Cap-Haitien — UN urban centre
Cap-Haitien: 331,899 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,731 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2069; territory: Haiti (HTI). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 19.7414, -72.2059. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 107,001 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 122,082 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 138,548 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 159,180 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 186,780 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 210,192 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 238,157 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 264,054 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 282,278 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 301,349 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 331,899 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 352,079 | Projection |
| 2035 | 370,184 | Projection |
| 2040 | 394,765 | Projection |
| 2045 | 412,732 | Projection |
| 2050 | 431,119 | Projection |
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