Trinidad & Tobago--People

CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Trinidad and Tobago People

Population: 1,313,738 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.1% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 20.08 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 6.31 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: -2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 16.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 70.53 years male: 67.91 years female: 73.22 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.35 children born/woman (1993 est.)

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

Ethnic divisions: black 43%, East Indian 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

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

Labor force: 463,900

by occupation: construction and utilities 18.1%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14.8%, agriculture 10.9%, other 56.2% (1985 est.)