Trinidad and Tobago

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PROFILE
  • Area: 5,128 sq. km (1,980 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 1,220,479 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: -0.17% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 72.9 years (2016)
  • Languages: English (official), Caribbean Hindustani, French, Spanish, Chinese
  • Religions: Protestant 32.1% (Pentecostal/Evangelical/Full Gospel 12%, Baptist 6.9%, Anglican 5.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.1%), Roman Catholic 21.6%, Hindu 18.2%, Muslim 5%, Jehovah's Witness 1.5%, other 8.4%, none 2.2%, unspecified 11.1%
  • Formal name: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Alternate names: Colony of Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago Colony, United Colony of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Anthony CARMONA; head of government: Prime Minister Keith ROWLEY
  • Capital: Port of Spain
  • Administrative divisions: 9 regions, 3 boroughs, 2 cities, and 1 ward
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $30,900 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: petroleum and petroleum products, liquefied natural gas, methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products, beverages, cereal and cereal products, cocoa, fish, preserved fruits, , cosmetics, household cleaners, plastic packaging
  • Imports: mineral fuels, lubricants, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals, live animals
  • Currency: Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD)