Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Area:
total area:
5,130 sq km
land area:
5,130 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Delaware
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
362 km
People
Population:
1,271,159 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
31% (female 191,627; male 198,225)
15-64 years:
64% (female 399,726; male 407,495)
65 years and over:
5% (female 40,577; male 33,509)
Population growth rate:
0.12% (1995 est.)
Birth rate:
16.62 births/1,000 population
Death rate:
6.88 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate:
-8.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate:
18.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
70.14 years
male:
67.75 years
female:
72.6 years
Total fertility rate:
2.01 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
black 43%, East Indian (a local term - primarily immigrants from northern India) 40%, mixed 14%, white 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 32.2%, Hindu 24.3%, Anglican 14.4%, other Protestant14%, Muslim 6%, none or unknown 9.1%
Languages:
English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population:
97%
male:
98%
female:
96%
Government
Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
conventional short form:
Trinidad and Tobago
Type:
parliamentary democracy
Capital:
Port-of-Spain
Independence:
31 August 1962 (from UK)
Constitution:
1 August 1976
Economy
National product:
GDP - purchasing power parity - $15 billion
National product real growth rate:
3%
National product per capita:
$11,280
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
10.1%
Unemployment rate:
18.1%
Electricity:
capacity:
1,150,000 kW
production:
3.9 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
2,740 kWh