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Trinidad and Tobago population

Trinidad and Tobago population now

1,513,643

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 1.5–1.6 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 1,502,932

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 1.51327 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 1.5–1.6 million
Median age: 39.2
Aged 65+: 13.5%

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TTO · 1950–2100 · in brief

Trinidad and Tobago in numbers

Trinidad and Tobago had 1,502,932 people in mid-2023, the 155th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.02% of the world's people. That is 2.3 times its 1950 population of 649 thousand.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2028 at 1.5 million, then falling to 898 thousand by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 422 thousand to 1.8 million.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2029 on.

The median age was 20.8 in 1950 and 37.7 in 2023; the projection has 51.7 in 2100. 11.9% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 32.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2019 at 1.1 million; in 2023 it was 1.1 million.

By size it is the 155th country in 2023; the projection puts it 159th in 2050 and 161st in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes North Macedonia in 2086. It is overtaken by Timor-Leste in 2030, Cyprus in 2039 and Eswatini in 2043.

Population, mid-2023: 1,502,932
Rank by population, 2023: 155 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.02%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.47% · +7,010 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 293
Land area, 2023: 5,130 km²
Births, 2023: 16,094
Deaths, 2023: 12,577
Net migration, 2023: +2,126
Children per woman, 2023: 1.53
Median age, 2023: 37.7 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 73.5 years
In a city, 2025: 46 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 648,774
Projected, mid-2050: 1,399,800
Projected, mid-2100: 898,355

TTO · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Trinidad and Tobago, 1950–2100

Trinidad and Tobago: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	640,492		25,908	7,957	5.18	57.0
1951	estimate	657,056		26,335	7,918	5.21	57.3
1952	estimate	674,404		26,779	7,883	5.24	57.7
1953	estimate	692,459		27,298	7,798	5.28	58.3
1954	estimate	711,260		28,031	7,630	5.34	59.1
1955	estimate	731,050		28,490	7,525	5.35	59.7
1956	estimate	751,418		28,567	7,401	5.27	60.3
1957	estimate	771,956		29,181	7,398	5.28	60.8
1958	estimate	793,046		29,920	7,295	5.30	61.4
1959	estimate	814,632		30,907	7,272	5.35	61.9
1960	estimate	835,403		31,940	7,174	5.41	62.5
1961	estimate	854,484		32,639	7,121	5.41	63.0
1962	estimate	871,803		32,880	7,117	5.36	63.4
1963	estimate	888,586		32,701	7,194	5.24	63.6
1964	estimate	905,023		32,272	7,207	5.08	64.0
1965	estimate	920,903		31,624	7,275	4.88	64.2
1966	estimate	935,947		30,607	7,378	4.62	64.3
1967	estimate	949,926		29,465	7,472	4.35	64.5
1968	estimate	962,910		28,434	7,586	4.11	64.6
1969	estimate	975,102		27,384	7,733	3.86	64.8
1970	estimate	986,310		26,994	7,921	3.71	64.9
1971	estimate	996,631		27,306	7,906	3.61	64.9
1972	estimate	1,008,539		27,960	7,844	3.55	65.2
1973	estimate	1,021,303		28,424	7,807	3.47	65.4
1974	estimate	1,034,400		28,223	7,812	3.32	65.5
1975	estimate	1,047,121		28,284	7,817	3.21	65.7
1976	estimate	1,059,818		28,592	7,718	3.14	66.0
1977	estimate	1,072,803		29,440	7,779	3.12	66.2
1978	estimate	1,086,306		30,444	7,906	3.13	66.2
1979	estimate	1,100,455		31,418	7,944	3.13	66.4
1980	estimate	1,114,824		32,606	8,049	3.15	66.5
1981	estimate	1,128,664		33,219	8,205	3.13	66.5
1982	estimate	1,141,601		33,538	8,357	3.11	66.4
1983	estimate	1,154,253		33,553	8,436	3.07	66.4
1984	estimate	1,166,814		33,197	8,459	3.02	66.6
1985	estimate	1,179,153		32,929	8,443	2.99	66.8
1986	estimate	1,195,578		32,160	8,454	2.90	66.9
1987	estimate	1,210,671		30,799	8,401	2.77	67.1
1988	estimate	1,224,057		29,353	8,325	2.65	67.4
1989	estimate	1,236,080		27,953	8,316	2.53	67.5
1990	estimate	1,247,119		26,411	8,359	2.39	67.6
1991	estimate	1,257,298		25,240	8,337	2.29	67.8
1992	estimate	1,267,045		24,367	8,457	2.21	67.8
1993	estimate	1,276,302		23,417	8,539	2.13	67.8
1994	estimate	1,284,631		22,693	8,660	2.06	67.8
1995	estimate	1,292,052		21,645	8,674	1.97	68.0
1996	estimate	1,298,287		20,883	8,782	1.89	68.0
1997	estimate	1,303,568		20,259	8,854	1.83	68.1
1998	estimate	1,308,105		19,845	8,881	1.78	68.3
1999	estimate	1,312,344		19,746	8,924	1.76	68.5
2000	estimate	1,317,073		19,624	9,035	1.73	68.6
2001	estimate	1,322,476		19,527	9,088	1.71	68.9
2002	estimate	1,328,658		19,352	9,035	1.67	69.2
2003	estimate	1,335,363		19,287	9,118	1.65	69.5
2004	estimate	1,342,056		19,220	9,072	1.63	69.9
2005	estimate	1,348,704		19,375	9,116	1.63	70.2
2006	estimate	1,355,365		19,552	9,200	1.62	70.4
2007	estimate	1,362,031		19,623	9,210	1.62	70.8
2008	estimate	1,368,722		19,603	9,252	1.62	71.1
2009	estimate	1,375,447		19,612	9,329	1.62	71.4
2010	estimate	1,382,665		19,534	9,328	1.61	71.8
2011	estimate	1,390,643		19,429	9,343	1.61	72.2
2012	estimate	1,399,323		19,301	9,444	1.61	72.5
2013	estimate	1,408,295		19,086	9,580	1.60	72.8
2014	estimate	1,417,011		18,886	9,831	1.60	72.9
2015	estimate	1,425,252		18,624	10,192	1.60	72.9
2016	estimate	1,433,125		18,399	10,508	1.60	72.9
2017	estimate	1,440,927		18,053	10,831	1.59	73.0
2018	estimate	1,449,594		17,735	11,384	1.59	72.7
2019	estimate	1,491,443		17,949	11,802	1.58	72.8
2020	estimate	1,478,345		17,249	12,311	1.57	72.7
2021	estimate	1,483,702		16,797	14,523	1.56	71.1
2022	estimate	1,491,733		16,435	12,304	1.54	73.3
2023	estimate	1,500,110		16,094	12,577	1.53	73.5
2024	estimate	1,505,755		15,897	13,177	1.54	73.6
2025	projection	1,509,808	1.5–1.5 million	15,536	13,530	1.52	73.8
2026	projection	1,512,502	1.5–1.5 million	15,251	13,879	1.52	73.9
2027	projection	1,514,034	1.5–1.6 million	14,989	14,239	1.51	74.0
2028	projection	1,514,538	1.5–1.6 million	14,765	14,596	1.51	74.2
2029	projection	1,514,212	1.5–1.6 million	14,572	14,961	1.51	74.3
2030	projection	1,513,134	1.4–1.6 million	14,389	15,316	1.51	74.4
2031	projection	1,511,509	1.4–1.6 million	14,224	15,695	1.51	74.6
2032	projection	1,509,358	1.4–1.6 million	14,077	16,064	1.51	74.7
2033	projection	1,506,627	1.4–1.6 million	13,961	16,412	1.51	74.8
2034	projection	1,503,494	1.4–1.6 million	13,862	16,762	1.51	75.0
2035	projection	1,499,871	1.4–1.6 million	13,782	17,086	1.51	75.1
2036	projection	1,495,840	1.4–1.6 million	13,692	17,414	1.51	75.3
2037	projection	1,491,410	1.4–1.6 million	13,594	17,716	1.51	75.4
2038	projection	1,486,595	1.3–1.7 million	13,478	17,991	1.51	75.5
2039	projection	1,481,443	1.3–1.7 million	13,365	18,236	1.51	75.7
2040	projection	1,475,884	1.3–1.7 million	13,249	18,465	1.51	75.8
2041	projection	1,470,003	1.3–1.7 million	13,126	18,688	1.51	76.0
2042	projection	1,463,771	1.3–1.7 million	13,007	18,900	1.51	76.1
2043	projection	1,457,244	1.3–1.7 million	12,861	19,070	1.51	76.2
2044	projection	1,450,384	1.3–1.7 million	12,715	19,217	1.51	76.4
2045	projection	1,443,281	1.3–1.7 million	12,577	19,336	1.51	76.5
2046	projection	1,435,889	1.2–1.7 million	12,426	19,444	1.51	76.7
2047	projection	1,428,301	1.2–1.7 million	12,263	19,536	1.51	76.8
2048	projection	1,420,428	1.2–1.7 million	12,120	19,609	1.52	77.0
2049	projection	1,412,355	1.2–1.7 million	11,945	19,660	1.52	77.1
2050	projection	1,404,040	1.2–1.7 million	11,773	19,710	1.52	77.3
2051	projection	1,395,560	1.2–1.7 million	11,587	19,750	1.52	77.4
2052	projection	1,386,829	1.1–1.7 million	11,429	19,787	1.52	77.6
2053	projection	1,377,915	1.1–1.7 million	11,272	19,816	1.52	77.7
2054	projection	1,368,821	1.1–1.7 million	11,107	19,845	1.52	77.9
2055	projection	1,359,458	1.1–1.7 million	10,947	19,904	1.52	78.0
2056	projection	1,349,926	1.1–1.7 million	10,798	19,947	1.52	78.2
2057	projection	1,340,239	1.1–1.7 million	10,661	20,007	1.53	78.3
2058	projection	1,330,315	1.1–1.7 million	10,524	20,063	1.53	78.5
2059	projection	1,320,264	1.0–1.7 million	10,391	20,134	1.53	78.6
2060	projection	1,309,971	1.0–1.7 million	10,277	20,204	1.53	78.7
2061	projection	1,299,518	1.0–1.7 million	10,157	20,282	1.53	78.9
2062	projection	1,288,860	1.0–1.7 million	10,049	20,366	1.53	79.0
2063	projection	1,278,034	1.0–1.7 million	9,944	20,449	1.53	79.2
2064	projection	1,267,023	1.0–1.7 million	9,829	20,534	1.53	79.3
2065	projection	1,255,815	0.9–1.7 million	9,746	20,578	1.54	79.5
2066	projection	1,244,457	0.9–1.7 million	9,672	20,627	1.54	79.6
2067	projection	1,233,034	0.9–1.7 million	9,593	20,640	1.54	79.7
2068	projection	1,221,543	0.9–1.7 million	9,509	20,654	1.54	79.9
2069	projection	1,209,911	0.9–1.7 million	9,425	20,624	1.54	80.0
2070	projection	1,198,240	0.8–1.7 million	9,359	20,564	1.55	80.2
2071	projection	1,186,571	0.8–1.7 million	9,281	20,468	1.55	80.3
2072	projection	1,174,937	0.8–1.7 million	9,199	20,343	1.55	80.5
2073	projection	1,163,307	0.8–1.7 million	9,107	20,196	1.55	80.6
2074	projection	1,151,815	0.8–1.7 million	9,011	20,015	1.55	80.7
2075	projection	1,140,393	0.8–1.7 million	8,913	19,806	1.55	80.9
2076	projection	1,129,070	0.7–1.7 million	8,822	19,583	1.55	81.0
2077	projection	1,117,897	0.7–1.7 million	8,732	19,341	1.55	81.1
2078	projection	1,106,840	0.7–1.7 million	8,641	19,065	1.55	81.3
2079	projection	1,096,003	0.7–1.7 million	8,548	18,790	1.55	81.4
2080	projection	1,085,324	0.7–1.7 million	8,453	18,501	1.55	81.6
2081	projection	1,074,895	0.7–1.7 million	8,354	18,239	1.55	81.7
2082	projection	1,064,586	0.6–1.7 million	8,267	17,946	1.56	81.8
2083	projection	1,054,513	0.6–1.7 million	8,168	17,675	1.56	82.0
2084	projection	1,044,606	0.6–1.7 million	8,076	17,398	1.56	82.1
2085	projection	1,034,915	0.6–1.7 million	7,983	17,140	1.56	82.3
2086	projection	1,025,386	0.6–1.7 million	7,882	16,894	1.56	82.4
2087	projection	1,015,997	0.6–1.7 million	7,793	16,682	1.56	82.5
2088	projection	1,006,753	0.6–1.7 million	7,706	16,479	1.56	82.6
2089	projection	997,652	0.5–1.7 million	7,609	16,288	1.56	82.8
2090	projection	988,603	0.5–1.7 million	7,523	16,116	1.56	82.9
2091	projection	979,676	0.5–1.7 million	7,439	15,940	1.56	83.0
2092	projection	970,814	0.5–1.7 million	7,357	15,786	1.56	83.2
2093	projection	962,077	0.5–1.7 million	7,285	15,642	1.56	83.3
2094	projection	953,384	0.5–1.7 million	7,218	15,520	1.56	83.4
2095	projection	944,782	0.5–1.7 million	7,155	15,412	1.56	83.5
2096	projection	936,182	0.5–1.7 million	7,095	15,280	1.56	83.7
2097	projection	927,675	0.5–1.7 million	7,031	15,160	1.56	83.8
2098	projection	919,238	0.4–1.7 million	6,967	15,047	1.56	83.9
2099	projection	910,862	0.4–1.7 million	6,910	14,942	1.56	84.0
2100	projection	902,506	0.4–1.8 million	6,853	14,826	1.56	84.1

Show the numbers: Trinidad and Tobago, mid-2026, by single year of age

Trinidad and Tobago: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	7,752	7,473
1	7,907	7,624
2	8,055	7,765
3	8,200	7,903
4	8,392	8,090
5	8,596	8,290
6	8,817	8,500
7	8,974	8,654
8	9,084	8,768
9	9,227	8,905
10	9,344	9,016
11	9,438	9,108
12	9,527	9,196
13	9,605	9,274
14	9,666	9,332
15	9,701	9,358
16	9,719	9,370
17	9,703	9,349
18	9,674	9,312
19	9,632	9,267
20	9,550	9,187
21	9,464	9,101
22	9,460	9,086
23	9,522	9,138
24	9,617	9,224
25	9,716	9,308
26	9,785	9,362
27	9,826	9,398
28	9,905	9,481
29	10,088	9,662
30	10,328	9,905
31	10,643	10,242
32	10,931	10,564
33	11,179	10,851
34	11,449	11,156
35	11,740	11,481
36	12,166	11,934
37	12,629	12,416
38	13,045	12,869
39	13,450	13,324
40	13,732	13,638
41	13,759	13,672
42	13,673	13,578
43	13,538	13,438
44	13,268	13,164
45	12,904	12,804
46	12,378	12,285
47	11,790	11,696
48	11,244	11,166
49	10,705	10,653
50	10,292	10,270
51	10,026	10,036
52	9,876	9,931
53	9,674	9,788
54	9,288	9,460
55	8,901	9,133
56	8,606	8,872
57	8,468	8,777
58	8,380	8,876
59	8,273	9,084
60	8,400	9,329
61	8,782	9,466
62	9,149	9,552
63	9,229	9,680
64	8,900	9,680
65	8,328	9,439
66	7,768	9,035
67	7,229	8,526
68	6,682	8,040
69	6,302	7,703
70	6,153	7,565
71	5,970	7,520
72	5,486	7,120
73	4,910	6,413
74	4,469	5,849
75	4,053	5,405
76	3,593	4,932
77	3,126	4,402
78	2,689	3,875
79	2,283	3,388
80	1,912	2,935
81	1,585	2,530
82	1,298	2,158
83	1,046	1,818
84	832	1,521
85	657	1,255
86	512	1,022
87	392	828
88	296	661
89	220	520
90	162	406
91	118	312
92	84	236
93	59	173
94	40	122
95	26	84
96	17	56
97	11	36
98	7	22
99	4	13
100+	5	15

TTO · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Trinidad and Tobago, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

TTO · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2019: 1,058,970 people aged 15–64, against 1,053,840 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

26 children

17 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 45 years: 1998–2042.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

TTO · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Trinidad and Tobago, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Trinidad and Tobago gains 2,802 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 543 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 50 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 35,502 (2018); its biggest loss, 19,251 (2019).

In 2024, 113,478 people living in Trinidad and Tobago had been born in another country, 8 of every 100 people there, against 4 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

TTO · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Trinidad and Tobago

Of every 100 babies born in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023, 10 had a mother under 20, 70 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 20 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 17 under 20 and 12 aged 35 or older.

1950
17 · 71 · 12

2023
10 · 70 · 20

2050 · projected
8 · 72 · 20

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 16,094
Average age when women have a baby: 27.8 years; 27.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 36; 152 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Trinidad and Tobago by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	83	83	33	25	15	1
15–19	4,328	5,285	2,807	1,658	940	108
20–24	8,059	9,610	5,801	3,630	2,455	695
25–29	6,134	6,943	4,976	3,983	3,130	1,915
30–34	4,140	3,875	3,505	3,658	2,938	2,411
35–39	2,470	1,853	1,993	2,489	1,800	1,364
40–44	641	563	483	626	470	332
45–49	53	70	26	25	25	27
50–54	0	2	0	0	0	0
All babies	25,908	28,284	19,624	16,094	11,773	6,853

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

TTO · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Trinidad and Tobago

Of the 71.7 years a baby born in Trinidad and Tobago in 2021 could expect, about 61.9 would be lived in full health (95% range 61.0–63.0). That leaves 9.8 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

63.9 in full health, 11.3 not: 75.2 years

Men

60.0 in full health, 8.4 not: 68.4 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 63.9 healthy years of 75.2. Men: 60.0 of 68.4. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 64.1.

TTO · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Trinidad and Tobago

At the end of 2025, Trinidad and Tobago was hosting 29,102 people who had crossed a border into it, about 19 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad29,102
Trinidad and Tobago nationals abroad1,280

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 500 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Trinidad and Tobago living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 419 people from Trinidad and Tobago asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Trinidad and Tobago whose claims were decided that year, 18 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

TTO · of every 100 people

How people live in Trinidad and Tobago

Of every 100 people in Trinidad and Tobago in 2025, 46 lived in a city, 42 in a town or suburb and 12 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 17.8 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

TTO · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Trinidad and Tobago went in school

Of every 100 adults in Trinidad and Tobago in 2020, 2 never went to school and 53 finished upper secondary or went further.

2 never went to school 6 some primary 17 finished primary 22 finished lower secondary 28 finished upper secondary 25 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2045.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

TTO · cities · 2025

Cities in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago had 3 cities in 2025, home to 690,883 people. The largest, Port of Spain, holds 32 of every 100 people in Trinidad and Tobago.

Port of Spain478,107
Chaguanas115,936
San Fernando96,840

How to read this: the 3 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Trinidad and Tobago are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.