Haiti

Exact population: 8,308,504 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)
Literacy: Total population: 52.9%; male: 54.8%; female: 51.2%
Ethnicities: Black 95%, mulatto and white 5%
Land boundaries: Total: 360 km; border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km
Terrain: Mostly rough and mountainous
Extremes: Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m; highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
Imports: US 34.8%, Netherlands Antilles 18%, Malaysia 5.1%, Colombia 4.7% (2004)
Exports: US 81.2%, Dominican Republic 7.3%, Canada 4.1% (2004)
Industries: Sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, light assembly industries based on imported parts

Source: CIA World Factbook