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Haiti
19.0N 72.4W · 27 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE · 1 JANUARY 1804
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1986 - present · Democracy, Disaster, and Collapse
8 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
Dec 1990 · Aristide elected 1 REF
1994 CE · Twenty thousand US troops restore Aristide 1 REF
1915 - 1986 · Occupation and Dictatorship
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1915-1934 · United States occupation 1 REF
7 Feb 1986 · Fall of Baby Doc 2 REFS
1804 - 1915 · Kingdom, Republic, and the Indemnity
8 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1811 CE · Christophe crowned King Henry I 2 REFS
1825 CE · The French indemnity 3 REFS
1791 - 1804 · The Haitian Revolution and Independence
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1802 CE · Napoleon's expedition; Toussaint deported 2 REFS
1 Jan 1804 · Independence proclaimed 2 REFS
1697 - 1791 · Saint-Domingue: The Richest Colony on Earth
2 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1697 CE · France gains Saint-Domingue 2 REFS
by 1789 · World's richest colony 2 REFS
c. 600 - 1697 · Quisqueya: The Taino and Spanish Hispaniola
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6 Dec 1492 · Columbus lands on Hispaniola 2 REFS
early 16th c. · Collapse of the Taino 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Port-au-Prince
- Population
- 11 m
- Area
- 27,750 km²
- Region
- Caribbean
- Languages
- French, Haitian Creole
- Currency
- Haitian gourde (G)
- Demonym
- Haitian
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$32 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$2,694’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
-2.7%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
28.6%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
15.9%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
12 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
65.1 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
55.6%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.6’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
68.0%’17 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
34.7’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
45.4’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
12.1’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
31.8’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
29.4’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
16.7’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
3.2%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.29’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
52.8’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
77.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
68.0%’17 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
1.0%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
184.0%’16 WB-UNESCO
Technology
Internet users
47.9%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
65’22 WB-ITU
Geography
Land area
27,560 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
12.3%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
65.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.3’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
76.7%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
0.3%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.3%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
53.9%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
0.1%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$20 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
1,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($32 B), superseding 2024 ($25 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($2,694), superseding 2024 ($2,143) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (-2.7%), superseding 2024 (-4.2%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (28.6%), superseding 2024 (26.9%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (15.9%), superseding 2024 (22.2%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (53.9%), superseding 2023 (51.3%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (12 m), superseding 2024 (12 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (55.6%), superseding 2024 (55.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14