Chile vs Trinidad and Tobago Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Chile vs Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	Median age
	Chile	Trinidad
1960	20.4	18.5
1961	20.3	18.4
1962	20.3	18.4
1963	20.3	18.3
1964	20.3	18.3
1965	20.3	18.3
1966	20.3	18.4
1967	20.4	18.4
1968	20.5	18.5
1969	20.6	18.6
1970	20.8	18.8
1971	20.9	19.1
1972	21.1	19.3
1973	21.3	19.6
1974	21.5	19.9
1975	21.7	20.2
1976	22	20.6
1977	22.3	20.8
1978	22.5	21.1
1979	22.8	21.4
1980	23	21.7
1981	23.3	21.9
1982	23.6	22.2
1983	23.9	22.4
1984	24.2	22.6
1985	24.4	22.8
1986	24.7	23.1
1987	25	23.3
1988	25.3	23.6
1989	25.6	23.9
1990	25.9	24.2
1991	26.1	24.5
1992	26.4	24.8
1993	26.7	25.1
1994	27	25.3
1995	27.3	25.6
1996	27.7	26
1997	28	26.4
1998	28.3	26.7
1999	28.7	27.1
2000	29	27.5
2001	29.4	27.9
2002	29.8	28.3
2003	30.2	28.7
2004	30.6	29.1
2005	30.9	29.5
2006	31.3	29.8
2007	31.7	30.3
2008	32.1	30.7
2009	32.4	31.2
2010	32.7	31.7
2011	33.1	32.1
2012	33.4	32.6
2013	33.7	33.1
2014	34	33.5
2015	34.3	34
2016	34.6	34.4
2017	34.9	34.9
2018	35.1	35.3
2019	35.3	35.7
2020	35.7	36.3
2021	36.2	36.8
2022	36.6	37.2
2023	37	37.7
2024	37.5	38.2
2025	37.9	38.7
2026	38.4	39.2
2027	38.9	39.7
2028	39.4	40.2
2029	39.9	40.7
2030	40.5	41.1
2031	41	41.5
2032	41.5	42
2033	42	42.4
2034	42.5	42.8
2035	43	43.1
2036	43.5	43.5
2037	44	43.8
2038	44.5	44.1
2039	45	44.4
2040	45.5	44.7
2041	46	44.9
2042	46.5	45.2
2043	46.9	45.4
2044	47.4	45.6
2045	47.8	45.8
2046	48.3	46
2047	48.7	46.2
2048	49.1	46.4
2049	49.5	46.5
2050	49.9	46.7

In 1960, the median age in Chile was 20.4 years compared to 18.5 years in Trinidad and Tobago. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 37.5 years in Chile and to 38.2 years in Trinidad and Tobago.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Chile is expected to increased to around 49.9 years by 2050 compared to 46.7 years in Trinidad and Tobago. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Chile		Trinidad
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	2.42%	2.32%	2.79%	2.69%
5-9	3.02%	2.92%	3.05%	2.95%
10-14	3.2%	3.08%	3.2%	3.09%
15-19	3.13%	3.01%	3.2%	3.08%
20-24	3.41%	3.31%	3.2%	3.06%
25-29	3.95%	3.86%	3.37%	3.22%
30-34	4.23%	4.14%	3.82%	3.71%
35-39	4.01%	3.93%	4.44%	4.38%
40-44	3.62%	3.56%	4.39%	4.35%
45-49	3.38%	3.36%	3.62%	3.59%
50-54	3.22%	3.24%	3.12%	3.16%
55-59	3%	3.09%	2.88%	3.06%
60-64	2.65%	2.8%	2.99%	3.21%
65-69	2.22%	2.41%	2.27%	2.7%
70-74	1.74%	1.94%	1.65%	2.09%
75-79	1.17%	1.4%	0.9%	1.26%
80+	1.33%	1.93%	0.53%	0.97%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Chile has low demographic potential with 46% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 44.4% and similar potential in Trinidad and Tobago.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Chile			Trinidad
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	75.5%	69.6%	5.86%	85.7%	80.1%	5.58%
1961	75.8%	69.8%	5.99%	86%	80.3%	5.66%
1962	75.9%	69.8%	6.12%	86.5%	80.7%	5.86%
1963	75.8%	69.6%	6.24%	87%	80.9%	6.09%
1964	75.5%	69.2%	6.34%	87.3%	81%	6.35%
1965	75.1%	68.7%	6.43%	87.5%	80.8%	6.63%
1966	74.7%	68.1%	6.51%	87.4%	80.4%	6.92%
1967	74.1%	67.5%	6.59%	87.1%	79.9%	7.23%
1968	73.5%	66.9%	6.65%	86.5%	79%	7.52%
1969	72.9%	66.1%	6.71%	85.4%	77.6%	7.78%
1970	72.1%	65.3%	6.77%	83.3%	75.4%	7.84%
1971	71.2%	64.4%	6.83%	80.8%	73%	7.72%
1972	70.2%	63.3%	6.89%	78.6%	71%	7.62%
1973	69.1%	62.2%	6.96%	76.5%	69%	7.54%
1974	68%	61%	7.03%	74.4%	67%	7.45%
1975	66.9%	59.8%	7.12%	72.1%	64.8%	7.37%
1976	65.8%	58.5%	7.22%	69.8%	62.5%	7.29%
1977	64.7%	57.3%	7.33%	67.6%	60.4%	7.23%
1978	63.6%	56.1%	7.44%	65.7%	58.5%	7.18%
1979	62.5%	55%	7.55%	64.2%	57.1%	7.15%
1980	61.5%	53.8%	7.66%	63.3%	56.2%	7.14%
1981	60.5%	52.7%	7.77%	62.9%	55.7%	7.15%
1982	59.6%	51.7%	7.88%	62.8%	55.6%	7.16%
1983	58.7%	50.7%	7.99%	63%	55.8%	7.19%
1984	57.9%	49.8%	8.11%	63.2%	56%	7.22%
1985	57.2%	49%	8.25%	63.5%	56.2%	7.25%
1986	56.7%	48.3%	8.42%	63.6%	56.3%	7.26%
1987	56.3%	47.7%	8.61%	63.5%	56.2%	7.27%
1988	56%	47.1%	8.83%	63%	55.8%	7.27%
1989	55.8%	46.7%	9.1%	62.4%	55.2%	7.27%
1990	55.8%	46.4%	9.41%	61.7%	54.4%	7.27%
1991	55.8%	46%	9.76%	60.8%	53.5%	7.27%
1992	55.9%	45.7%	10.1%	59.6%	52.4%	7.27%
1993	55.9%	45.4%	10.5%	58.3%	51%	7.26%
1994	55.9%	45%	10.9%	56.7%	49.4%	7.24%
1995	55.8%	44.6%	11.3%	54.9%	47.6%	7.21%
1996	55.7%	44.1%	11.6%	52.9%	45.7%	7.18%
1997	55.4%	43.5%	11.8%	50.8%	43.6%	7.16%
1998	54.9%	42.8%	12.1%	48.7%	41.5%	7.13%
1999	54.4%	42.1%	12.3%	46.6%	39.5%	7.12%
2000	53.8%	41.2%	12.6%	44.7%	37.6%	7.1%
2001	53.2%	40.4%	12.8%	42.9%	35.8%	7.09%
2002	52.4%	39.4%	13%	41.2%	34.1%	7.1%
2003	51.5%	38.3%	13.2%	39.8%	32.7%	7.13%
2004	50.6%	37.2%	13.4%	38.7%	31.5%	7.2%
2005	49.7%	36.1%	13.6%	37.7%	30.4%	7.3%
2006	48.7%	34.9%	13.8%	37.1%	29.6%	7.44%
2007	47.8%	33.9%	14%	36.6%	28.9%	7.62%
2008	47.1%	33%	14.2%	36.2%	28.4%	7.85%
2009	46.6%	32.2%	14.4%	36.1%	28%	8.13%
2010	46.1%	31.5%	14.6%	36.1%	27.6%	8.47%
2011	45.7%	30.8%	14.9%	36.3%	27.4%	8.86%
2012	45.4%	30.2%	15.2%	36.6%	27.3%	9.32%
2013	45.3%	29.7%	15.5%	37%	27.2%	9.84%
2014	45.3%	29.3%	15.9%	37.6%	27.1%	10.4%
2015	45.3%	29%	16.3%	38.1%	27.1%	11.1%
2016	45.4%	28.6%	16.8%	38.8%	27%	11.7%
2017	45.2%	28.1%	17.2%	39.4%	26.9%	12.5%
2018	45.1%	27.6%	17.5%	39.6%	26.6%	13%
2019	45%	27.1%	17.9%	40.2%	26.4%	13.8%
2020	45%	26.7%	18.3%	41.2%	26.5%	14.7%
2021	45%	26.2%	18.8%	41.8%	26.3%	15.5%
2022	45%	25.8%	19.3%	42.2%	26%	16.1%
2023	45.1%	25.2%	19.9%	42.6%	25.7%	16.9%
2024	45.1%	24.6%	20.5%	43.1%	25.4%	17.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Chile decreased from 50.6% to 45.1% between 2004 and 2024.

In Trinidad and Tobago, the ratio of dependent people increased from 38.7% to 43.1% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Chile	Trinidad
1960	57%	53.9%
1961	56.9%	53.8%
1962	56.8%	53.6%
1963	56.9%	53.5%
1964	57%	53.4%
1965	57.1%	53.3%
1966	57.3%	53.4%
1967	57.4%	53.5%
1968	57.6%	53.6%
1969	57.9%	53.9%
1970	58.1%	54.6%
1971	58.4%	55.3%
1972	58.8%	56%
1973	59.1%	56.6%
1974	59.5%	57.3%
1975	59.9%	58.1%
1976	60.3%	58.9%
1977	60.7%	59.7%
1978	61.1%	60.4%
1979	61.5%	60.9%
1980	61.9%	61.2%
1981	62.3%	61.4%
1982	62.7%	61.4%
1983	63%	61.4%
1984	63.3%	61.3%
1985	63.6%	61.2%
1986	63.8%	61.1%
1987	64%	61.2%
1988	64.1%	61.3%
1989	64.2%	61.6%
1990	64.2%	61.8%
1991	64.2%	62.2%
1992	64.2%	62.6%
1993	64.1%	63.2%
1994	64.1%	63.8%
1995	64.2%	64.6%
1996	64.2%	65.4%
1997	64.4%	66.3%
1998	64.5%	67.3%
1999	64.8%	68.2%
2000	65%	69.1%
2001	65.3%	70%
2002	65.6%	70.8%
2003	66%	71.5%
2004	66.4%	72.1%
2005	66.8%	72.6%
2006	67.2%	73%
2007	67.6%	73.2%
2008	68%	73.4%
2009	68.2%	73.5%
2010	68.5%	73.5%
2011	68.7%	73.4%
2012	68.8%	73.2%
2013	68.8%	73%
2014	68.8%	72.7%
2015	68.8%	72.4%
2016	68.8%	72.1%
2017	68.9%	71.7%
2018	68.9%	71.6%
2019	69%	71.3%
2020	69%	70.8%
2021	68.9%	70.5%
2022	68.9%	70.3%
2023	68.9%	70.1%
2024	68.9%	69.9%
2025	68.9%	69.6%
2026	68.8%	69.3%
2027	68.8%	69%
2028	68.7%	68.7%
2029	68.6%	68.5%
2030	68.6%	68.3%
2031	68.5%	68.2%
2032	68.3%	68.1%
2033	68.2%	68.1%
2034	68%	68%
2035	67.7%	68%
2036	67.4%	67.9%
2037	67%	67.8%
2038	66.7%	67.6%
2039	66.3%	67.4%
2040	66%	67.2%
2041	65.6%	67%
2042	65.2%	66.7%
2043	64.8%	66.4%
2044	64.4%	66%
2045	64%	65.5%
2046	63.6%	65%
2047	63.2%	64.4%
2048	62.8%	63.8%
2049	62.3%	63.2%
2050	61.9%	62.6%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 66.4% to 68.9% in Chile and from 72.1% to 69.9% in Trinidad and Tobago.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	Trinidad
1960	39.7%	43.1%
1961	39.7%	43.2%
1962	39.7%	43.2%
1963	39.6%	43.3%
1964	39.4%	43.2%
1965	39.2%	43.1%
1966	39%	42.9%
1967	38.8%	42.7%
1968	38.5%	42.3%
1969	38.3%	41.9%
1970	38%	41.2%
1971	37.6%	40.4%
1972	37.2%	39.7%
1973	36.8%	39.1%
1974	36.3%	38.4%
1975	35.8%	37.6%
1976	35.3%	36.8%
1977	34.8%	36%
1978	34.3%	35.3%
1979	33.8%	34.8%
1980	33.3%	34.4%
1981	32.9%	34.2%
1982	32.4%	34.2%
1983	32%	34.2%
1984	31.5%	34.3%
1985	31.2%	34.4%
1986	30.8%	34.4%
1987	30.5%	34.4%
1988	30.2%	34.2%
1989	30%	34%
1990	29.8%	33.7%
1991	29.6%	33.3%
1992	29.3%	32.8%
1993	29.1%	32.2%
1994	28.9%	31.6%
1995	28.6%	30.8%
1996	28.3%	29.9%
1997	28%	28.9%
1998	27.7%	27.9%
1999	27.3%	27%
2000	26.8%	26%
2001	26.3%	25%
2002	25.8%	24.2%
2003	25.3%	23.4%
2004	24.7%	22.7%
2005	24.1%	22.1%
2006	23.5%	21.6%
2007	22.9%	21.2%
2008	22.4%	20.8%
2009	22%	20.5%
2010	21.5%	20.3%
2011	21.1%	20.1%
2012	20.8%	20%
2013	20.5%	19.9%
2014	20.2%	19.7%
2015	19.9%	19.6%
2016	19.7%	19.5%
2017	19.3%	19.3%
2018	19%	19%
2019	18.7%	18.8%
2020	18.4%	18.7%
2021	18.1%	18.5%
2022	17.8%	18.3%
2023	17.4%	18%
2024	17%	17.8%
2025	16.5%	17.5%
2026	16.1%	17.2%
2027	15.7%	16.9%
2028	15.3%	16.6%
2029	14.9%	16.4%
2030	14.4%	16.1%
2031	14%	15.8%
2032	13.7%	15.5%
2033	13.4%	15.3%
2034	13.1%	15.1%
2035	12.8%	14.9%
2036	12.7%	14.7%
2037	12.5%	14.5%
2038	12.4%	14.4%
2039	12.3%	14.2%
2040	12.2%	14.1%
2041	12.1%	14.1%
2042	12%	14%
2043	12%	13.9%
2044	11.9%	13.9%
2045	11.8%	13.8%
2046	11.7%	13.8%
2047	11.7%	13.7%
2048	11.6%	13.7%
2049	11.5%	13.6%
2050	11.5%	13.6%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 17% in Chile and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago. Birth rates in Chile compared to Trinidad and Tobago .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Chile	Trinidad
1960	3.34%	3%
1961	3.41%	3.04%
1962	3.48%	3.14%
1963	3.55%	3.26%
1964	3.61%	3.39%
1965	3.67%	3.53%
1966	3.73%	3.7%
1967	3.78%	3.86%
1968	3.83%	4.03%
1969	3.88%	4.2%
1970	3.94%	4.28%
1971	3.99%	4.27%
1972	4.05%	4.27%
1973	4.11%	4.27%
1974	4.19%	4.27%
1975	4.27%	4.28%
1976	4.35%	4.3%
1977	4.45%	4.32%
1978	4.55%	4.34%
1979	4.65%	4.36%
1980	4.75%	4.37%
1981	4.84%	4.39%
1982	4.94%	4.4%
1983	5.03%	4.41%
1984	5.14%	4.42%
1985	5.25%	4.43%
1986	5.37%	4.44%
1987	5.51%	4.45%
1988	5.66%	4.46%
1989	5.84%	4.47%
1990	6.04%	4.5%
1991	6.26%	4.52%
1992	6.51%	4.55%
1993	6.76%	4.59%
1994	7.01%	4.62%
1995	7.23%	4.66%
1996	7.44%	4.7%
1997	7.63%	4.75%
1998	7.81%	4.8%
1999	7.99%	4.85%
2000	8.18%	4.91%
2001	8.36%	4.96%
2002	8.55%	5.03%
2003	8.73%	5.1%
2004	8.91%	5.19%
2005	9.09%	5.3%
2006	9.27%	5.43%
2007	9.44%	5.58%
2008	9.62%	5.76%
2009	9.8%	5.98%
2010	10%	6.22%
2011	10.2%	6.5%
2012	10.4%	6.82%
2013	10.7%	7.18%
2014	11%	7.58%
2015	11.2%	8.01%
2016	11.5%	8.46%
2017	11.8%	8.93%
2018	12.1%	9.34%
2019	12.3%	9.85%
2020	12.6%	10.4%
2021	13%	10.9%
2022	13.3%	11.4%
2023	13.7%	11.9%
2024	14.1%	12.4%
2025	14.6%	12.9%
2026	15.1%	13.5%
2027	15.5%	14.1%
2028	16%	14.7%
2029	16.5%	15.2%
2030	17%	15.6%
2031	17.5%	16%
2032	18%	16.3%
2033	18.5%	16.6%
2034	19%	16.9%
2035	19.5%	17.2%
2036	20%	17.4%
2037	20.4%	17.7%
2038	20.9%	18%
2039	21.4%	18.3%
2040	21.8%	18.6%
2041	22.3%	19%
2042	22.8%	19.3%
2043	23.2%	19.7%
2044	23.7%	20.2%
2045	24.2%	20.7%
2046	24.6%	21.3%
2047	25.1%	21.9%
2048	25.6%	22.5%
2049	26.1%	23.2%
2050	26.7%	23.8%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 14.1% in Chile and 12.4% in Trinidad and Tobago. Life expectancy in Chile compared to Trinidad and Tobago .