Trinidad and Tobago 2019

Yearbook 2019

Trinidad and Tobago. During the year, Trinidad and Tobago received international criticism for not having an official asylum policy. Due to the politically unstable situation in Venezuela and the lack of food and other supplies there, thousands of Venezuelans have applied to Trinidad. The number was estimated at a total of 40,000. The government of Trinidad and Tobago continued to remain neutral in the power struggle between Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and President Juan Guaidó, who proclaimed president and was recognized by a number of states worldwide. Prime Minister Keith Rowley defended government policy and was strongly critical of a BBC report claiming that tens of thousands of Venezuelan refugees were not allowed to register with the authorities, a statement Rowley dismissed as false.

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Prime Minister Rowley also expressed his dissatisfaction during the year with the EU’s so-called black list of countries that do not do enough to deal with tax evasion and money laundering. Several of the other Caribbean countries that initially ended up on the list have since been removed from there, but Trinidad and Tobago remained on the revised list presented in May. Rowley was not alone in his criticism. Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Regional Cooperation (CARICOM) Irwin LaRocque said in May that he perceived the black list as a threat to the development of the Caribbean countries and an intrusion on states’ self-determination.

Population 2019

According to CountryAAH, the population of Trinidad and Tobago in 2019 was 1,394,862, ranking number 153 in the world. The population growth rate was 0.370% yearly, and the population density was 271.9246 people per km2.

Trinidad and Tobago Median Age

Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean island state composed of the two homonymous islands located off the coast of Venezuela.

Population

From an ethnic point of view, the Amerindians having completely disappeared, there are two large groups, blacks of African origin (39.2%) and Indians (38.6%); Followed by mestizos (16.3%) and small minorities of whites and Chinese. The annual growth rate, which had stabilized at around 1% in the early 1990s, has gradually fallen to the current −0.1%, one of the lowest in the world. The population is concentrated mainly on the island of Trinidad, where the territorial organization is headed by the capital and the centers of Chaguanas, San Fernando and Arima. Tobago has a much more modest urban network, the main center of which is Scarborough.

Official language is English, but Spanish, Hindī and Creole idioms are also used. The most widely practiced religion is the Christian one, with a prevalence of the Catholic (29.4%) confession over the Protestant (18.8%) and Anglican (10.9%). The Hindu religion follows the Christian religion (23.8%); minorities (5.8%) of Muslims.

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