The latest officially reported population of Trinidad and Tobago was 1,368,333 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Trinidad and Tobago's population is 1,373,327 people compared to 70,024,311 in the United Kingdom.
Population statistics:
- The United Kingdom's population is 51 times bigger than Trinidad and Tobago's.
- Trinidad and Tobago is ranked the 154th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
- The countries together account for 0.86% of the world: 0.02% for Trinidad and Tobago vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
- For the last 10 years, Trinidad and Tobago has had an average growth rate of +0.19% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
- Since 2006, the population of Trinidad and Tobago has increased from 1.3M people to 1.37M (5.81% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.8M to 70M (15.1% growth).
- Trinidad and Tobago is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 1.37M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.
Trinidad and Tobago vs United Kingdom: live population counter
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| Current population |
1373327
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70024311
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| Population rank | 154/197 | 22/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.85% |
| One net population change |
10.6 hours
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43 seconds
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| One birth every |
35.9 minutes
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45.9 seconds
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| One death every |
45.9 minutes
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48.4 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
6.57 hours
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1.26 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +1,334 | +417,114 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2 | +2,011 |
| Annual growth/decline | +823 | +734,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.06% | +1.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 162/197 | 98/197 |
Trinidad and Tobago and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 844,943 | 52,400,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 863,144 | 52,800,000 | 2.15% | 0.76% |
| 1962 | 880,194 | 53,250,000 | 1.98% | 0.85% |
| 1963 | 896,804 | 53,650,000 | 1.89% | 0.75% |
| 1964 | 912,963 | 54,000,000 | 1.8% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 928,425 | 54,348,050 | 1.69% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 942,937 | 54,648,500 | 1.56% | 0.55% |
| 1967 | 956,418 | 54,943,600 | 1.43% | 0.54% |
| 1968 | 969,006 | 55,211,700 | 1.32% | 0.49% |
| 1969 | 980,706 | 55,441,750 | 1.21% | 0.42% |
| 1970 | 991,471 | 55,663,250 | 1.1% | 0.4% |
| 1971 | 1,002,585 | 55,896,223 | 1.12% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 1,014,921 | 56,086,065 | 1.23% | 0.34% |
| 1973 | 1,027,851 | 56,194,527 | 1.27% | 0.19% |
| 1974 | 1,040,761 | 56,229,974 | 1.26% | 0.06% |
| 1975 | 1,053,469 | 56,225,800 | 1.22% | -0.007% |
| 1976 | 1,066,311 | 56,211,968 | 1.22% | -0.02% |
| 1977 | 1,079,554 | 56,193,492 | 1.24% | -0.03% |
| 1978 | 1,093,380 | 56,196,504 | 1.28% | 0.005% |
| 1979 | 1,107,639 | 56,246,951 | 1.3% | 0.09% |
| 1980 | 1,121,744 | 56,314,216 | 1.27% | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 1,135,132 | 56,333,829 | 1.19% | 0.03% |
| 1982 | 1,147,927 | 56,313,641 | 1.13% | -0.04% |
| 1983 | 1,160,534 | 56,332,848 | 1.1% | 0.03% |
| 1984 | 1,172,984 | 56,422,072 | 1.07% | 0.16% |
| 1985 | 1,187,366 | 56,550,268 | 1.23% | 0.23% |
| 1986 | 1,203,124 | 56,681,396 | 1.33% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 1,217,364 | 56,802,050 | 1.18% | 0.21% |
| 1988 | 1,230,069 | 56,928,327 | 1.04% | 0.22% |
| 1989 | 1,241,600 | 57,076,711 | 0.94% | 0.26% |
| 1990 | 1,252,208 | 57,247,586 | 0.85% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 1,262,171 | 57,424,897 | 0.8% | 0.31% |
| 1992 | 1,271,674 | 57,580,402 | 0.75% | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 1,280,466 | 57,718,614 | 0.69% | 0.24% |
| 1994 | 1,288,341 | 57,865,745 | 0.62% | 0.25% |
| 1995 | 1,295,169 | 58,019,030 | 0.53% | 0.26% |
| 1996 | 1,300,928 | 58,166,950 | 0.44% | 0.25% |
| 1997 | 1,305,836 | 58,316,954 | 0.38% | 0.26% |
| 1998 | 1,310,225 | 58,487,141 | 0.34% | 0.29% |
| 1999 | 1,314,708 | 58,682,466 | 0.34% | 0.33% |
| 2000 | 1,319,774 | 58,892,514 | 0.39% | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 1,325,567 | 59,119,673 | 0.44% | 0.39% |
| 2002 | 1,332,011 | 59,370,479 | 0.49% | 0.42% |
| 2003 | 1,338,709 | 59,647,577 | 0.5% | 0.47% |
| 2004 | 1,345,380 | 59,987,905 | 0.5% | 0.57% |
| 2005 | 1,294,494 | 60,401,206 | -3.78% | 0.69% |
| 2006 | 1,297,944 | 60,846,820 | 0.27% | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 1,303,188 | 61,322,463 | 0.4% | 0.78% |
| 2008 | 1,308,587 | 61,806,995 | 0.41% | 0.79% |
| 2009 | 1,310,106 | 62,276,270 | 0.12% | 0.76% |
| 2010 | 1,317,714 | 62,766,365 | 0.58% | 0.79% |
| 2011 | 1,328,019 | 63,258,810 | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 1,335,194 | 63,711,000 | 0.54% | 0.71% |
| 2013 | 1,340,557 | 64,139,000 | 0.4% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 1,345,343 | 64,620,000 | 0.36% | 0.75% |
| 2015 | 1,349,667 | 65,088,000 | 0.32% | 0.72% |
| 2016 | 1,353,895 | 65,607,000 | 0.31% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,356,633 | 65,966,000 | 0.2% | 0.55% |
| 2018 | 1,359,193 | 66,289,000 | 0.19% | 0.49% |
| 2019 | 1,363,985 | 66,631,000 | 0.35% | 0.52% |
| 2020 | 1,366,725 | 66,744,000 | 0.2% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 1,367,558 | 66,984,000 | 0.06% | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 1,365,805 | 67,604,000 | -0.13% | 0.93% |
| 2023 | 1,367,510 | 68,492,000 | 0.12% | 1.31% |
| 2024 | 1,368,333 | 69,226,000 | 0.06% | 1.07% |
| 2025 | 1,371,404 | 69,639,673 | 0.22% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 1,373,317 | 70,020,350 | 0.14% | 0.55% |
| 2027 | 1,374,242 | 70,382,853 | 0.07% | 0.52% |
| 2028 | 1,374,318 | 70,732,699 | 0.006% | 0.5% |
| 2029 | 1,373,690 | 71,061,482 | -0.05% | 0.46% |
| 2030 | 1,372,463 | 71,377,535 | -0.09% | 0.44% |
| 2031 | 1,370,749 | 71,678,351 | -0.12% | 0.42% |
| 2032 | 1,368,525 | 71,959,934 | -0.16% | 0.39% |
| 2033 | 1,365,873 | 72,234,509 | -0.19% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 1,362,803 | 72,497,650 | -0.22% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 1,359,333 | 72,749,096 | -0.25% | 0.35% |
| 2036 | 1,355,490 | 72,990,847 | -0.28% | 0.33% |
| 2037 | 1,351,300 | 73,218,850 | -0.31% | 0.31% |
| 2038 | 1,346,775 | 73,441,349 | -0.33% | 0.3% |
| 2039 | 1,341,909 | 73,658,392 | -0.36% | 0.3% |
| 2040 | 1,336,720 | 73,868,334 | -0.39% | 0.29% |
| 2041 | 1,331,223 | 74,074,316 | -0.41% | 0.28% |
| 2042 | 1,325,440 | 74,275,779 | -0.43% | 0.27% |
| 2043 | 1,319,360 | 74,475,035 | -0.46% | 0.27% |
| 2044 | 1,313,024 | 74,667,284 | -0.48% | 0.26% |
| 2045 | 1,306,452 | 74,848,605 | -0.5% | 0.24% |
| 2046 | 1,299,645 | 75,020,949 | -0.52% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 1,292,634 | 75,184,478 | -0.54% | 0.22% |
| 2048 | 1,285,402 | 75,337,543 | -0.56% | 0.2% |
| 2049 | 1,277,967 | 75,476,141 | -0.58% | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 1,270,340 | 75,600,588 | -0.6% | 0.16% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Trinidad and Tobago increased by 55,951 people (a 4.31% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Trinidad and Tobago gained 19,432 (a 1.44% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).
Trinidad and Tobago was ranked 150th most populous country in 2006 and is 154th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Trinidad and Tobago's population will shrink by 7.5% to 1,270,340 people with a rank change from 154th to 158th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Port of Spain | 84.1K |
| Chaguanas | 83.5K |
| San Fernando | 55.4K |
| Scarborough | 17K |
| San Juan | 13.8K |
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| City | Population |
| London | 8.8M |
| Birmingham | 1.14M |
| Glasgow | 626K |
| Manchester | 548K |
| Leeds | 536K |
| Sheffield | 518K |
| Liverpool | 513K |
| Edinburgh | 488K |
| Bristol | 472K |
| Leicester | 464K |
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Population differences between Trinidad and Tobago and the United Kingdom
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| Life expectancy | 73.9 years | 81.7 years |
| Average age | 38.2 years | 41.4 years |
| Median age | 38.2 years | 41 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.53 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 691 ppl/mi² | 741 ppl/mi² |
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