Trinidad & Tobago
Life expectancy in Trinidad & Tobago
Life expectancy in Trinidad & Tobago: 57 years in 1950 and 73.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 73.5 years
- Since 1950
- +16.5 years
- Rank, 2023
- 129 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 84.1 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 84.1 years in 2100, between 72.3 years and 91.8 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1921: 38.8 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Trinidad & Tobago | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 73.5 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 73.3 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 71.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 72.6 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 72.8 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 72.7 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 73 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 72.9 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 72.9 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 72.9 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 72.8 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 72.5 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 72.2 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 71.8 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 71.4 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 71.1 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 70.8 | 69 |
| 2006 | 70.4 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 70.2 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 69.9 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 69.5 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 69.2 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 68.9 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 68.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 68.5 | 66 |
| 1998 | 68.3 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 68.1 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 68 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 68 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 67.8 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 67.8 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 67.8 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 67.8 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 67.6 | 64 |
| 1989 | 67.5 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 67.4 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 67.1 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 66.9 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 66.8 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 66.6 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 66.4 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 66.4 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 66.5 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 66.5 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 66.4 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 66.2 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 66.2 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 66 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 65.7 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 65.5 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 65.4 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 65.2 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 64.9 | 56 |
| 1970 | 64.9 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 64.8 | 56 |
| 1968 | 64.6 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 64.5 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 64.3 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 64.2 | 54 |
| 1964 | 64 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 63.6 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 63.4 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 63 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 62.5 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 61.9 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 61.4 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 60.8 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 60.3 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 59.7 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 59.1 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 58.3 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 57.7 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 57.3 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 57 | 46.4 |
| 1946 | 54.5 | – |
| 1931 | 45.7 | – |
| 1921 | 38.8 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Trinidad & Tobago | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.672.4–74.8 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 73.872.1–75.4 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 73.971.8–75.9 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 7471.6–76.4 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 74.271.4–76.8 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 74.371.1–77.2 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 74.471–77.6 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 74.671–77.9 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 74.770.9–78.2 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 74.970.9–78.5 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 7570.8–78.6 | 75 |
| 2035 | 75.170.8–79.1 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 75.370.8–79.4 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 75.470.7–79.8 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 75.570.6–80.1 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 75.770.6–80.3 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 75.870.5–80.5 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 7670.3–80.6 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 76.170.4–80.8 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 76.270.5–81.1 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 76.470.6–81.4 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 76.570.5–81.6 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 76.770.7–81.9 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 76.870.7–82.3 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 7770.8–82.5 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 77.170.8–82.6 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 77.370.6–82.8 | 77 |
| 2051 | 77.470.7–83 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 77.670.7–83.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 77.770.8–83.5 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 77.970.8–83.8 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 7870.7–84 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 78.270.7–84 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 78.370.5–84.1 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 78.570.5–84.5 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 78.670.5–84.8 | 78 |
| 2060 | 78.770.6–85 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 78.970.8–85.1 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 7970.8–85.3 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 79.270.9–85.5 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 79.370.8–85.6 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 79.570.7–85.8 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 79.670.6–86 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 79.770.8–86.2 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 79.970.8–86.4 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 8070.8–86.5 | 79 |
| 2070 | 80.270.7–86.6 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 80.370.8–86.7 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 80.570.8–86.8 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 80.671.2–86.9 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 80.771.1–87.2 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 80.970.9–87.3 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 8171–87.5 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 81.171–87.8 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 81.371.2–87.7 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 81.471–88 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 81.671–88.4 | 80 |
| 2081 | 81.771.4–88.5 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 81.871.3–88.6 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 8271.4–88.8 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 82.171.4–89 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 82.371.4–89.3 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 82.471.3–89.3 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 82.571.1–89.5 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 82.671.3–89.8 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 82.871.4–89.8 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 82.971.4–90.1 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 8371.4–90.5 | 81 |
| 2092 | 83.271.3–90.6 | 81 |
| 2093 | 83.371.6–90.7 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 83.471.8–90.8 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 83.572–91 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 83.772.1–91 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 83.872–91.2 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 83.972.2–91.3 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 8472.3–91.5 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 84.172.3–91.8 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- 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