Haiti is 800 miles southeast of Miami, FL, just 100 minutes air travel time, occupying the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is only 60 miles from Cuba. About equal to the size of Maryland. Approximately 7.1 million people.
Population growth is quite rapid in Haiti.
Since the beginning of the 20th century there has been a fourfold increase in population. This expansion took place despite high rates of mortality. Population growth is reduced by external migration. Since the early 1960s Haitians have been emigrating at a rate of some 50,000 per year. The main destinations for Haitian emigrants have been Cuba and the Dominican Republic.