How many people live in Haiti right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
12,078,625
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 82 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.15%
- Median age
- 24.3 years
- Children per woman
- 2.55
- Life expectancy
- 65.5 years
- People per km²
- 437
According to UN estimates, about 12.1 million people live in Haiti right now. It ranks 82nd out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Tunisia and Belgium, and it is home to one in every 689 people on the planet.
Every day, about 700 people are born there and about 260 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 32,000 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 360 people a day (1.08% a year).
In 1950, about 3.3 million people lived there. Today there are 3.7 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2076, at about 15.7 million, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 14.7 million people (22% more than today), and by 2100 about 15.2 million.
Half of its people are younger than 24 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.55 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 66 years (worldwide, 74). There are 437 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Haiti in 2026?
- Haiti has about 12.1 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 12,037,506.
- How many people are born each day in Haiti?
- About 700 a day (257,000 a year). About 260 people die each day (94,300 a year).
- Is the population of Haiti growing?
- Yes: it grows by 1.08% a year, or about 130,000 people.
- What will the population of Haiti be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 14.7 million, with a peak around 2076 at about 15.7 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Bolivia 12,801,731
- South Sudan 12,515,079
- Tunisia 12,434,414
- Belgium 11,779,074
- Dominican Republic 11,636,809
- Jordan 11,661,872
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,799
- Brazil 213,783,615
- Mexico 133,319,902
- Colombia 54,089,701
- Argentina 46,051,068
- Canada 40,567,080
- Peru 35,027,449
- Venezuela 28,673,199
- Chile 19,971,250
- Guatemala 19,055,603
- Ecuador 18,493,716
- Bolivia 12,801,731
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.