HAITI QUICK FACTS

Capital: Port-au-Prince
Population: 6,731,539 (1992 estimate)
Principal languages: Haitian Creole, French
Religions: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16%, Voodoo widely practiced
Literacy (1993): 45%
Per Capita GDP: $870
Motor Vehicles: 32,000 passenger cars, 21,000 commercial vehicles
Telephones: 1 per 164 persons
Televison sets: 1 per 260 persons
Life expectancy at birth: (1996) 47 male, 51 female