Inhabitants citizens of Haiti and their descendants in the Haitian diaspora
Haitians Haïtiens / Ayisyen
Total population
Regions with significant populations
Haiti10,604,000[1]
United States
1,036,385[2][3]
Dominican Republic
800,000[4]
Cuba
300,000[5]
Chile
180,272 (2021)[6]
Canada
165,095 (2016)[7]
Brazil
135,828 (2020)[8]
Bahamas
80,000[9]
Mexico
71,895 (2021)[10]
France
62,448[11][12][13]
Guyana
33,500[14][15]
Venezuela
30,000[16]
Dominica
7,600[17]
Turks and Caicos Islands
6,900[17]
Suriname
4,000[18]
Switzerland
4,000 (2018)[19][20]
U.S. Virgin Islands
1,673[21]
Belgium
1,500-2,000[22]
Ecuador
1,000[23]
Aruba
1,000[24]
Argentina
1,000[17]
Netherlands
600[25]
Puerto Rico
594[26]
Peru
536 - 5,000[27][28][29]
Spain
477 (2007)[30]
Italy
335[31]
262[32][33]
Languages
Haitian French, Haitian Creole, Frespañol
Religion
Roman Catholic 54.7%, Protestant 28.5%, (Baptist 15.4%, Pentecostal 7.9%, Adventist 3%, Methodist 1.5%, other 0.7%), Vodou 2.1%, other 4.6% none 10.2% (2003 est.)[34]
Related ethnic groups
African diaspora in the Americas, Latin Americans, Louisiana French, Louisiana Creoles, French Antilleans, French Canadians, French people
Haitians (French: Haïtiens, Haitian Creole: Ayisyen) are the citizens of Haiti and the descendants in the diaspora through direct parentage. An ethnonational group, Haitians generally comprise the modern descendants of self-liberated Africans in the Caribbean territory historically referred to as Saint-Domingue. This includes the mulatto minority who denote corresponding European ancestry, notably from French settlers.[35] By virtue of historical distinction, the vast majority of Haitians share and identify with this common African lineage, though a small number are descendants of contemporary immigrants from the Levant who sought refuge in the island nation during World War I and World War II.[36][37]
^Haiti & The Dominican Republic IMF population estimates
^Bureau, U. S. Census. "American FactFinder - Results". factfinder.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^"Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
^Pina, Diógenes. "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Deport Thy (Darker-Skinned) Neighbour". Inter Press Service (IPS). Archived from the original on March 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
^Haiti in Cuba Retrieved 2013-12-30.
^"Estimación población extranjera en Chile 2021". INE. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^Statistics Canada. "Census Profile, 2016 Census (Canada [Country])". Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^"Imigrantes internacionais registrados no Brasil". www.nepo.unicamp.br. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
^Bahamas outlook clouds for Haitians by Nick Davis, BBC News, 20 September 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
^Carrie Kahn (February 7, 2017). "Haitians Denied Entry Into The U.S. May Have To Start New Lives In Mexico". Morning Edition. NPR.
^"Présentation de Haïti" (in French).
^Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, 2008)
^"Haitian Creole", Ethnologue.com Website, accessed 4 May 2011
^"Celebrating 50 years of the Haitian diaspora in Guyana". Le Nouvelliste.
^Laëthier, Maud (2015). "The Role of Suriname in Haitian Migration to French Guiana". In and Out of Suriname. Brill. pp. 229–251. JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctt1w76x18.15.
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^"Diaspora wants a say in Haiti's future". 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-06-20. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^2010 Census U.S. Virgin Islands: Place of Birth
^Libre.be, La (January 16, 2010). "Réunion "de famille" pour les Haïtiens de Belgique". www.lalibre.be.
^"Quake brings UK Haitians together". BBC News. January 15, 2010.
^"Haitian Trafficking Victims Discovered in Ecuador | Inter Press Service". www.ipsnews.net. 14 April 2011.
^Frigerio, Alejandro (January 24, 2010). "AfroAmericanas: Inmigrantes haitianos en Argentina -según La Nacion.com".
^"NRC - Nieuws, achtergronden en onderzoeksjournalistiek". NRC.
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^"Haitian Illegal Immigration Through Puerto Rico Is Skyrocketing Too". 27 July 2014.
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