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GeographyLocation: Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic
Area: Land boundaries: total 275 km, Dominican Republic 275 km Coastline: 1,771 km
PeoplePopulation: 6,539,983 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.5% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 38.64 births/1,000 population Death rate: 18.65 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -4.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 107.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 5.82 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: black 95%, mulatto and European 5% Religions: Roman Catholic 80% (of which an overwhelming majority also practice Voodoo), Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982) Languages: French (official) 10%, Creole
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Port-au-Prince Independence: 1 January 1804 (from France) Constitution: approved March 1987, suspended June 1988, most articles reinstatedMarch 1989; October 1991, government claims to be observing the Constitution
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $5.6 billion National product real growth rate: -15% National product per capita: $870 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 52% Unemployment rate: 50%
Electricity:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |