People of Trinidad and Tobago

source: CIA World Fact Book 1997

Population: 1,130,337 (July 1997 est.)

• 0-14 years: 29% (male 167,857; female 161,196)
• 15-64 years: 64% (male 373,434; female 347,489)
• 65 years and over: 7% (male 36,300; female 44,061) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate: -1.18% (1997 est.)

Birth rate: 15.37 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate: 7.87 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate: -19.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

• at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over : 0.82 male(s)/female
• total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 19.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

• total population : 70.36 years
• male: 67.92 years
• female: 72.88 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.13 children born/woman (1997 est.)

• noun: Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)
• adjective: Trinidadian, Tobagonian

Ethnic groups: 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 Protestant 14%, Muslim 6%, none or unknown 9.1%

Languages: English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish

• definition: age 15 and over can read and write
• total population: 97.9%
• male: 98.8%
• female : 97% (1995 est.)

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