_#_Environment: lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; deforestation; soil erosion
_#_Note: shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic
_*People #_Population: 6,286,511 (July 1991), growth rate 2.3% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 43 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 15 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 5 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 106 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 52 years male, 55 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 6.3 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Haitian(s); adjective—Haitian