Trinidad & Tobago
Fertility rate in Trinidad & Tobago
Fertility rate in Trinidad & Tobago: 5.18 births per woman in 1950 and 1.53 births per woman in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 1.53 births per woman
- Since 1950
- −3.65 births per woman
- Rank, 2023
- 156 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 2.25 births per woman
- Projected, 2100
- 1.57 births per woman
- UN projection (medium variant)
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.57 births per woman in 2100, between 0.81 births per woman and 2.27 births per woman (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 5.41 births per woman in 1960, the lowest 1.53 births per woman in 2023.
Every year
births per woman · UN
| Year | Trinidad & Tobago | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.53 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 1.54 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 1.56 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 1.57 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 1.58 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 1.59 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 1.59 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 1.6 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 1.6 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 1.6 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 1.6 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 1.61 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 1.61 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 1.61 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 1.62 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 1.62 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 1.62 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 1.62 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 1.63 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 1.63 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 1.65 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 1.67 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 1.71 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 1.73 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 1.76 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 1.78 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 1.83 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 1.89 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 1.97 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 2.06 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 2.13 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 2.21 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 2.29 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 2.39 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 2.53 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 2.65 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 2.78 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 2.99 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 3.02 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 3.07 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 3.11 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 3.13 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 3.15 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 3.13 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 3.13 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 3.12 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 3.14 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 3.21 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 3.32 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 3.47 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 3.55 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 3.61 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 3.71 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 3.86 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 4.11 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 4.35 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 4.62 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 4.88 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 5.08 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 5.24 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 5.36 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 5.41 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 5.41 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 5.35 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 5.3 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 5.28 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 5.27 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 5.35 | 5 |
| 1954 | 5.34 | 5 |
| 1953 | 5.28 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 5.24 | 5 |
| 1951 | 5.21 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 5.18 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Trinidad & Tobago | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.540.99–2.11 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 1.520.97–2.13 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 1.520.96–2.12 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 1.510.94–2.12 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 1.510.95–2.13 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 1.510.94–2.13 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 1.510.94–2.12 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 1.510.93–2.12 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 1.510.93–2.13 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 1.510.92–2.12 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 1.510.9–2.11 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 1.510.88–2.11 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 1.510.9–2.12 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 1.510.89–2.12 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 1.510.87–2.12 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 1.510.88–2.12 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 1.510.88–2.12 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 1.510.87–2.12 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 1.510.86–2.13 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 1.510.85–2.14 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 1.510.84–2.13 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 1.510.85–2.14 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 1.510.86–2.15 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 1.510.85–2.15 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 1.520.86–2.14 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 1.520.87–2.14 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 1.520.87–2.13 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 1.520.87–2.15 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 1.520.85–2.16 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 1.520.85–2.17 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 1.520.85–2.17 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 1.520.86–2.14 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 1.520.86–2.16 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 1.530.86–2.17 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 1.530.84–2.17 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 1.530.85–2.18 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 1.530.85–2.17 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 1.530.85–2.16 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 1.530.86–2.16 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 1.540.86–2.18 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 1.530.87–2.15 | 2 |
| 2065 | 1.540.85–2.15 | 2 |
| 2066 | 1.540.85–2.16 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 1.540.87–2.18 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 1.540.86–2.18 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 1.540.86–2.19 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 1.550.85–2.19 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 1.550.85–2.19 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 1.550.85–2.17 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 1.550.85–2.19 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 1.550.86–2.19 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 1.550.84–2.18 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 1.550.84–2.19 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 1.550.84–2.19 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 1.550.85–2.2 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 1.550.83–2.2 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 1.550.85–2.21 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 1.550.83–2.21 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 1.560.84–2.22 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 1.560.85–2.2 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 1.560.84–2.23 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 1.560.84–2.25 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 1.560.81–2.25 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 1.560.84–2.23 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 1.560.83–2.25 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 1.560.81–2.25 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 1.560.81–2.24 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 1.560.8–2.25 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 1.560.83–2.25 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 1.560.8–2.24 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 1.560.79–2.26 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 1.560.81–2.25 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 1.560.82–2.26 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 1.560.82–2.26 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 1.560.81–2.26 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 1.560.82–2.28 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 1.570.81–2.27 | 1.84 |
Good to know
- The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.94% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$228M in 2025
- Military spending per person$152 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel5,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.77% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports32 million TIV in 2021