Trinidad and Tobago — Population
Population, Total for Trinidad and Tobago, 1960–2025.
Population for Trinidad and Tobago was 1.37 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.37 million in 2024. The lowest was 844,943 in 1960 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.74% per year.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 156 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 72%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.18 million, so Trinidad and Tobago sits below it. It peaked in 2024 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 23 of 42 economies; Guyana (835,986) is just below it.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 94 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 141st of 216 in 1960 → 143rd of 216 in 1970 → 144th of 216 in 1980 → 149th of 217 in 1990 → 150th of 217 in 2000 → 153rd of 217 in 2010 → 154th of 217 in 2020 → 156th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,367,764 | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,368,333 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,367,510 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,365,805 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,367,558 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,366,725 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,363,985 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,359,193 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,356,633 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,353,895 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,349,667 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,345,343 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,340,557 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,335,194 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 1,328,019 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1,317,714 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,310,106 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,308,587 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,303,188 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1,297,944 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,294,494 | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 1,345,380 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,338,709 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,332,011 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1,325,567 | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 1,319,774 | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 1,314,708 | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,310,225 | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 1,305,836 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 1,300,928 | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 1,295,169 | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 1,288,341 | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 1,280,466 | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 1,271,674 | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 1,262,171 | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 1,252,208 | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 1,241,600 | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1,230,069 | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 1,217,364 | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 1,203,124 | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 1,187,366 | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 1,172,984 | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 1,160,534 | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 1,147,927 | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 1,135,132 | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 1,121,744 | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 1,107,639 | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 1,093,380 | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 1,079,554 | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 1,066,311 | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 1,053,469 | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 1,040,761 | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 1,027,851 | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 1,014,921 | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 1,002,585 | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 991,471 | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 980,706 | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 969,006 | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 956,418 | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 942,937 | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 928,425 | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 912,963 | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 896,804 | +1.9% |
| 1962 | 880,194 | +2.0% |
| 1961 | 863,144 | +2.2% |
| 1960 | 844,943 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Trinidad and Tobago’s Population in 1961?
863,144 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Trinidad and Tobago’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Trinidad and Tobago’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +61.9% in total — about 0.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1,367,764; 2024: 1,368,333; 2023: 1,367,510; 2022: 1,365,805; 2021: 1,367,558. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.