People (Haiti)
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     Population:
       6,384,877 (July 1993 est.)
     Population growth rate:
       1.68% (1993 est.)
     Birth rate:
       40.77 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
     Death rate:
       18.88 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
     Net migration rate:
       -5.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
     Infant mortality rate:
       109.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
     Life expectancy at birth:
      total population:
       45.45 years
      male:
       43.88 years
      female:
       47.11 years (1993 est.)
     Total fertility rate:
       6.05 children born/woman (1993 est.)
     Nationality:  noun:
       Haitian(s)
      adjective:
       Haitian
     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 (1990)
      total population:
       53%
      male:
       59%
      female:
       47%
     Labor force:
       2.3 million
      by occupation:
       agriculture 66%, services 25%, industry 9%
      note:
       shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1982)