Demographic profile
Trinidad and Tobago is the 155th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.02% of everyone alive. Within Caribbean, it ranks 6 of 22.
Each day brings roughly 53 births and 31 deaths, adding about 8,035 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 0.55% annually, the population would double in roughly 127 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Chaguanas, holding an estimated 25.3% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 15 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 90.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 13.0%, with life expectancy at about 68.0 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Trinidad and Tobago in 2026? Approximately 1,453,002 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Trinidad and Tobago growing? About 0.55% per year — roughly 53 births and 31 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Trinidad and Tobago? Around 0.02% — ranked 155 worldwide by population.