Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date11 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Trinidad and Tobago is projected at 1.403 million, up by 0.28% compared with 1.399 million in 2020. Trinidad and Tobago is ranked 154th in terms of population and 180th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 16.7 thousand births in Trinidad and Tobago in 2021. That is 46 per day, which is ranked 160th. The crude birth rate is 11.91 per 1000 people. There are 12.31 thousand deaths in Trinidad and Tobago in 2021. That is 34 per day, which is ranked 153rd. The crude death rate is 8.78 per 1000 people.

0.73 million people are living in urban areas, which is 53.27% of Trinidad and Tobago population. Trinidad and Tobago is ranked 149th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Trinidad and Tobago in 2021 is 97.43 males per 100 females. There are 0.69 million males and 0.71 million females in Trinidad and Tobago. The percentage of female population is 50.65% compare to 49.35% male population. Trinidad and Tobago has 18.23 thousand more females than males. Trinidad and Tobago is at 76th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Trinidad and Tobago population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950645,626-
1955739,7033.18
1960847,9732.29
1965911,7421.01
1970945,3570.87
19751,010,9341.45
19801,084,7431.51
19851,170,2961.32
19901,221,1210.68
19951,254,2000.37
20001,267,1590.26
20051,296,4970.49
20101,328,1440.55
20151,370,3320.59
20161,377,5630.53
20171,384,0600.47
20181,389,8410.42
20191,394,9690.37
20201,399,4910.32
20211,403,3740.28
  • Total
  • Crude

Trinidad and Tobago death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19508,05426,52612.2940.68
19557,72428,80510.3838.65
19607,60231,4609.0337.35
19657,19828,8837.9331.88
19707,10925,5317.4626.79
19757,71327,2997.6327.00
19808,42731,2177.7428.64
19858,95131,1867.6926.82
19909,13125,2897.4820.72
19959,38820,2427.5016.17
20009,65418,7187.6014.72
20059,89319,6527.6315.16
201010,33720,2327.7715.21
201511,04219,1618.0714.01
202012,07217,1038.6412.23
202112,31316,7048.7811.91
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Trinidad and Tobago

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950169,545476,090-26.260
1955222,449517,5865.9630.059
1960289,795558,6844.8734.155
1965351,265561,1523.3938.498
1970407,105538,8883.0743.035
1975482,390529,1003.4847.691
1980567,444517,8643.1552.284
1985622,994547,9341.6753.205
1990661,343560,5571.0254.124
1995690,758564,2430.7155.040
2000708,868559,1160.4955.905
2005712,883584,0510.1554.967
2010717,501610,5990.1454.025
2015725,194634,8980.2453.319
2020733,146644,5830.2253.214
2021734,748644,6700.2253.265
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Trinidad and Tobago population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 43,770 42,371 86,141 6.14 103.302
05-09 48,316 46,808 95,124 6.78 103.222
10-14 49,143 47,764 96,907 6.91 102.887
15-19 45,968 44,829 90,797 6.47 102.541
20-24 43,020 42,145 85,165 6.07 102.076
25-29 47,183 46,573 93,756 6.68 101.310
30-34 56,819 56,070 112,889 8.04 101.336
35-39 63,226 63,569 126,795 9.04 99.460
40-44 52,675 53,012 105,687 7.53 99.364
45-49 45,307 46,268 91,575 6.53 97.923
50-54 40,106 41,868 81,974 5.84 95.792
55-59 43,842 47,079 90,921 6.48 93.124
60-64 37,844 40,534 78,378 5.58 93.364
65-69 29,460 32,490 61,950 4.41 90.674
70-74 21,073 24,465 45,538 3.24 86.135
75-79 13,448 17,325 30,773 2.19 77.622
80-84 7,137 10,223 17,360 1.24 69.813
85-89 2,963 4,884 7,847 0.56 60.667
90-94 1,011 1,973 2,984 0.21 51.242
95-99 228 491 719 0.05 46.436
100+ 31 63 94 0.01 49.206
Total 692,570 710,804 1,403,374 97.435