| People | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Population:
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1,227,505 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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240 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 14% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) 57,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 19.5% (male 122,044/female 116,859)
15-64 years: 72.1% (male 455,148/female 429,990)
65 years and over: 8.4% (male 44,439/female 59,025) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 33.1 years
male: 32.6 years
female: 33.6 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.087% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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14.35 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-6.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.028 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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55 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 27.69 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.37 years
male: 68.51 years
female: 74.3 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.72 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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5.6% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.175 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
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2.5 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 93% of population
total: 34% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 7% of population
total: 6% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 92% of population
rural: 92% of population
total: 92% of population
unimproved:
urban: 8% of population
rural: 8% of population
total: 8% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.5% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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15,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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4.4% (2000) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)
adjective: Trinidadian, Tobagonian |
Ethnic groups:
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Indian (South Asian) 40%, African 37.5%, mixed 20.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 0.8% (2000 census) |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 25.8% (Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4%), Hindu 22.5%, Muslim 5.8%, other Christian 5.8%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9% (2000 census) |
Languages:
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English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.1%
female: 98% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2007) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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in 2007, the government of Trinidad and Tobago estimated the population to be 1.3 million |
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