Haiti

Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and North America.

Flag of Haiti
Flag of Haiti · SVG
Outline map of Haiti
Outline, north up

Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola: Haiti is the western part, with two long peninsulas.

Capital
Port-au-Prince
Continent
North America
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Region
the Caribbean
Land neighbours
Dominican Republic
Population
11,906,095 (2025)
Total area
27,750 km² (2023)
Centre of main landmass
18.9° N, 72.7° W
Location of Haiti on a world map (Natural Earth projection).

Haiti at a glance

Haiti is a country in North America, in the Caribbean. Its capital is Port-au-Prince. Its only land neighbour is the Dominican Republic.

Within North America, Haiti has the lowest GDP per person ($2,694 in 2025, among 21 countries with data), the lowest life expectancy (65.1 years in 2024) and the highest fertility rate (2.63 births per woman in 2024).

Flag of Haiti

Haiti’s flag is drawn in the proportions 3:5 (height to width), like 18 other flags in our quizzes.

When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include the flag most like it in layout and colour: Liechtenstein.

Haiti in numbers

MeasureValueWorld rankRank in North America
Populationpeople · 202511,906,09582ndof 1955thof 23
Total areakm² · 202327,750 km²143rdof 19411thof 23
GDPUS dollars · 2025$32.08B108thof 18210thof 21
GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025$2,694141stof 18221stof 21
Life expectancyyears at birth · 202465.1 years168thof 19523rdof 23
Fertility ratebirths per woman · 20242.6368thof 1951stof 23
Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023$54167thof 19122ndof 22
Urban population% of people · 202555.6%124thof 19516thof 23
Internet users% of people · 202447.9%144thof 18023rdof 23
Forest cover% of land area · 202312.3%140thof 19123rdof 23
CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 20240.30 t160thof 18123rdof 23

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Haiti compared with its neighbours

CountryPopulation2025Area2023GDP per person2025
Haiti11,906,09527,750 km²$2,694
Dominican Republic11,520,48748,670 km²CIA World Factbook$11,059

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