Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago
Population:
1,175,523 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
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:
Infant mortality rate:
25.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate:
1.83 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
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 Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Muslim 5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7%
Languages:
English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese
Literacy:
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.)
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.)
total population:
67.97 years
male:
65.45 years
female:
70.59 years (2000 est.)
noun:
Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)
adjective:
Trinidadian, Tobagonian
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97.9%
male:
98.8%
female:
97% (1995 est.)