Trinidad and Tobago's Population Size

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EACH COUNTRY


Trinidad and Tobago's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 1.5 million in 2023.

Trinidad and Tobago last conducted a national census in 2011 and 96.5% of births in Trinidad and Tobago are recorded. Read more from the World Economics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Trinidad and Tobago compares to other countries around the world and in the Americas region.

Trinidad and Tobago's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London


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India C 555.2 699.0 873.3 1,056.6 1,234.3 1,438.1 1,679.6
China A 827.6 1,000.1 1,176.9 1,290.6 1,368.8 1,422.6 1,260.3
United States A 209.5 229.5 252.1 281.7 309.0 343.5 380.8
Indonesia B 114.8 147.4 181.4 211.5 241.8 281.2 320.7
Pakistan D 58.1 78.1 107.6 142.3 179.4 247.5 371.9
Nigeria E 56.0 73.4 95.2 122.3 158.5 227.9 359.2
Brazil A 95.1 120.7 149.0 174.8 195.7 211.1 217.5
Bangladesh E 64.2 79.6 103.2 127.7 147.6 171.5 214.7
Russia A 130.1 138.1 147.5 146.4 143.5 145.4 136.1
Mexico A 51.5 67.8 83.9 98.9 114.1 129.7 148.9
Ethiopia E 28.4 35.1 47.9 66.2 87.6 128.7 225.0
Japan A 104.9 117.8 124.5 127.5 128.5 124.4 105.1
Philippines B 35.8 47.4 61.9 78.0 94.0 114.9 134.4
Egypt B 34.5 43.3 56.1 68.8 82.8 114.5 161.6
Congo, Dem. Rep E 20.0 26.4 34.6 47.1 64.6 105.8 218.2
Vietnam B 43.4 54.3 68.0 79.9 88.0 100.4 110.0
Türkiye A 34.9 44.0 53.9 63.2 72.3 87.3 91.3
Germany B 78.6 78.3 79.1 81.4 80.8 84.5 78.3
Thailand A 36.9 47.4 56.6 63.0 67.2 71.7 66.4
United Kingdom A 55.6 56.2 57.1 58.9 63.5 68.7 75.5
Tanzania E 13.5 18.5 25.2 33.5 44.3 66.6 129.6
France A 50.8 53.9 56.7 59.0 62.9 66.4 68.2
South Africa C 22.1 28.6 36.8 45.0 51.2 63.2 79.2
Italy B 53.5 56.3 57.0 56.7 59.3 59.5 51.9
Kenya D 11.3 16.4 23.7 32.0 42.0 55.3 83.6
Myanmar C 27.3 34.2 41.3 46.7 50.6 54.1 58.6
Colombia B 21.5 26.9 33.1 39.6 45.2 52.3 59.4
Korea, Rep. A 32.2 38.0 42.9 47.4 49.5 51.7 45.1
Sudan E 10.3 14.5 20.1 27.3 34.5 50.0 85.2
Uganda E 9.4 12.4 17.4 23.7 32.4 48.7 85.4
Spain B 33.9 37.7 39.2 40.8 46.9 47.9 44.9
Algeria C 14.5 19.2 25.8 31.0 36.0 46.2 59.6
Argentina A 23.9 27.9 32.6 36.9 40.9 45.5 48.3
Afghanistan E 11.2 13.4 12.4 20.8 29.2 41.5 76.9
Yemen, Rep. E 6.2 7.9 11.7 17.4 23.2 39.4 71.0
Canada A 21.4 24.4 27.5 30.6 34.1 39.3 45.6
Poland A 32.6 35.5 38.0 38.6 38.3 38.8 32.8
Ukraine B 47.1 50.0 51.5 48.8 45.8 37.7 32.0
Morocco C 16.0 20.0 24.8 28.8 32.3 37.7 43.4
Angola E 5.9 8.3 11.8 16.4 23.4 36.7 74.3
Uzbekistan E 12.1 15.9 20.4 24.8 28.5 35.7 52.2
Malaysia B 10.8 13.8 18.0 23.2 28.2 35.1 44.3
Peru B 13.5 17.5 22.1 26.5 29.0 33.8 40.6
Ghana C 8.7 11.1 14.8 19.3 24.8 33.8 50.6
Mozambique D 9.0 11.6 13.0 17.7 23.5 33.6 63.5
Saudi Arabia A 5.8 9.7 16.2 20.7 27.4 33.3 47.7
Madagascar D 6.6 8.7 11.6 15.8 21.2 31.2 53.2
Cote d'Ivoire D 5.1 8.0 11.9 16.5 20.5 31.2 55.7
Nepal D 12.1 15.0 18.9 23.9 27.0 29.7 34.6
Cameroon E 6.5 8.6 11.8 15.5 20.3 28.4 51.1
Australia A 12.8 14.6 17.0 19.0 22.2 26.5 32.5
Niger E 4.5 6.0 8.0 11.3 16.5 26.2 52.5
Mali C 5.9 7.1 8.4 10.9 15.0 23.8 46.2
Taiwan A 14.9 17.9 20.5 22.0 23.2 23.3 19.4
Burkina Faso C 5.6 6.8 8.8 11.6 15.6 23.0 37.3
Sri Lanka C 12.5 15.0 17.3 18.8 20.3 23.0 24.8
Malawi D 4.7 6.3 9.4 11.1 14.5 21.1 37.4
Zambia E 4.2 5.9 8.0 10.4 13.6 20.7 38.1
Kazakhstan A 13.0 14.8 16.4 14.9 16.3 20.3 26.5
Chile B 9.8 11.4 13.3 15.3 17.1 19.7 20.3
Chad E 3.6 4.5 6.0 8.4 12.0 19.3 38.9
Romania C 20.5 22.6 23.5 22.1 20.5 19.1 16.0
Guatemala C 5.6 7.3 9.3 11.7 14.6 18.1 24.7
Netherlands B 13.0 14.1 15.0 15.9 16.7 18.1 19.0
Senegal D 4.3 5.6 7.5 9.8 12.7 18.1 30.4
Ecuador D 6.1 8.0 10.2 12.7 15.0 18.0 21.3
Cambodia D 7.0 6.7 9.0 12.2 14.3 17.4 21.9
Zimbabwe E 5.3 7.4 10.4 11.9 12.7 16.3 25.9
Guinea E 4.2 4.9 6.4 8.2 10.2 14.4 23.4
Benin D 2.9 3.7 5.0 6.9 9.2 14.1 24.4
Rwanda D 3.8 5.2 7.3 7.9 10.0 14.0 22.7
Burundi E 3.5 4.2 5.4 6.4 8.7 13.7 24.1
Bolivia D 4.5 5.6 6.9 8.4 10.0 12.2 16.1
Tunisia C 5.1 6.4 8.2 9.7 10.6 12.2 13.1
Belgium B 9.6 9.9 10.0 10.3 10.9 11.7 11.9
Haiti E 4.7 5.6 7.0 8.5 9.9 11.6 14.7
Jordan C 1.7 2.4 3.6 5.1 7.3 11.4 16.4
Dominican Republic D 4.5 5.8 7.1 8.5 9.7 11.3 13.0
Czechia B 9.8 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.8 9.8
Honduras D 2.7 3.7 5.0 6.6 8.3 10.6 14.8
United Arab Emirates C 0.2 1.0 1.8 3.1 8.5 10.6 15.4
Sweden B 8.1 8.3 8.6 8.9 9.4 10.6 11.3
Portugal B 8.7 9.8 9.9 10.3 10.6 10.4 9.8
Tajikistan B 2.9 3.9 5.3 6.2 7.5 10.4 15.6
Papua New Guinea E 2.8 3.6 4.6 5.8 7.3 10.4 14.9
Azerbaijan B 5.2 6.2 7.2 8.1 9.0 10.3 11.2
Greece B 8.7 9.6 10.2 11.1 10.9 10.2 8.8
Hungary D 10.4 10.8 10.4 10.2 9.9 9.7 8.7
Togo D 2.1 2.7 3.8 4.9 6.4 9.3 15.6
Israel C 2.8 3.7 4.4 5.9 7.3 9.3 13.1
Austria B 7.5 7.6 7.7 8.1 8.4 9.1 8.7
Belarus A 8.9 9.6 10.2 9.9 9.4 9.1 7.5
Switzerland C 6.2 6.3 6.7 7.1 7.8 8.9 9.3
Sierra Leone C 2.7 3.4 4.3 4.6 6.4 8.5 12.9
Laos D 2.7 3.3 4.3 5.3 6.2 7.7 9.8
Hong Kong A 3.8 4.9 5.7 6.6 7.0 7.4 6.1
Turkmenistan B 2.2 2.9 3.7 4.5 5.1 7.4 9.6
Libya E 2.1 3.2 4.4 5.4 6.2 7.3 9.3
Kyrgyzstan A 3.0 3.6 4.4 4.9 5.4 7.1 9.6
Paraguay D 2.5 3.2 4.2 5.3 6.2 6.8 8.6
Nicaragua E 2.4 3.3 4.2 5.1 5.8 6.8 8.8
Bulgaria C 8.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 7.4 6.8 5.4
Serbia C 8.1 8.9 9.5 9.5 9.0 6.8 5.5
El Salvador D 3.7 4.6 5.3 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.7
Congo, Rep. E 1.3 1.8 2.4 3.1 4.3 6.2 11.0
Denmark B 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.9 6.1
Singapore A 2.1 2.4 3.0 4.0 5.1 5.8 6.1
Lebanon E 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.8 5.0 5.8 7.0
Finland C 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.4
Norway B 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.5 5.9
Slovak Republic D 4.5 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 4.9
Liberia E 1.4 1.9 2.1 2.8 3.9 5.5 8.9
Ireland A 2.9 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.6 5.2 6.0
New Zealand A 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.4 5.2 5.8
Central African Republic E 1.8 2.2 2.8 3.6 4.4 5.2 10.6
Costa Rica C 1.8 2.4 3.1 4.0 4.6 5.1 5.4
Oman A 0.7 1.2 1.8 2.3 3.0 5.0 7.8
Mauritania E 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.5 5.0 9.4
Kuwait A 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.0 3.0 4.8 6.4
Panama C 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.6 4.5 5.6
Croatia C 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.2
Georgia B 4.7 5.0 5.4 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.7
Mongolia A 1.3 1.7 2.2 2.4 2.7 3.4 4.5
Uruguay C 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 3.8 4.2 4.5 3.8 3.7 3.2 2.5
Moldova B 3.6 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.1 2.4
Qatar A 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.9 3.0 4.2
Namibia E 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.1 3.0 4.5
Armenia A 2.5 3.1 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.5
Lithuania C 3.1 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.3
Jamaica D 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.5
Albania C 2.2 2.7 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.2
Gambia E 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.8 2.7 4.3
Gabon D 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.6 2.5 4.1
Botswana D 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.5 3.4
Lesotho E 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.3 3.0
Guinea-Bissau E 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.2 3.4
Slovenia A 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0
Latvia D 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.5
North Macedonia B 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.5
Bahrain C 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.6 2.1
Estonia D 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2
Cyprus B 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5
Mauritius A 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1
Eswatini D 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.5
Comoros D 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.3
Guyana D 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9
Bhutan C 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Luxembourg B 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8
Suriname D 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7
Malta B 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Bahamas, The C 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Iceland B 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4


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