Population: 1,244,160 (July 1989), growth rate 2.0% (1989)

Birth rate: 27 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: - 1 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 15 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 73 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 3.2 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s); adjective--Trinidadian, Tobagonian

Ethnic divisions: 43% black, 40% East Indian, 14% mixed, 1% white, 1% Chinese, 1% other

Religion: 36.2% Roman Catholic, 23.0% Hindu, 13.1% Protestant, 6.0% Muslim, 21.7% unknown

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

Literacy: 98%

Labor force: 463,900; 18.1% construction and utilities; 14.8% manufacturing, mining, and quarrying; 10.9% agriculture; 47.9% other services (1985 est.)

Organized labor: 24% of labor force (1986)

NOTE: The information regarding Trinidad and Tobago on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Trinidad and Tobago People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Trinidad and Tobago People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.