Fertility & birth rates in Trinidad and Tobago and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in Trinidad and Tobago vs Tuvalu chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Trinidad and Tobago was 1.53 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Trinidad and Tobago vs Tuvalu population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Trinidad	Tuvalu
1960	5.41	5.15
1961	5.41	5.09
1962	5.36	5
1963	5.24	4.91
1964	5.08	4.83
1965	4.88	4.73
1966	4.62	4.64
1967	4.35	4.49
1968	4.11	4.36
1969	3.86	4.23
1970	3.71	4.08
1971	3.61	3.94
1972	3.55	3.81
1973	3.47	3.71
1974	3.32	3.63
1975	3.21	3.58
1976	3.14	3.55
1977	3.12	3.56
1978	3.13	3.59
1979	3.13	3.65
1980	3.15	3.73
1981	3.13	3.8
1982	3.11	3.88
1983	3.07	3.91
1984	3.02	3.95
1985	2.99	3.97
1986	2.9	3.97
1987	2.78	3.94
1988	2.65	3.88
1989	2.53	3.8
1990	2.39	3.75
1991	2.29	3.79
1992	2.21	3.86
1993	2.13	3.92
1994	2.06	3.92
1995	1.97	3.96
1996	1.89	3.95
1997	1.83	3.95
1998	1.78	3.95
1999	1.76	3.92
2000	1.73	3.84
2001	1.71	3.75
2002	1.67	3.64
2003	1.65	3.58
2004	1.63	3.55
2005	1.63	3.55
2006	1.62	3.53
2007	1.62	3.45
2008	1.62	3.42
2009	1.62	3.43
2010	1.61	3.44
2011	1.61	3.46
2012	1.61	3.47
2013	1.6	3.39
2014	1.6	3.33
2015	1.6	3.31
2016	1.6	3.3
2017	1.59	3.3
2018	1.59	3.33
2019	1.58	3.33
2020	1.57	3.31
2021	1.56	3.28
2022	1.54	3.24
2023	1.53	3.21
2024	1.54	3.17
2025	1.52	3.14
2026	1.52	3.1
2027	1.51	3.06
2028	1.51	3.03
2029	1.51	3
2030	1.51	2.97
2031	1.51	2.94
2032	1.51	2.91
2033	1.51	2.88
2034	1.51	2.84
2035	1.51	2.82
2036	1.51	2.79
2037	1.51	2.77
2038	1.51	2.74
2039	1.51	2.72
2040	1.51	2.69
2041	1.51	2.67
2042	1.51	2.65
2043	1.51	2.63
2044	1.51	2.61
2045	1.51	2.58
2046	1.51	2.57
2047	1.51	2.54
2048	1.52	2.52
2049	1.52	2.5
2050	1.52	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Trinidad	Tuvalu
1960	43.1%	41%
1961	43.2%	42.1%
1962	43.2%	43.1%
1963	43.3%	43.9%
1964	43.2%	44.1%
1965	43.1%	43.9%
1966	42.9%	43.9%
1967	42.7%	44.1%
1968	42.3%	44.3%
1969	41.9%	43.9%
1970	41.2%	43.2%
1971	40.4%	42.3%
1972	39.7%	41.3%
1973	39.1%	40.2%
1974	38.4%	39.4%
1975	37.6%	38.9%
1976	36.8%	38.1%
1977	36%	37%
1978	35.3%	35.5%
1979	34.8%	34.5%
1980	34.4%	34%
1981	34.2%	33.4%
1982	34.2%	32.8%
1983	34.2%	32.1%
1984	34.3%	31.6%
1985	34.4%	31.7%
1986	34.4%	32.3%
1987	34.4%	32.9%
1988	34.2%	33.5%
1989	34%	34.1%
1990	33.7%	34.5%
1991	33.3%	35%
1992	32.8%	35.4%
1993	32.2%	35.9%
1994	31.6%	36.1%
1995	30.8%	36.2%
1996	29.9%	36.3%
1997	28.9%	36.3%
1998	27.9%	36.3%
1999	27%	36.2%
2000	26%	36.3%
2001	25%	36.3%
2002	24.2%	36.3%
2003	23.4%	36%
2004	22.7%	35.5%
2005	22.1%	35%
2006	21.6%	34.5%
2007	21.2%	34%
2008	20.8%	33.5%
2009	20.5%	33.1%
2010	20.3%	32.8%
2011	20.1%	32.6%
2012	20%	32.5%
2013	19.9%	32.4%
2014	19.7%	32.1%
2015	19.6%	31.9%
2016	19.5%	31.8%
2017	19.3%	31.6%
2018	19%	31.6%
2019	18.8%	31.7%
2020	18.7%	31.7%
2021	18.5%	31.6%
2022	18.3%	32%
2023	18%	32.6%
2024	17.8%	32.9%
2025	17.5%	33%
2026	17.2%	32.9%
2027	16.9%	32.7%
2028	16.6%	32.3%
2029	16.4%	31.8%
2030	16.1%	31.2%
2031	15.8%	30.6%
2032	15.5%	29.9%
2033	15.3%	29.3%
2034	15.1%	28.7%
2035	14.9%	28.2%
2036	14.7%	27.8%
2037	14.5%	27.5%
2038	14.4%	27.1%
2039	14.2%	26.9%
2040	14.1%	26.9%
2041	14.1%	26.9%
2042	14%	26.9%
2043	13.9%	27%
2044	13.9%	27.1%
2045	13.8%	27.3%
2046	13.8%	27.4%
2047	13.7%	27.6%
2048	13.7%	27.7%
2049	13.6%	27.8%
2050	13.6%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Trinidad and Tobago and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 33.7% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Trinidad and Tobago vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago and +1.48% in Tuvalu. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Trinidad	Tuvalu
1960	24,766	126
1961	25,518	120
1962	25,763	113
1963	25,507	106
1964	25,065	98
1965	24,349	93
1966	23,228	91
1967	21,992	92
1968	20,849	97
1969	19,652	102
1970	19,074	102
1971	19,400	101
1972	20,116	94
1973	20,617	101
1974	20,412	102
1975	20,468	108
1976	20,875	117
1977	21,660	128
1978	22,538	141
1979	23,475	158
1980	24,557	173
1981	25,015	186
1982	25,181	198
1983	25,118	206
1984	24,738	212
1985	24,487	215
1986	23,705	219
1987	22,398	219
1988	21,028	215
1989	19,636	208
1990	18,052	204
1991	16,903	203
1992	15,910	196
1993	14,878	202
1994	14,032	195
1995	12,971	191
1996	12,101	182
1997	11,405	177
1998	10,964	172
1999	10,821	166
2000	10,588	159
2001	10,438	151
2002	10,316	141
2003	10,169	136
2004	10,149	132
2005	9,822	131
2006	9,889	129
2007	9,939	125
2008	9,872	125
2009	9,769	130
2010	9,698	136
2011	9,601	142
2012	9,376	148
2013	9,020	148
2014	8,571	149
2015	7,963	153
2016	7,436	157
2017	6,779	163
2018	5,869	169
2019	5,647	166
2020	4,558	161
2021	2,091	151
2022	3,773	150
2023	3,200	137

Maternal mortality chart: Trinidad and Tobago vs Tuvalu

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 54 deaths per 100,000 live births in Trinidad and Tobago, compared to 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Trinidad	Tuvalu
1985	87	230
1986	89	226
1987	86	252
1988	87	300
1989	86	296
1990	84	291
1991	82	289
1992	85	312
1993	85	286
1994	84	284
1995	85	281
1996	84	277
1997	82	249
1998	79	245
1999	78	242
2000	76	237
2001	72	235
2002	69	234
2003	67	210
2004	63	209
2005	60	230
2006	58	226
2007	57	222
2008	55	219
2009	54	215
2010	54	213
2011	53	169
2012	51	168
2013	50	168
2014	50	168
2015	50	169
2016	51	170
2017	51	171
2018	53	153
2019	53	155
2020	35	206
2021	54	157
2022	30	220
2023	54	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago and 1.99% in Tuvalu. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Trinidad	Tuvalu
1960	6.74%	17.7%
1961	6.53%	17%
1962	6.33%	16.3%
1963	6.14%	15.6%
1964	5.96%	14.9%
1965	5.8%	14.2%
1966	5.66%	13.6%
1967	5.53%	12.9%
1968	5.4%	12.3%
1969	5.28%	11.7%
1970	5.17%	11.1%
1971	5.06%	10.5%
1972	4.95%	9.93%
1973	4.84%	9.37%
1974	4.72%	8.81%
1975	4.6%	8.31%
1976	4.48%	7.84%
1977	4.37%	7.43%
1978	4.25%	7.08%
1979	4.14%	6.76%
1980	4.03%	6.49%
1981	3.92%	6.26%
1982	3.83%	6.06%
1983	3.73%	5.9%
1984	3.64%	5.76%
1985	3.56%	5.66%
1986	3.49%	5.59%
1987	3.42%	5.53%
1988	3.36%	5.47%
1989	3.3%	5.42%
1990	3.25%	5.37%
1991	3.21%	5.31%
1992	3.16%	5.24%
1993	3.13%	5.15%
1994	3.09%	5.05%
1995	3.06%	4.94%
1996	3.02%	4.81%
1997	2.99%	4.67%
1998	2.96%	4.52%
1999	2.92%	4.39%
2000	2.88%	4.26%
2001	2.84%	4.16%
2002	2.81%	4.07%
2003	2.76%	3.98%
2004	2.72%	3.89%
2005	2.68%	3.8%
2006	2.64%	3.68%
2007	2.59%	3.56%
2008	2.55%	3.42%
2009	2.51%	3.28%
2010	2.47%	3.14%
2011	2.43%	3.02%
2012	2.38%	2.91%
2013	2.35%	2.8%
2014	2.3%	2.71%
2015	2.26%	2.61%
2016	2.22%	2.52%
2017	2.18%	2.43%
2018	2.14%	2.35%
2019	2.1%	2.27%
2020	2.06%	2.19%
2021	2.01%	2.12%
2022	1.96%	2.05%
2023	1.91%	1.99%