Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Haiti
One in every 513 babies in the world is born here: about 261,267 a year, 0.5 a minute.
- Population
- 11,906,095
- Births a year
- 261,267
- Life expectancy
- 65.2
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 52.8
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
68.5
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
61.9
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
39
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
52.8
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
328
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
1.6
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
8
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
3.1
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
18.8
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
41.2
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.63
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
15
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
58
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
17
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
1
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
37.8
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$2,678
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
41
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
40.4
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
14.9
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
47
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
58
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
52
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
56
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
54
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
73
World: 91
Internet users (%)
48
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
3.62
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
7.61
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
1.52
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 43.4 → 2026: 65.3 → 2050: 69
World
1960: 294 → 2026: 51 → 2050: 26
World
1960: 6.2 → 2026: 2.6 → 2050: 2.1
World
1960: 15 → 2026: 56 → 2050: 66
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Haiti comes up about once in every 513 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.