Haiti
Republic of Haiti · Caribbean
Haiti is a country in Caribbean, with Port-au-Prince as its capital, home to about 11,906,095 people. Haiti shares a land border with one country, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Port-au-Prince |
|---|---|
| Region | Caribbean |
| Currency | Haitian gourde (HTG G) |
| Calling code | +509 |
| ISO codes | HT / HTI / 332 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇭🇹 |
| Population | 11,906,095 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 27,750 km² |
| Languages | French, Haitian Creole |
| Internet domain | .ht |
| Demonym | Haitian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Haiti mean?
Haiti's flag is what remains of the French tricolour after independence. On 18 May 1803, the last day of the Congress of Arcahaie, Jean-Jacques Dessalines tore the white centre out of a French flag and discarded it because of its association with white Europeans, then had his god-daughter Catherine Flon sew the blue and red bands together. Blue is recorded as standing for the country's Black population and red for its mixed-race population. The state flag adds a white panel bearing the coat of arms: a trophy of weapons on a green hill and a royal palm crowned with the Cap of Liberty, above the motto L'Union fait la Force, 'unity is strength'. The design goes back to 1806 under President Alexandre Petion and was most recently readopted on 25 February 2012.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Haiti
About Haiti
Haiti, officially Republic of Haiti, is a United Nations member state in Caribbean. Its capital and seat of government is Port-au-Prince. It shares land borders with 1 country. The official currency is the Haitian gourde (G), using the code HTG.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Haiti for Port-au-Prince’s own facts and history.
To call Haiti from abroad, dial the country code +509. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes HT (alpha-2) and HTI (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 11,906,095.
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How Haiti compares
- Area: 27,750 km², ranking 143 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 11,906,095, ranking 82 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 429 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 1, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Haiti
17 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout. Showing the first 12.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.