Government of Canada

Facts at a Glance

This table provides some facts about Haiti related to international development and compares them with similar facts about Canada.

Topic Haiti Canada
Official name: Republic of Haiti Canada
Capital: Port-au-Prince Ottawa
Area (thousands of km2) 28 9,985
Population (millions) 10.0 (2009) 33.9 (2009)
Population density (per km2) 357 (2009) 3 (2009)
Urban population (%-2009) 48 81
Gross national income (GNI) (per capita) US$660 (2008) US$41,730 (2008)
GNI purchasing power parity (PPP) (per capita): US$1,180 (2008) US$36,220 (2008)
Structure of GDP PIB (%-2008)
Agriculture
Industry
Services

N/A
N/A
N/A

2
32
66
Ecological footprint (global hectares per person-2005): 0.5 7.1
Human development index HDI ranking: 149th of 182 countries (2007) 4th (2007)
Gender-related development index (GDI ) ranking N/A of 155 countries (2007) 4th (2007)
Life expectancy at birth: 47 (1970), 61 (2008) 73 (1970), 81 (2008)
Mortality rate under 5 years old (per 1,000) 151 (1990), 72 (2008) 8 (1990), 6 (2008)
Adult literacy rate (% 2000-2007)
Total
Men
Women

62
60
64

99
99
99
Population using improved drinking water sources (%-2008)
Total
Urban
Rural


63
71
55


100
100
99