Demographics & population — Trinidad and Tobago
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Trinidad and Tobago: 1,208,789
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Population overview
- Population
1,208,789
- Population Growth Rate
-0.09%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) 66,000
Age & family
- Age Structure
- Median Age
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
14
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
8.42
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
1.71
- Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49
42.5%
- Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49
42.5%
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
-6.59
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
East Indian (a local term - primarily immigrants from northern India) 40.3%, black 39.5%, mixed 18.4%, white 0.6%, Chinese and other 1.2%
- Nationality Noun
Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)
Education
- Literacy - total population
98.6%
- Literacy - male
99.1%
- Literacy - female
98%
- Literacy Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
3.2%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
46
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
1.18
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
2.1
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
5.7%
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
29.3%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- Underweight - percent of children under five years
4.4%