Haitians

Haitians
Haïtiens / Ayisyen

Total population
Regions with significant populations
Haiti 10,604,000[1]
United States	1,138,855[2]
Dominican Republic	800,000[3]
Cuba	300,000[4]
Chile	185,000 (2022)[5] [6]
Brazil	181,404 (2024)[7]
Canada	178,990 (2021)[8]
Bahamas	80,000[9]
France	62,448[10][11][12]
Guyana	33,500[13][14]
Venezuela	30,000[15]
Dominica	7,600[16]
Turks and Caicos Islands	6,900[16]
Mexico	71,895 (2021)[17]
Suriname	4,000[18]
Switzerland	4,000 (2018)[19][20]
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,673[21]
Belgium	1,500-2,000[22]
United Kingdom	1,000[23]
Ecuador	1,000[24]
Aruba	1,000[16]
Argentina	600[25]
Netherlands	594[26]
Puerto Rico	536 - 5,000[27][28][29]
Peru	477 (2007)[30]
Spain	262 - 335[31] [32][33]
Languages
Haitian French, Haitian Creole, Frespañol
Religion
Roman Catholic 54.7%, Protestant 28.5%, (Baptist 15.4%, Pentecostal 7.9%, Adventist 3%, Methodist 1.5%, other 0.7%), Vodou 2.1%, other 4.6% none 10.2% (2003 est.)[34]
Related ethnic groups
African diaspora in the Americas, Caribbean people, Louisiana French, Louisiana Creoles, French Antilleans, French Canadians, French people

Haitians (French: Haïtiens, Haitian Creole: Ayisyen) are the citizens and nationals of Haiti. The Haitian people have their origins in Central and West Africa with the most spoken language being the French based Haitian Creole. The larger Haitian diaspora includes individuals that trace ancestry to Haiti and self-identify as Haitian but are not necessarily Haitian by citizenship. The United States and the Dominican Republic have the largest Haitian populations in the world after Haiti.

An ethnonational group, Haitians generally comprise the modern descendants of self-liberated Africans in the Caribbean territory historically referred to as Saint-Domingue. This includes the mulatto minority who denote corresponding European ancestry, notably from French settlers.^[35]