Fertility & birth rates in Trinidad and Tobago and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Trinidad and Tobago vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Trinidad and Tobago vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	5.41	2.69
1961	5.41	2.78
1962	5.36	2.86
1963	5.24	2.88
1964	5.08	2.93
1965	4.88	2.86
1966	4.62	2.78
1967	4.35	2.68
1968	4.11	2.6
1969	3.86	2.51
1970	3.71	2.44
1971	3.61	2.41
1972	3.55	2.2
1973	3.47	2.04
1974	3.32	1.92
1975	3.21	1.81
1976	3.14	1.74
1977	3.12	1.69
1978	3.13	1.75
1979	3.13	1.86
1980	3.15	1.9
1981	3.13	1.82
1982	3.11	1.78
1983	3.07	1.77
1984	3.02	1.77
1985	2.99	1.79
1986	2.9	1.78
1987	2.78	1.81
1988	2.65	1.82
1989	2.53	1.79
1990	2.39	1.83
1991	2.29	1.82
1992	2.21	1.79
1993	2.13	1.76
1994	2.06	1.74
1995	1.97	1.71
1996	1.89	1.73
1997	1.83	1.72
1998	1.78	1.71
1999	1.76	1.68
2000	1.73	1.64
2001	1.71	1.63
2002	1.67	1.63
2003	1.65	1.7
2004	1.63	1.75
2005	1.63	1.76
2006	1.62	1.82
2007	1.62	1.86
2008	1.62	1.91
2009	1.62	1.89
2010	1.61	1.92
2011	1.61	1.91
2012	1.61	1.92
2013	1.6	1.83
2014	1.6	1.81
2015	1.6	1.8
2016	1.6	1.79
2017	1.59	1.74
2018	1.59	1.68
2019	1.58	1.63
2020	1.57	1.57
2021	1.56	1.58
2022	1.54	1.56
2023	1.53	1.56
2024	1.54	1.55
2025	1.52	1.54
2026	1.52	1.53
2027	1.51	1.53
2028	1.51	1.53
2029	1.51	1.52
2030	1.51	1.52
2031	1.51	1.52
2032	1.51	1.53
2033	1.51	1.53
2034	1.51	1.53
2035	1.51	1.53
2036	1.51	1.53
2037	1.51	1.53
2038	1.51	1.53
2039	1.51	1.53
2040	1.51	1.53
2041	1.51	1.54
2042	1.51	1.54
2043	1.51	1.54
2044	1.51	1.54
2045	1.51	1.54
2046	1.51	1.54
2047	1.51	1.54
2048	1.52	1.54
2049	1.52	1.55
2050	1.52	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Trinidad	United Kingdom
1960	43.1%	23.3%
1961	43.2%	23.3%
1962	43.2%	23.2%
1963	43.3%	23.2%
1964	43.2%	23.3%
1965	43.1%	23.4%
1966	42.9%	23.5%
1967	42.7%	23.7%
1968	42.3%	23.9%
1969	41.9%	24%
1970	41.2%	24.1%
1971	40.4%	24.1%
1972	39.7%	24%
1973	39.1%	23.9%
1974	38.4%	23.6%
1975	37.6%	23.3%
1976	36.8%	22.9%
1977	36%	22.4%
1978	35.3%	21.9%
1979	34.8%	21.4%
1980	34.4%	21%
1981	34.2%	20.6%
1982	34.2%	20.2%
1983	34.2%	19.8%
1984	34.3%	19.5%
1985	34.4%	19.3%
1986	34.4%	19.1%
1987	34.4%	18.9%
1988	34.2%	18.9%
1989	34%	19.1%
1990	33.7%	19.1%
1991	33.3%	19.3%
1992	32.8%	19.4%
1993	32.2%	19.5%
1994	31.6%	19.6%
1995	30.8%	19.5%
1996	29.9%	19.4%
1997	28.9%	19.3%
1998	27.9%	19.3%
1999	27%	19.2%
2000	26%	18.9%
2001	25%	18.7%
2002	24.2%	18.5%
2003	23.4%	18.4%
2004	22.7%	18.3%
2005	22.1%	18.2%
2006	21.6%	18%
2007	21.2%	17.9%
2008	20.8%	17.8%
2009	20.5%	17.8%
2010	20.3%	17.8%
2011	20.1%	17.7%
2012	20%	17.8%
2013	19.9%	17.8%
2014	19.7%	17.8%
2015	19.6%	17.9%
2016	19.5%	18%
2017	19.3%	18%
2018	19%	18.1%
2019	18.8%	18%
2020	18.7%	18%
2021	18.5%	17.8%
2022	18.3%	17.6%
2023	18%	17.4%
2024	17.8%	17.2%
2025	17.5%	17%
2026	17.2%	16.7%
2027	16.9%	16.5%
2028	16.6%	16.2%
2029	16.4%	16%
2030	16.1%	15.7%
2031	15.8%	15.5%
2032	15.5%	15.3%
2033	15.3%	15.2%
2034	15.1%	15.1%
2035	14.9%	15%
2036	14.7%	14.9%
2037	14.5%	14.9%
2038	14.4%	14.8%
2039	14.2%	14.8%
2040	14.1%	14.8%
2041	14.1%	14.8%
2042	14%	14.8%
2043	13.9%	14.9%
2044	13.9%	14.9%
2045	13.8%	14.9%
2046	13.8%	15%
2047	13.7%	15%
2048	13.7%	15%
2049	13.6%	15%
2050	13.6%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Trinidad and Tobago and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 33.7% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Trinidad and Tobago vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	24,766	314,400
1961	25,518	311,519
1962	25,763	340,800
1963	25,507	337,995
1964	25,065	405,000
1965	24,349	364,132
1966	23,228	333,356
1967	21,992	346,145
1968	20,849	292,622
1969	19,652	260,577
1970	19,074	244,918
1971	19,400	257,123
1972	20,116	162,650
1973	20,617	112,389
1974	20,412	67,476
1975	20,468	33,735
1976	20,875	-5,621
1977	21,660	0
1978	22,538	16,859
1979	23,475	61,872
1980	24,557	95,734
1981	25,015	73,234
1982	25,181	56,314
1983	25,118	61,966
1984	24,738	84,633
1985	24,487	79,170
1986	23,705	90,690
1987	22,398	136,325
1988	21,028	136,628
1989	19,636	119,861
1990	18,052	154,569
1991	16,903	143,562
1992	15,910	149,709
1993	14,878	103,893
1994	14,032	127,304
1995	12,971	87,028
1996	12,101	98,884
1997	11,405	99,138
1998	10,964	87,730
1999	10,821	64,551
2000	10,588	70,671
2001	10,438	65,032
2002	10,316	65,308
2003	10,169	89,471
2004	10,149	131,974
2005	9,822	144,963
2006	9,889	176,455
2007	9,939	196,232
2008	9,872	216,325
2009	9,769	230,422
2010	9,698	251,066
2011	9,601	259,361
2012	9,376	248,473
2013	9,020	198,830
2014	8,571	206,784
2015	7,963	175,738
2016	7,436	177,139
2017	6,779	145,125
2018	5,869	119,321
2019	5,647	108,342
2020	4,558	-4,272
2021	2,091	30,612
2022	3,773	39,751
2023	3,200	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Trinidad and Tobago vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Trinidad	United Kingdom
1985	87	2
1986	89	2
1987	86	3
1988	87	4
1989	86	5
1990	84	6
1991	82	7
1992	85	7
1993	85	8
1994	84	9
1995	85	9
1996	84	8
1997	82	9
1998	79	10
1999	78	11
2000	76	12
2001	72	13
2002	69	13
2003	67	14
2004	63	13
2005	60	12
2006	58	12
2007	57	11
2008	55	11
2009	54	11
2010	54	10
2011	53	10
2012	51	9
2013	50	9
2014	50	9
2015	50	9
2016	51	9
2017	51	9
2018	53	9
2019	53	9
2020	35	14
2021	54	13
2022	30	15
2023	54	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	6.74%	2.66%
1961	6.53%	2.61%
1962	6.33%	2.56%
1963	6.14%	2.49%
1964	5.96%	2.42%
1965	5.8%	2.34%
1966	5.66%	2.28%
1967	5.53%	2.22%
1968	5.4%	2.18%
1969	5.28%	2.14%
1970	5.17%	2.1%
1971	5.06%	2.06%
1972	4.95%	2%
1973	4.84%	1.94%
1974	4.72%	1.87%
1975	4.6%	1.8%
1976	4.48%	1.72%
1977	4.37%	1.64%
1978	4.25%	1.57%
1979	4.14%	1.49%
1980	4.03%	1.41%
1981	3.92%	1.34%
1982	3.83%	1.27%
1983	3.73%	1.22%
1984	3.64%	1.17%
1985	3.56%	1.14%
1986	3.49%	1.11%
1987	3.42%	1.08%
1988	3.36%	1.04%
1989	3.3%	0.99%
1990	3.25%	0.93%
1991	3.21%	0.87%
1992	3.16%	0.82%
1993	3.13%	0.77%
1994	3.09%	0.74%
1995	3.06%	0.72%
1996	3.02%	0.7%
1997	2.99%	0.69%
1998	2.96%	0.68%
1999	2.92%	0.67%
2000	2.88%	0.65%
2001	2.84%	0.64%
2002	2.81%	0.63%
2003	2.76%	0.63%
2004	2.72%	0.61%
2005	2.68%	0.6%
2006	2.64%	0.59%
2007	2.59%	0.58%
2008	2.55%	0.56%
2009	2.51%	0.54%
2010	2.47%	0.52%
2011	2.43%	0.5%
2012	2.38%	0.48%
2013	2.35%	0.46%
2014	2.3%	0.45%
2015	2.26%	0.45%
2016	2.22%	0.44%
2017	2.18%	0.44%
2018	2.14%	0.44%
2019	2.1%	0.44%
2020	2.06%	0.44%
2021	2.01%	0.44%
2022	1.96%	0.45%
2023	1.91%	0.45%