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People of Trinidad and Tobago

source: CIA World Fact Book 1997

Population: 1,130,337 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure:

Population growth rate: -1.18% (1997 est.)

Birth rate: 15.37 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate: 7.87 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate: -19.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio:

Infant mortality rate: 19.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

Total fertility rate: 2.13 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality:

Ethnic groups: black 43%, East Indian (a local term - primarily immigrants from northern India) 40%, mixed 14%, white 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1%

Religions: Roman Catholic 32.2%, Hindu 24.3%, Anglican 14.4%, other Protestant 14%, Muslim 6%, none or unknown 9.1%

Languages: English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish

Literacy:

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