Trinidad And Tobago Population 2023 (Live)

1,535,462
Population Rank
Growth Rate
2023 World Percentage
Land Area
5,130
The current population of Trinidad and Tobago is 1,535,462 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The UN estimates the July 1, 2023 population at 1,534,937.

Trinidad and Tobago Growth Rate

Trinidad And Tobago Population 2023 (Live)

Trinidad and Tobago Population Clock

Trinidad and Tobago Population (as of 8/24/2023)1,535,462
Last UN Estimate (July 1, 2023)1,534,937
Births per Day47
Deaths per Day35
Migrations per Day-2
Net Change per Day10
Population Change Since Jan. 12,350

Components of Population Change

One birth every 30.63 minutes
One death every 41.15 minutes
One emigrant every 720 minutes
Net gain of one person every 144 minutes

Trinidad and Tobago Population Clock

Trinidad and Tobago Population Density Map

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Trinidad and Tobago Population by Year (Historical)

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Trinidad and Tobago Population by Year (Projections)

Trinidad and Tobago Population Pyramid 2023

Trinidad and Tobago Median Age

32.7

Total

32

Male

33.3

Female

Trinidad and Tobago Population by Age

There are people over age 18 in Trinidad and Tobago.

Census Years

Trinidad and Tobago Population Pyramid

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a two-island country off the northern coast of South America just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It shares maritime borders with Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, and Venezuela. The country is growing at a rate of just 0.3% per year. 96% of the population lives on Trinidad while 4% live in Tobago. Despite its rather low population, Trinidad and Tobago is densely populated with just 5,131 square kilometers of land. There are 254 people per square kilometer (659/sq mi), which ranks 48th in the world.

Trinidad and Tobago Demographics

The country is dominated by two ethnic groups: the Africans and the Indians. The Africans are mostly Christian while the Indians are mostly Hindu, and there has been a great deal of tension between the two groups. While the two groups are equal in number, many Africans in the country feel they are being taken over or pushed aside by the Indians.

The two ethnic groups in the country descend from the freed black people who were enslaved by the British to work plantation fields and the imported Indian workers who came to the area after slavery was abolished.

The heartland of the Indian population is in Chaguanas.

Trinidad and Tobago History

Both islands were originally settled by Amerindians, with Trinidad settled first around 7,000 years ago. When Europeans first made contact, Trinidad was occupied by several Arawakan-speaking groups such as the Nepoya and Suppoya and Cariban-speaking groups, while the Tobago island was occupied by Galibi and Island Caribs.

Christopher Columbus found the island in 1498. Foreign disease from European settlers greatly reduced the native population, and there are few remaining today. The European influence on the country comes mostly from Britain, France, and Spain, all of which claimed the islands at various times during the colonial history.

While under British rule, the slaves were shipped from Africa to work plantations on the islands. When the African slave trade ended, East Indians were brought in as indentured servants. The current residents of Trinidad and Tobago today are descended from these two groups.

Trinidad and Tobago Population Rank 2023
Area
5,130
2023 Growth Rate
GDP (IMF)
$21.39
GDP (UN)
$24.09 Bn

Trinidad and Tobago - General Info

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