Trinidad and Tobago: People & Society#
| Population | 1,220,479 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s) adjective: Trinidadian, Tobagonian |
| Ethnic groups | East Indian 35.4%, African 34.2%, mixed - other 15.3%, mixed African/East Indian 7.7%, other 1.3%, unspecified 6.2% (2011 est.) |
| Languages | English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese |
| Religions | Protestant 32.1% (Pentecostal/Evangelical/Full Gospel 12%, Baptist 6.9%, Anglican 5.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.1%, Presbyterian/Congretational 2.5%, other Protestant 0.9%), Roman Catholic 21.6%, Hindu 18.2%, Muslim 5%, Jehovah's Witness 1.5%, other 8.4%, none 2.2%, unspecified 11.1% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 19.34% (male 120,214/female 115,821) 15-24 years: 12.24% (male 77,738/female 71,629) 25-54 years: 46.1% (male 292,819/female 269,855) 55-64 years: 12.09% (male 73,457/female 74,062) 65 years and over: 10.23% (male 54,334/female 70,550) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 43.2% youth dependency ratio: 29.8% elderly dependency ratio: 13.5% potential support ratio: 7.4% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 35.5 years male: 35 years female: 36 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.17% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 13.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -6.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | population on Trinidad is concentrated in the western half of the island, on Tobago in the southern half |
| Urbanization | urban population: 8.4% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: -1.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) 34,000 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 63 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.9 years male: 69.9 years female: 75.9 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.71 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 42.5% (2006) |
| Health expenditures | 5.9% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 1.18 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.7 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 95.1% of population rural: 95.1% of population total: 95.1% of population unimproved: urban: 4.9% of population rural: 4.9% of population total: 4.9% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 91.5% of population rural: 91.5% of population total: 91.5% of population unimproved: urban: 8.5% of population rural: 8.5% of population total: 8.5% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 1.22% (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 10,800 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 200 (2015 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 32.3% (2014) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99.2% female: 98.7% (2015 est.) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 1,201 percentage: 1% (2006 est.) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 9.2% male: 7.7% female: 11.4% (2013 est.) |