Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago
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Age structure:
0-14 years: 25% (male 151,736; female 146,135)
15-64 years: 68% (male 410,668; female 389,303)
65 years and over: 7% (male 34,559; female 43,122) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.87% (2006 est.)
Birth rate: 13.84 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 8.84 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -9.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 25.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 67.97 years
male: 65.45 years
female: 70.59 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.83 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s); informally Trinbagonian(s), Trini(s) (for people from either island)
adjective: Trinidadian, Tobagonian; informally Trinbagonian, Trini (for people from either island)
Ethnic groups: East Indian/Indo-Trinidadian (a local term - primarily immigrants from Northern India) 40.3%, Blacks/African/Afro-Trinidadian 39.5%, mixed 18.4%, white 0.6%, Chinese and other 1.2% (including descendants of the indigenous Caribs).
Religions: Roman Catholicism 29.4%, Hinduism 23.8%, Anglicanism 10.9%, Muslim 5.8%, Presbyterianism 3.4%, other 26.7%
Languages: English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 98.8%
female: 97% (1995 est.)
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