Haiti (; ; ), officially the
Republic of Haiti (; ), is a country in the
western hemisphere, and is located on the island of
Hispaniola, in the
Greater Antilles archipelago of the
Caribbean. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the
Dominican Republic. Haiti is in size and has an estimated 10.6 million people, making it the most populous country in the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the third-most populous country in the Caribbean as a whole.