Official name
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Name in local language
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (en)
Continent
Americas
Subcontinent
Caribbean
Population (ranking: 160e )
1,359,193 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
0.00 % / year
Area
5,155 km²
Density
263.66 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 116e )23.410 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
16,844 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
0.70 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
73.40 years (2018)
Birth rate
12.83 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate
1.71 children / woman (2016)
Death rate (ranking )
8.23 ‰ (2016)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
23.00 ‰ (2016)
Literacy rate
99.00 % (2015)
Official languages
English
Currency
Trinidad and Tobago dollar ($ TTD)
HDI (ranking: 90e )0.799 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )67.36 (2018)
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
Head of State
President Paula-Mae Weekes
National Day
31 August (independence of 1962)
ISO Codes TT, TTO
Demonym
Trinidadians and Tobagonians
Tourists (ranking )
395,000 people (2017)
Trinidad and Tobago is a Caribbean island state located in the Caribbean Sea, off Venezuela and south of Grenada , and a member of the British Commonwealth. The archipelago is made up of two islands 32 kilometers apart: Trinidad and Tobago.
Port of Spain, capitale of Trinidad and Tobago. Photo: Central Statistical Office of Trinidad and Tobago Urban areas (2017)
Urban areas
Population
Port-d'Espagne
829,097 inhabitants
San Fernando
353,386 inhabitants
Scarborough
49,882 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions, Borough, Cities
Population
Area
Arima (Borough)
33,606 inhabitants
11 km²
Chaguanas (Borough)
83,516 inhabitants
60 km²
Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo
178,410 inhabitants
720 km²
Diego Martin
102,957 inhabitants
128 km²
Penal-Debe
89,392 inhabitants
247 km²
Point Fortin (Borough)
20,235 inhabitants
24 km²
Port-d'Espagne (Ville)
37,074 inhabitants
13 km²
Princes Town
102,375 inhabitants
621 km²
Rio Claro-Mayaro
35,650 inhabitants
853 km²
San Fernando (Ville)
48,838 inhabitants
19 km²
San Juan-Laventille
157,258 inhabitants
220 km²
Sangre Grande
75,766 inhabitants
899 km²
Siparia
86,949 inhabitants
510 km²
Tobago
60,874 inhabitants
303 km²
Tunapuna-Piarco
215,119 inhabitants
527 km²
See also
