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222) Trinidad & Tobago�
Community
Area 5,128 square kilometres (Trinidad, 4,828 square kilometres; Tobago, 300 square kilometres).� Land area, 5,128 square kilometres.
Population,
2,300 (1783)*
18,000 (1797)*
74,000 (1850)
277,651 (1901)
412,783 (1931)
557,970 (1946)
632,000 (1950)
848,000 (1960)
945,400 (1970)
1,085,000 (1980)
1,221,000 (1990)
1,267,000 (2000)
1,328,000 (2010)
1,370,000 (2015)
1,390,000 (2018)
*Europeans (Spanish) and African slaves only.
Ethnicity, %
|
|
African |
Chinese |
Indian (Asian) |
Mixed race |
White |
|
1946 |
46.9 |
|
35.2 |
14.1 |
|
|
1960 |
43.0 |
1.0 |
36.0 |
|
2.0 |
|
1980 |
40.8 |
|
40.7 |
16.3 |
|
|
1990 |
39.6 |
|
40.3 |
18.4 |
|
|
2000 |
39.2 |
|
38.6 |
16.3 |
|
|
2010 |
37.5 |
0.3 |
40.0 |
20.5 |
0.4 |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian All |
Christian Anglican |
Christian R C |
Hindu |
Muslim Sunni |
|
1950 |
70.0 |
|
|
23.0 |
6.0 |
|
1960 |
70.0 |
22.0 |
36.0 |
23.0 |
6.0 |
|
1970 |
57.0 |
|
|
23.0 |
6.0 |
|
1980 |
63.0 |
18.1 |
33.6 |
25.0 |
6.0 |
|
1990 |
49.0 |
15.0 |
34.0 |
25.0 |
6.0 |
|
2000 |
|
11.2 |
29.9 |
24.2 |
6.0 |
|
2011 |
55.3 |
|
|
18.1 |
5.0 |
Birth and death rates
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1950 |
|
38.0 (+27.0) |
79.0 |
11.0 |
40.4 |
3.9 |
29.5 |
|
1960 |
5.3 |
28.0 (+19.0) |
56.0 |
9.0 |
42.8 |
3.5 |
17.3 |
|
1970 |
3.6 |
26.0 (+18.6) |
43.8 |
7.4 |
41.4 |
4.2 |
11.9 |
|
1980 |
3.3 |
29.0 (+21.4) |
34.1 |
7.6 |
34.0 |
5.5 |
10.9 |
|
1990 |
2.5 |
21.0 (+13.4) |
26.4 |
7.6 |
33.6 |
5.8 |
8.5 |
|
2000 |
1.8 |
15.0 (+6.9) |
25.4 |
8.1 |
25.6 |
6.5 |
10.8 |
|
2010 |
1.8 |
15.0 (+6.0) |
20.8 |
9.0 |
20.7 |
8.3 |
9.1 |
|
2015 |
1.8 |
13.0 (+3.5) |
18.0 |
9.5 |
20.8 |
9.4 |
8.4 |
|
2016 |
|
|
17.4 |
|
20.7 |
9.7 |
8.4 |
|
2017 |
1.7 |
13.3 (+3.6) |
16.9 |
9.7 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
16.4 |
|
20.4 |
10.7 |
|
Life expectancy,
57.9 (1950); 56.0 (M), 59.0 (F)
62.7 (1960); 61.1 (M), 64.3 (F)
65.1 (1970); 63.0 (M), 67.4 (F)
67.1 (1980); 64.4 (M), 69.8 (F)
68.0 (1990); 65.2 (M), 70.9 (F)
68.6 (2000); 65.0 (M), 72.4 (F)
69.8 (2010); 66.4 (M), 73.4 (F)
73.6 (2020); 70.9 (M), 76.3 (F)
Population of principal cities, MA = Metropolitan Area
|
|
Arima |
PORT OF SPAIN |
San Fernando |
|
1890 |
|
35,000 |
|
|
1901 |
4,076 |
54,100 |
7,610 |
|
1946 |
8,069 |
92,793 |
28,842 |
|
1960 |
10,982 |
93,954 |
39,890 |
|
1980 |
24,112 |
55,800 |
38,395 |
|
1990 |
29,700 |
58,400 |
30,100 |
|
2000 |
32,278 |
49,031 |
55,419 |
|
2011 |
33,606 |
165,100 MA |
48,838 |
|
2012 |
|
57,000 |
|
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1960 |
536 |
0.10 |
631 |
20.98 |
|
1965 |
737 |
0.10 |
808 |
21.11 |
|
1970 |
821 |
0.08 |
870 |
16.58 |
|
1975 |
2,430 |
0.15 |
2,405 |
30.75 |
|
1980 |
6,210 |
0.22 |
5,861 |
46.52 |
|
1985 |
7,420 |
0.18 |
6,295 |
34.46 |
|
1990 |
5,070 |
0.09 |
4,100 |
17.12 |
|
1995 |
5,290 |
0.07 |
4,250 |
14.13 |
|
2000 |
7,470 |
0.07 |
6,430 |
17.64 |
|
2005 |
14,800 |
0.11 |
12,323 |
27.81 |
|
2010 |
22,150 |
0.15 |
16,700 |
34.52 |
|
2015 |
23,560 |
0.13 |
17,325 |
30.82 |
|
2016 |
20,990 |
0.11 |
15,400 |
26.80 |
GDP by primary sector Oil makes up a large part of the economy
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1960 |
|
22.0 |
|
34.0 |
|
44.0 |
|
1980 |
3.0 |
10.0 |
14.0 |
20.0 |
|
60.0 |
|
1990 |
4.0 |
10.0 |
45.0 |
33.0 |
50.5 |
57.0 |
|
2000 |
3.2 |
10.0 |
46.0 |
26.0 |
51.0 |
64.0 |
|
2010 |
0.4 |
3.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
0.4 |
3.4 |
48.4 |
11.5 |
51.2 |
84.7 |
Communications
Language, Official; English.� Chinese, French, Hindi, Spanish also spoken.
Literacy
92.0% (1960)
92.3% (1980); 94.8% (M), 89.9% (F)
94.9% (1990); 96.6% (M), 93.4% (F)
98.4% (2000); 99.0% (M), 97.8% (F)
98.7% (2010); 98.7% (M), 98.3% (F)
99.0% (2015); 99.2% (M), 98.7% (F)
Physical communications � roads and railways, First railway opened 31/8/1876, 26km, Port of Spain to Arima (construction began 1874).
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
|
1900 |
|
|
|
|
|
140 |
|
1938 |
2,972 |
|
|
|
|
198 |
|
1959 |
|
|
45,849 |
22,937 |
7,323 |
|
|
1964 |
|
|
67,100 |
|
|
175 |
|
1971 |
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
1978 |
4,000 |
|
176,895 |
112,572 |
27,399 |
0 |
|
1984 |
4,900 |
|
317,937 |
124,717 |
33,014 |
|
|
2002 |
8,400 |
|
|
177,900 |
38,700 |
|
|
2010 |
|
|
361,000 |
|
|
|
|
2015 |
9,592 |
5,524 |
|
|
|
|
Electronic communications,� Radio broadcasting began 1947. TV
began 1962.
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
5,869 |
|
3,305 |
|
|
|
|
1944 |
9,678 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1947 |
|
|
9,227 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
26,000 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
58,000 |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
40,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
43,174 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
350,000 |
300,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
164,900 |
|
600,000 |
387,000 |
|
|
|
1991 |
|
426 |
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
1995 |
|
6,350 |
650,000 |
415,000 |
25,000 |
|
|
2000 |
316,750 |
161,800 |
672,000 |
440,000 |
80,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
138,000 |
|
2005 |
|
800,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
228,000 |
|
|
2007 |
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2008 |
307,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010 |
|
1,894,000 |
|
|
|
600,000 |
|
2012 |
287,000 |
1,900,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
272,072 |
2,123,000 |
|
|
|
846,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Trinidad & Tobago,
196,060 (1979)
163,207 (1985)
195,000 (1990)
260,000 (1995)
399,000 (2000)
463,000 (2005)
388,000 (2010)
440,000 (2015)