Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Trinidad and Tobago. Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt. Mother's mean age at first birth is (), whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is 27 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
Location | Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela |
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Geographic coordinates | 11 00 N, 61 00 W |
Map references | Central America and the Caribbean |
Tarrain | mostly plains with some hills and low mountains |
Natural Resources | petroleum, natural gas, asphalt |
Natural Hazards | outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms |
Irrigated Land | 70 sq km (2012) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Major aquifers | |
Land Boundaries | 0 km |
Border Countries | |
Coastline | 362 km |
Climate | tropical; rainy season (June to December) |
Area | |
Total Area | |
Land Area | 5,128 sq km |
Water Area | 0 sq km |
comparative Area | slightly smaller than Delaware |
Maritime Claims | |
Territorial sea | 12 nm |
Contiguous zone | 24 nm |
Exclusive economic zone | 200 nm |
Continental shelf | 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental margin |
Elevations | |
Highest point | El Cerro del Aripo 940 m |
Lowest point | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
Mean elevation | 83 m |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 10.6% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 4.9% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 4.3% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 1.4% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 44% (2018 est.) |
Other | 45.4% (2018 est.) |
Population on Trinidad is concentrated in the western half of the island, on Tobago in the southern half
In Trinidad and Tobago, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: East Indian 35.4%, African descent 34.2%, mixed - other 15.3%, mixed - African/East Indian 7.7%, other 1.3%, unspecified 6.2% (2011 est.)
Population | |
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Pop growth rate | 0.1% (2024 est.) |
Birth rate | 10.5 births/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Death rate | 8.6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Health expenditure | 7.3% of GDP (2020) |
Physicians Density | |
Hospital bed Density | 3 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
Total fertility rate | 1.63 children born/woman (2024 est.) |
Gross reproduction rate | 0.8 (2024 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | NA |
Est married women (ages 15-49) | 48.6% (2023 est.) |
Literacy | age 15 and over can read and write |
Education expenditures | 4.1% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Net Migration rate | -0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Nationality | Trinidadian, Tobagonian | Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s) |
Languages | English (official), Trinidadian Creole English, Tobagonian Creole English, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Trinidadian Creole French, Spanish, Chinese |
Religions | Protestant 32.1% (Pentecostal/Evangelical/Full Gospel 12%, Baptist 6.9%, Anglican 5.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.1%, Presbyterian/Congregational 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 | 18.7% (male 134,508/female 129,180) |
15-64 years | 67.2% (male 481,606/female 465,150) |
65 years and over | 14.1% (2024 est.) (male 92,146/female 106,376) |
Dependency Ratios | |
Total dependency ratio | 43.7 |
Youth dependency ratio | 29.3 |
Elderly dependency ratio | 16.8 |
Potential support ratio | 7.4 (2021 est.) |
Median Age | |
Total | 38.5 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 38 years |
Female | 39 years |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 53.4% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 0.23% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 545,000 PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) (2023). |
Sex Ratio | |
At birth | 1.04 male(s)/female |
0-14 years | 1.04 male(s)/female |
15-64 years | 1.04 male(s)/female |
65 years and over | 0.87 male(s)/female |
Total population | 1.01 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
Infant Motality | |
Total | 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.) |
Male | 17.1 deaths/1,000 live births |
Female | 13 deaths/1,000 live births |
Life Expectancy at birth | |
Total population | 76.5 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 74.6 years |
Female | 78.4 years |
Drinking Water Sources | |
Improved: urban | urban: NA |
Improved: rural | rural: NA |
Improved: total | total: 100% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: NA |
Unimproved: rural | rural: NA |
Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2020 est.) |
Sanitation facility acess | |
Improved: urban | urban: NA |
Improved: rural | rural: NA |
Improved: total | total: 99.9% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: NA |
Unimproved: rural | rural: NA |
Unimproved: total | total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.) |
Alcohol consumption per capita | |
Total | 5.81 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Beer | 2.92 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Wine | 0.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Spirits | 2.65 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Other alcohols | 0.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
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