The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

and over: 3.7% (male 131,784; female 145,959) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 17.9 years

       male: 17.4 years

       female: 18.5 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       1.67% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       34.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       13.36 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −4.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 76.01 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 70.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 81.59 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 51.61 years

       male: 50.36 years

       female: 52.92 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       4.86 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       6.1% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       250,000 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       30,000 (2001 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Haitian(s) adjective: Haitian

      Ethnic groups:

       black 95%, mulatto and white 5%

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%,

       Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982)

       note: roughly half of the population also practices Voodoo

      Languages:

       French (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.)

      Government Haiti

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Haiti

       conventional short form: Haiti

       local short form: Haiti

       local long form: Republique d'Haiti

      Government type:

       elected government

      Capital:

       Port-au-Prince

      Administrative divisions:

       9 departments (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite,

       Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est

      Independence:

       1 January 1804 (from France)

      National holiday:

       Independence Day, 1 January (1804)

      Constitution:

       approved March 1987; suspended June 1988, with most articles

       reinstated March 1989; in October 1991, government claimed to be

       observing the constitution; return to constitutional rule, October

       1994

      Legal system:

       based on Roman civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE (since 7 February

       2001)

       head of government: Prime Minister Yvon NEPTUNE (since 4 March

       2002); note - former Prime Minister CHERESTAL resigned in January

       2002

       cabinet: Cabinet chosen by the prime minister in consultation with

       the president

       elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;

       election last held 26 November 2000 (next to be held NA 2005); prime

       minister appointed by the president, ratified by the National

       Assembly

       election results: Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE elected president; percent

       of vote - Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE 92%

      Legislative branch:

       bicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale consists of the

       Senate (27 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year

       terms; one-third elected every two years) and the Chamber of

       Deputies (83 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve

       four-year terms)

       elections: Senate - last held for two-thirds of seats 21 May 2000,

       with runoffs on 9 July boycotted by the opposition; seven seats

       still disputed; election for remaining one-third held on 26 November

       2000 (next to be held NA 2002); Chamber of Deputies - last held 21

       May 2000, with runoffs on 30 July boycotted by the opposition; one

       vacant seat rerun 26 November 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)

       election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by

       party - FL 26, independent 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote

       by party - NA%; seats by party - FL 73, MOCHRENA 3, PLB 2, OPL 1,

       vacant 1, other minor parties and independents 3

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation

      Political parties and leaders:

       Alliance for the Liberation and Advancement of Haiti or ALAH

       [Reynold GEORGES]; Assembly of Progressive National Democrats or

       RDNP [Leslie MANIGAT]; Convergence (opposition coalition composed of

       ESPACE, OPL, and MOCHRENA) [Gerard PIERRE-CHARLES, Evans PAUL, Luc

       MESADIEU, Victor BENOIT]; Democratic Consultation Group coalition or

       ESPACE [Evans PAUL, Victor BENOIT] composed of the following

       parties: National Congress of Democratic Movements or KONAKOM,

       National Progressive Revolutionary Party or PANPRA, Generation 2004,

       and Haiti Can; Haitian Christian Democratic Party or PDCH

       [Marie-France CLAUDE]; Haitian Democratic Party or PADEM [Clark

       PARENT]; Lavalas Family or FL [Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE]; Mobilization

       for National Development or MDN [Hubert DE RONCERAY]; Movement for

       National