By: Beth Richardson

&
Ashley Best
 Population
• The current population
of Haiti is about
8,300,000 people.
• The population density
is about 292.7 people
per square km.
• Their abject poverty
rate is 80%, they have
almost 90%
unemployment rate,
and 50% are illiterate.
• Their country covers
27,560 square
Income
• Half of their population only
makes $60 a year.

• The legal minimum wage is 70

gourdes, which is congruent
to $1.70 in the US, per day
applies to most workers in the
formal sectors.

• More than half the Haitians

live on less than a dollar a
day.

• GDP per capita $1,800 (est.

2006)
 Health Care
• 90% of the HIV/AIDS cases in the
Caribbean belong to Haiti.
• 300,000 cases of HIV/AIDS deaths
were identified leaving 163,000
orphans.
• Tuberculosis is the leading cause
of adult mortality in Haiti, and
they have the highest rates of TB
in their hemisphere.
• 12% of children die before their
first birthday.
• 1/3 of their children die before
they reach the age of 5.
• Only one in every 10,000 Haitians
have access to a physician.
• They spend $54 a year compared
to $4,499 in the US and $483 in
Mexico on healthcare.
Places to Live
• 75% of the population lives
in a rural area.

• 25% of the population lives

in an urban area.

• 20% of their land is arable

but about 20% of their
people live on that section
of land.
 % Industrial vs. %
Agricultural
• 37.5% of Haiti is
Agricultural.

• 28% Industry

• 34.5% service
Statistics
• Male life expectancy is 55
years old.

• Female life expectancy

about 59 years old.

• Birth rate is about 36

births per 1,000 people.

• Death rate is about 10

deaths per 1,000 people.

• Infant mortality rate is 74

babies per 1,000.
 Causes of Overpopulation in
Haiti
• They would prefer to have
boys over girls so they
continue to have children
until they conceive males.
• A lack of education could
also be a cause.
• Their religion sometimes
keeps them from using
birth control and other
factors of their religion
come into play.
• In some cases they have
more than one partner and
that would also cause a
rise in their population
Consequences of
Overpopulation
• Lack of healthcare.
• Shortage of food/nutrients.
(starvation)
• Poor living conditions.
• Contaminated water.
• Spread of diseases such as
HIV/AIDS.
• Poverty because of the
shortage in their
employment.
• There are more people to
cause pollution.
• There would also be a
higher death rate due to
the reasons stated above.
• Depleted forests
 Possible Solutions for
Overpopulation
• Sexual Education could
help the problem of
overpopulation.
• Industrialization would also
help the problem.
• Make contraceptives more
available to the people.
• Government could put a
legal limit on the number
of children that the citizens
are permitted to have.
(such as in China)
• Haiti should educate their
women in the same way
they educate their males
so women are capable of
doing the tasks that are
given to the males.
 Current Events in Haiti
• http://www.miamiherald.com/1379/story
• http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db90
• http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miam
 My Most Used Sites
• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/wo

• http://globaledge.msu.edu/countryinsigh
=131&regionID=4