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Haitiat a Glance

LocationLocation – Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic

Population8,121,622

Population Growth Rate2.26%

ReligionsRoman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982) note: roughly half of the population practices Voodoo

LanguagesFrench (official), Creole (official)

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