Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago
Population: 1,175,523 (July 2000 est.)Age structure:
0-14 years:
25% (male 151,736; female 146,135)
15-64 years:
68% (male 410,668; female 389,303)
65 years and over:
7% (male 34,559; female 43,122) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.49% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 13.84 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 8.84 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -9.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.8 male(s)/female
total population:
1.03 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 25.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
67.97 years
male:
65.45 years
female:
70.59 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.83 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)
adjective:
Trinidadian, Tobagonian
Ethnic groups: black 39.5%, East Indian (a local term - primarily immigrants from Northern India) 40.3%, mixed 18.4%, white 0.6%, Chinese and other 1.2%
Religions: Roman Catholicism 29.4%, Hinduism 23.8%, Anglicanism 10.9%, Muslim 5.8%, Presbyterianism 3.4%, other 26.7%
Languages: English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97.9%
male:
98.8%
female:
97% (1995 est.)
- See also : Trinidad and Tobago
