Haiti
population: Natl annual projection (1 Jul 2024) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 3 metros tracked
🏙️ 3 tracked metros
| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #756 | Port-au-Prince★ Capital▲ Largest | Ouest | 2.9M | 2.5 | Emerging Metro |
| #3344 | Saint-Marc | Artibonite | 160K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3673 | Leogane | Ouest | 90K | 0.0 | Local Metro |
🗂️ Departments
10 entries listed under Haiti. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- French, Haitian Creole
- Currency
- Gourde (HTG)
- Legislature
- Parliament of Haiti
- Constitution
- 1987, 1 amendment event since
- Demonym
- Haitian
- Time zone
- UTC-05:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +509
- Internet TLD
- .ht
- ISO 3166
- HT
- Established
- 1804
- Highest point
- Peak la Selle (2,674 m (8,773 ft))
- National anthem
- La Dessalinienne
Facts via Wikidata.
📰 In the news3 stories
The Washington Post · 1 Aug 2026
"Mass layoffs hit Haitian workers as protected status ends"Over a million migrants, mostly Haitian, lost temporary protected status, with mass layoffs following at airports, nursing homes and schools.
The Washington Post · 27 Jun 2026
Nursing homes, factories brace for SCOTUS falloutEnding TPS clears a path to deport 350,000 Haitians and about 6,100 Syrians, leaving nursing homes and factories bracing for a labor shock.
Semafor · 26 Jun 2026
SCOTUS hands Trump four winsThe Court delivered four wins in one sitting, ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians, letting the border turn away asylum seekers, and blocking Roundup cancer suits.
💹 Economy and developmentLower middle income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations3 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History48 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Other
Alix Didier Fils-Aimé✦ Current
2024–PresentPrime Minister
Garry Conille
2024–2024Prime Minister
Transitional Presidential Council✦ Current
2024–PresentPresident
Ariel Henry
2021–2024President
Ariel Henry
2021–2024Prime Minister
Claude Joseph
2021–2021Prime Minister
Joseph Jouthe
2020–2021Prime Minister
Jean-Michel Lapin
2019–2020Prime Minister
Jean-Henry Céant
2018–2019Prime Minister
Jack Guy Lafontant
2017–2018Prime Minister
Jovenel Moïse
2017–2021President
Jocelerme Privert
2016–2017President
Show all 17 leaders
Joseph Michel Martelly
2011–2016President
René Préval
2006–2011President
Boniface Alexandre
2004–2006President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
2001–2004President
René Préval
1996–2001President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Alix Didier Fils-Aimé✦ Current | Prime Minister | 2024–Present |
| Garry Conille | Prime Minister | 2024–2024 |
| Transitional Presidential Council✦ Current | President | 2024–Present |
| Ariel Henry | President | 2021–2024 |
| Ariel Henry | Prime Minister | 2021–2024 |
| Claude Joseph | Prime Minister | 2021–2021 |
| Joseph Jouthe | Prime Minister | 2020–2021 |
| Jean-Michel Lapin | Prime Minister | 2019–2020 |
| Jean-Henry Céant | Prime Minister | 2018–2019 |
| Jack Guy Lafontant | Prime Minister | 2017–2018 |
| Jovenel Moïse | President | 2017–2021 |
| Jocelerme Privert | President | 2016–2017 |
| Joseph Michel Martelly | President | 2011–2016 |
| René Préval | President | 2006–2011 |
| Boniface Alexandre | President | 2004–2006 |
| Jean-Bertrand Aristide | President | 2001–2004 |
| René Préval | President | 1996–2001 |
Republic of Haiti
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
1994–1996President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
1991–1991President
⚠️ Jean-Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc)
1971–1986President
⚠️ François Duvalier (Papa Doc)
1957–1971President
Paul Magloire
1950–1956President
Dumarsais Estimé
1946–1950President
Élie Lescot
1941–1946President
Sténio Vincent
1930–1941President
Antoine Simon
1908–1911President
Nord Alexis
1902–1908President
Tirésias Simon Sam
1896–1902President
Florvil Hyppolite
1889–1896President
Show all 23 leaders
Lysius Salomon
1879–1888President
Boisrond Canal
1876–1879President
Michel Domingue
1874–1876President
Nissage Saget
1870–1874President
Sylvain Salnave
1867–1869President
Fabre Geffrard
1859–1867President
Jean-Baptiste Riché
1846–1847President
Jean-Louis Pierrot
1845–1846President
Philippe Guerrier
1844–1845President
Charles Rivière-Hérard
1843–1844President
Jean-Pierre Boyer
1818–1843President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Bertrand Aristide | President | 1994–1996 |
| Jean-Bertrand Aristide | President | 1991–1991 |
| ⚠️ Jean-Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc) | President | 1971–1986 |
| ⚠️ François Duvalier (Papa Doc) | President | 1957–1971 |
| Paul Magloire | President | 1950–1956 |
| Dumarsais Estimé | President | 1946–1950 |
| Élie Lescot | President | 1941–1946 |
| Sténio Vincent | President | 1930–1941 |
| Antoine Simon | President | 1908–1911 |
| Nord Alexis | President | 1902–1908 |
| Tirésias Simon Sam | President | 1896–1902 |
| Florvil Hyppolite | President | 1889–1896 |
| Lysius Salomon | President | 1879–1888 |
| Boisrond Canal | President | 1876–1879 |
| Michel Domingue | President | 1874–1876 |
| Nissage Saget | President | 1870–1874 |
| Sylvain Salnave | President | 1867–1869 |
| Fabre Geffrard | President | 1859–1867 |
| Jean-Baptiste Riché | President | 1846–1847 |
| Jean-Louis Pierrot | President | 1845–1846 |
| Philippe Guerrier | President | 1844–1845 |
| Charles Rivière-Hérard | President | 1843–1844 |
| Jean-Pierre Boyer | President | 1818–1843 |
military junta
Raoul Cédras
1991–1994Chairman
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Raoul Cédras | Chairman | 1991–1994 |
military
Henri Namphy
1986–1988President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Henri Namphy | President | 1986–1988 |
US occupation
Louis Borno
1922–1930President
Sudre Dartiguenave
1915–1922President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Borno | President | 1922–1930 |
| Sudre Dartiguenave | President | 1915–1922 |
Empire of Haiti
👑 Faustin Soulouque (Faustin I)
1847–1859Emperor
👑 Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Jacques I)
1804–1806Emperor
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 👑 Faustin Soulouque (Faustin I) | Emperor | 1847–1859 |
| 👑 Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Jacques I) | Emperor | 1804–1806 |
Kingdom (north)
👑 Henri Christophe (Henri I)
1811–1820King
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 👑 Henri Christophe (Henri I) | King | 1811–1820 |
Republic (south)
Alexandre Pétion
1807–1818President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Pétion | President | 1807–1818 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19456 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States occupation of Haiti | 1915–1934 | United States | — |
| Dominican War of Independence | 1844–1856 | Dominican Republic | — |
| Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo | 1822–1844 | Haiti | — |
| Haitian invasion of Santo Domingo | 1805 | France,Spain Spain | — |
| Fourth quarter of the Haitian Revolution | 1802–1804 | France | — |
| Haitian Revolution | 1791–1804 | France,Polish Legions | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Haiti: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
🏆 National Teams
Haiti on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Haiti's national teams, newest first. 1 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1973-12-18 | Haiti | CONCACAF Championship |
