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Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago People Profile 2012

2012/04/05

Trinidad and Tobago People Profile 2012

About 40 % of the population are blacks, another 40 % East Indians, and the rest of mixed or European ancestry. English is the main language. Christianity, represented mostly by the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, is the principal religion. Among the East Indians, Hindus out-number Muslims.

Population

Value:

1 229 953

Date:

juil.-09

Comparison to the world:

155

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

19.6% (male 123,214/female 117,584)

Year:

2009

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

72.6% (male 457,868/female 434,486)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

7.9% (male 41,467/female 55,334)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

32.1 years

Year:

2009

Name:

male

Value:

31.6 years

Name:

female

Value:

32.7 years

Population growth rate

Value:

—0.102%

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

213

Birth rate

Value:

14.36 births/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

147

Death rate

Value:

8.11 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July 2009

Comparison to the world:

105

Net migration rate

Value:

—7.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

170

Urbanization

Urban population:

13% of total population

Rate of urbanization:

2.9% annual rate of change

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.03 male(s)/female

Year:

2009

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.75 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

1.02 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

29.93 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

31.14 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

28.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2009

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

70.86 years

Comparison to the world:

135

Male value:

67.98 years

Female value:

73.82 years

Year:

2009

Total fertility rate

Value:

1.72 children born/woman

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

168

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

1,50%

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

14 000

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

1 900

Year:

2003

Comparison to the world:

Nationality

Noun:

Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)

Adjective:

Trinidadian, Tobagonian

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> Indian (South Asian) 40%, African 37.5%, mixed 20.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 0.8%</p>

Religions

Value:

Roman Catholic 26%, Hindu 22.5%, Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Muslim 5.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4%, other Christian 5.8%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9%

Note:

2000 census

Languages

Languages info:

English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese

Literacy

Definition:

age 15 and over can read and write

Total population:

98,6%

Male:

99,1%