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title: "Haiti — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Haiti: capital Port-au-Prince, area 27,750 km², population 11,906,095 (2025), currency Haitian gourde. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/haiti/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Haiti

**Haiti: Capital Port-au-Prince**

27,750 km² · 11,906,095 people (2025) · Haitian gourde

Occupies the western third of Hispaniola and is one of the most mountainous countries in the Caribbean — the name comes from a Taíno word meaning "land of high mountains". Pic la Selle reaches 2,680 m. The Citadelle Laferrière, built on a 900 m peak in the early 1800s, is the largest fortress in the Americas.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Port-au-Prince
- **Area:** 27,750 km² — 10,714 sq mi
- **Population:** 11,906,095 (2025)
- **Density:** 429.0 people per km²
- **Currency:** Haitian gourde (HTG, G)
- **Official languages:** French, Haitian Creole
- **Time zone:** UTC-05:00
- **Calling code:** +509
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** HT · HTI
- **Continent:** North America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 145 of 200
- **By population:** 83 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 | 1,938,431 |
| Burundi | 27,830 | 14,390,003 |
| Haiti ← | 27,750 | 11,906,095 |
| Rwanda | 26,338 | 14,569,341 |
| North Macedonia | 25,713 | 1,820,909 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Haiti?

Port-au-Prince

### What currency does Haiti use?

The Haitian gourde (HTG).

### How big is Haiti?

27,750 km², or 10,714 square miles — 145 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Haiti drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Equatorial Guinea](https://atoneplace.net/country/equatorial-guinea/)
- [Burundi](https://atoneplace.net/country/burundi/)
- [Rwanda](https://atoneplace.net/country/rwanda/)
- [North Macedonia](https://atoneplace.net/country/north-macedonia/)
- [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Guatemala](https://atoneplace.net/country/guatemala/)
- [Dominican Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/dominican-republic/)
- [Honduras](https://atoneplace.net/country/honduras/)
- [Cuba](https://atoneplace.net/country/cuba/)
- [Nicaragua](https://atoneplace.net/country/nicaragua/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]