Population: 1,285,297 (July 1991), growth rate 1.1% (1991)

Birth rate: 21 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 4 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 18 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 73 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 2.4 children born/woman (1991)

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

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

Religion: Roman Catholic 32.2%, Hindu 24.3%, Anglican 14.4%, other Protestant 14%, Muslim 6%, none or unknown 9.1%

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

Literacy: 95% (male 97%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Labor force: 463,900; construction and utilities 18.1%; manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14.8%; agriculture 10.9%; other 56.2% (1985 est.)

Organized labor: 22% of labor force (1988)

NOTE: The information regarding Trinidad and Tobago on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Trinidad and Tobago People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Trinidad and Tobago People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.