-Prince 690,168 846,247
Carrefour 216,930 277,662
Delmas 178,990 232,142
Cap-Haïtien 86,445 100,638
Pétionville 55,312 69,543
Gonaïves 49,320 59,049
source: Ambassade d'Haïti, Washington DC.
note: The metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince was estimated at 1,425,594 for 1995.