Trinidad and Tobago 
Facts
Population: 1,056,608 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 19.5% (male 105,994/female 100,156)
15-64 years: 71.6% (male 397,699/female 358,755)
65 years and over: 8.9% (male 42,039/female 51,965) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: -0.883% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 13.07 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 10.76 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -11.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.058 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.109 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.809 male(s)/female
total population: 1.068 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 24.33 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 66.85 years
male: 65.87 years
female: 67.87 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.74 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 3.2% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 29,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,900 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)
adjective: Trinidadian, Tobagonian.
Ethnic groups: Indian (South Asian) 40%, African 37.5%, mixed 20.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 0.8% (2000 census).
Religions: Roman Catholic 26%, Hindu 22.5%, Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Muslim 5.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4%, other Christian 5.8%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9% (2000 census).
Languages: English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.1%
female: 98% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $21.12 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 11.9% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $19,800 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 0.7%
industry: 57.7%
services: 41.5% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 618,000 (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 9.5%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14%, construction and utilities 12.4%, services 64.1% (1997 est.).
Population below poverty line: 21% (1992 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 7% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $6.591 billion
expenditures: $5.649 billion; including capital expenditures of $117.3 million (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: cocoa, rice, citrus, coffee, vegetables; poultry.
Industries: petroleum, chemicals, tourism, food processing, cement, beverage, cotton textiles.
Industrial production growth rate: 17% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 6.049 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 5.626 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $12.5 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, steel products, fertilizer, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus, flowers.
Exports - partners: US 68.6%, Jamaica 5.4%, Barbados 2.9% (2005).
Imports: $8.798 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, live animals.
Imports - partners: US 27.2%, Venezuela 13.1%, Brazil 13.1%, Japan 5.4%, Canada 4.1% (2005).
Debt - external: $2.838 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $24 million (1999 est.).
Currency (code): Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD).
Exchange rates: Trinidad and Tobago dollars per US dollar - 6.3107 (2006), 6.2842 (2005), 6.299 (2004), 6.2951 (2003), 6.2487 (2002).
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
(Privately-owned, independent daily), Port-of-Spain
http://www.newsday.co.tt
(Privately-owned, Independent), Port-of-Spain
http://www.trinidadexpress.com
(Privately-owned, Independent), Port-of-Spain
http://www.guardian.co.tt
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