Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Trinidad and Tobago
One in every 9,302 babies in the world is born here: about 14,420 a year, 0.027 a minute.
- Population
- 1,367,764
- Births a year
- 14,420
- Life expectancy
- 73.7
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 18.8
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
76.8
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
70.5
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
17
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
18.8
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
54
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
≈ 0.6
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
≈ 12
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
6
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
9.3
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
40.4
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
1.54
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
4
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
95
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
96
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
24
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
3.4
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$31,722
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
40
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
3.2
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
3.3
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
4
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
48
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
45
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
54
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
99
World: 91
Internet users (%)
82
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.91
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.04
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 62.6 → 2026: 73.8 → 2050: 77.3
World
1960: 68 → 2026: 18 → 2050: 12
World
1960: 5.4 → 2026: 1.5 → 2050: 1.5
World
1960: 18 → 2026: 54 → 2050: 55
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Trinidad and Tobago comes up about once in every 9,302 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.