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Haiti — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

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Haiti had an estimated population of 8,175,610 in 2005, with 38 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Haiti today — population now 12,037,506, against 8,175,610 in 2005.

Source2005NowChange
World Gazetteer (the work cited)8,175,610
UN World Population Prospects9,061,27312,037,506+33%

The two sources differ by 10% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Port-au-Prince2,166,209

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)Today
1Port-au-PrinceOuest1,234,7421,234,742 now
2CarrefourOuest439,581511,345 now
3DelmasOuest377,187395,260 now
4Cap-HaïtienNord134,815134,815 now
5PétionvilleOuest108,227
6GonaïvesArtibonite84,96184,961 now
7Saint-MarcArtibonite66,226
8Les CayesSud59,319125,799 now
9VerrettesArtibonite48,72448,724 now
10Port-de-PaixNord-Ouest34,657
11JacmelSud-Est33,563
12LimbeNord32,645
13JérémieGrandʿAnse30,917
14LʿArtiboniteArtibonite25,760
15HincheCentre18,57718,590 now
16Petit GoâveOuest14,531
17DesdunesArtibonite12,990
18DessalinesArtibonite12,313
19Saint-Louis-du-NordNord-Ouest11,84411,849 now
20Saint-Michel-de-lʿAtalayeArtibonite11,736
21LéogâneOuest11,545
22Fort-LibertéNord-Est11,47111,465 now
23Trou-du-NordNord-Est10,56910,569 now
24OuanamintheNord-Est10,15210,118 now
25MirebalaisCentre9,0889,082 now
26Grande Rivière du NordNord8,8258,836 now
27LascahobasOuest7,5647,574 now
28Anse-dʿHainaultGrandʿAnse7,266
29Gros-MorneArtibonite7,2347,294 now
30Anse-à-GaletsOuest7,1667,178 now
31PignonNord6,7666,731 now
32Croix-des-BouquetsNord6,472
33Dame MarieGrandʿAnse6,0086,036 now
34MiragoâneGrandʿAnse6,008
35Saint-RaphaelArtibonite6,002
36AquinSud5,2195,246 now
37KenscoffOuest5,176
38DéracNord-Est1,808

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Ouest3,089,001
2Artibonite1,128,045
3Nord829,597
4Sud690,250
5GrandʿAnse684,626
6Centre538,551
7Nord-Ouest482,858
8Sud-Est469,051
9Nord-Est263,631

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.