Languages: Creole and French. Population: Approximately
16,000 Currency: Gourde = 100 centimes. Life Expectancy: 51.8 years; 40% of the population is under 15 years of age. Childhood Mortality Rate: 9.5% Fertility Rate: 5.02 children born per woman. Literacy: Very low; data
not available. Inflation: 22%. Religion: Voudou
and traditional Christian, Catholic, Protestant, Pentecostal,
Adventist, etc. Standard of Living: 80% of the population
lives in absolute poverty. The economic activity is one
of basic survival consisting of fishing, corn cultivation and
selling of fruits and coal. Basic Diet: rice, corn, millet,
wheat, beans, manioc, sweet potatoes, tubers, striped Tunny
(a fish), kasava and plantains. |