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Haitians

Haitians
Haïtiens / Ayisyen
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Total population
c. 13 million
Regions with significant populations
 Haiti 10,604,000
 United States 929,074
 Dominican Republic 800,000
 Cuba 300,000
 Canada 137,995
 France 90,000
 Bahamas 80,000
 French Guiana 42,500
 Guyana 33,500
 Venezuela 30,000
 Brazil 15,000
 Saint Martin 13,885
 Guadeloupe 8,000
 Dominica 7,600
 Turks and Caicos Islands 6,900
 Suriname 4,000
 Martinique 4,000
 Chile 4,000
 Mexico 1,935
 Puerto Rico 1,760
 U.S. Virgin Islands 1,673
 Belgium 1,500-2,000
 Cayman Islands 1,500
  Switzerland 1,000
 United Kingdom 1,000
 Ecuador 1,000
 Aruba 1,000
 Argentina 600
 Netherlands 594
 Spain 335
 Italy 262
 Austria 52
 Australia 25
Languages
French and Haitian Creole
Religion
Roman Catholic 80%, Haitian Vodou, Protestant 16%, (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), other 3% (Islam,Bahá'í Faith,Judaism)
Related ethnic groups
French, Africans, Latin Americans, Louisiana Creoles, Other Francophone people (particularly French Antillean and French Canadian)

Haitians (French: haïtiens, Haitian creole: ayisyen) are the inhabitants and citizens of Haiti. A Haitian can be also a person born abroad to a Haitian parent or a foreigner living in Haiti who acquired Haitian citizenship.

According to the Constitution of Haiti, a Haitian citizen is:

The Haitian Constitution of 2012 re-legalizes dual citizenship, allowing for Haitians living abroad to own land and run for Haitian political office (except for offices of president, prime minister, senator or member of the lower house of Parliament).

Haiti is a majority black country (5% are of mixed African and other racial makeup), however many peoples of different ethnic and national backgrounds have settled and had major influence in the country's 200+ year history such as Poles (Polish legion), Jews,Arabs (from the Arab diaspora), Chinese,Indians,Spanish, Germans (18th century and World War I), Italians, and French, most marrying into the majority black populace and in turn yielding mulattoes (many of whom are prominent in Haitian society).

The official languages of Haiti are French and Haitian Creole.

Traditionally, the two languages served different functions, with Haitian Creole the informal everyday language of all the people, regardless of social class, and French the language of formal situations: schools, newspapers, the law and the courts, and official documents and decrees. However, because the vast majority of Haitians speak only Creole, there have been efforts in recent years to expand its uses. In 1979, a law was passed that permitted Creole to be the language of instruction, and the Constitution of 1983 gave Creole the status of a national language. However, it was only in 1987 that the Constitution granted official status to Creole.


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