Haiti's cities at a glance
Dots sized by population · Port-au-Prince in orange
Haiti has 1 city with more than a million inhabitants and 15 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Port-au-Prince with 1,234,742 people, followed by Carrefour (511,345) and Delmas (395,260). The three largest cities together hold about 17.7% of the country's 12.1 million people.
The capital, Port-au-Prince, is also the largest city.
By region, the most large cities are in Ouest (14), Artibonite (5), Nord (3).
Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Haiti population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Haiti atlas.
Haiti cities by population
| # | City | Region | Population | Share of Haiti |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port-au-PrinceCapital | Ouest | 1,234,742 | 10.2% |
| 2 | Carrefour | Ouest | 511,345 | 4.2% |
| 3 | Delmas | Ouest | 395,260 | 3.3% |
| 4 | Pétionville | Ouest | 376,834 | 3.1% |
| 5 | Port-de-Paix | Nord-Ouest | 306,217 | 2.5% |
| 6 | Saint-Marc | Artibonite | 266,642 | 2.2% |
| 7 | Cité Soleil | Ouest | 265,072 | 2.2% |
| 8 | Croix-des-Bouquets | Ouest | 229,127 | 1.9% |
| 9 | Dessalines | Artibonite | 181,903 | 1.5% |
| 10 | Jacmel | Sud-Est | 137,966 | 1.1% |
| 11 | Cap-Haïtien | Nord | 134,815 | 1.1% |
| 12 | Léogâne | Ouest | 134,190 | 1.1% |
| 13 | Arcahaie | Ouest | 130,306 | 1.1% |
| 14 | Les Cayes | Sud | 125,799 | 1% |
| 15 | Tigwav | Ouest | 117,504 | 1% |
| 16 | Jérémie | Grand'Anse | 97,503 | 0.8% |
| 17 | Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye | Artibonite | 95,216 | 0.8% |
| 18 | Miragoâne | Nippes | 89,202 | 0.7% |
| 19 | Gonaïves | Artibonite | 84,961 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Thomazeau | Ouest | 52,017 | 0.4% |
| 21 | Grangwav | Ouest | 49,288 | 0.4% |
| 22 | Verrettes | Artibonite | 48,724 | 0.4% |
| 23 | Kenscoff | Ouest | 42,175 | 0.3% |
| 24 | Saint-Raphaël | Nord | 37,739 | 0.3% |
| 25 | Ti Port-de-Paix | Nord-Ouest | 34,657 | 0.3% |
| 26 | Lenbe | Nord | 32,645 | 0.3% |
| 27 | Gressier | Ouest | 25,947 | 0.2% |
| 28 | Terrier Rouge | Nord-Est | 21,328 | 0.2% |
| 29 | Hinche | Centre | 18,590 | 0.2% |
| 30 | Fond Parisien | Ouest | 18,256 | 0.2% |
Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.
Frequently asked questions
What is the largest city in Haiti?
Port-au-Prince, with about 1,234,742 inhabitants (city proper).
What is the capital of Haiti?
Port-au-Prince — population 1,234,742, the largest city in the country.
How many cities in Haiti have over one million people?
1: Port-au-Prince.
Are these metropolitan-area populations?
No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.
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