Trinidad & Tobago
Urban population in Trinidad & Tobago
Urban population in Trinidad & Tobago: 22% in 1950 and 54% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 54%
- Since 1950
- +32 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 153 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 54.8%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 54.8% in 2050.
- The highest was 55.9% in 2000, the lowest 17.5% in 1960.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Trinidad & Tobago |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 |
| 2024 | 54 |
| 2023 | 54 |
| 2022 | 54 |
| 2021 | 53.9 |
| 2020 | 53.9 |
| 2019 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 53.9 |
| 2017 | 53.9 |
| 2016 | 53.9 |
| 2015 | 53.9 |
| 2014 | 53.9 |
| 2013 | 53.9 |
| 2012 | 53.9 |
| 2011 | 53.9 |
| 2010 | 54.1 |
| 2009 | 54.4 |
| 2008 | 54.7 |
| 2007 | 54.9 |
| 2006 | 55.2 |
| 2005 | 55.4 |
| 2004 | 55.6 |
| 2003 | 55.7 |
| 2002 | 55.8 |
| 2001 | 55.9 |
| 2000 | 55.9 |
| 1999 | 55.9 |
| 1998 | 55.9 |
| 1997 | 55.9 |
| 1996 | 55.8 |
| 1995 | 55.7 |
| 1994 | 55.6 |
| 1993 | 55.5 |
| 1992 | 55.3 |
| 1991 | 55.2 |
| 1990 | 55 |
| 1989 | 54.8 |
| 1988 | 54.6 |
| 1987 | 54.4 |
| 1986 | 54.1 |
| 1985 | 53.9 |
| 1984 | 53.6 |
| 1983 | 53.3 |
| 1982 | 53 |
| 1981 | 52.7 |
| 1980 | 52.3 |
| 1979 | 51.8 |
| 1978 | 51 |
| 1977 | 50 |
| 1976 | 48.7 |
| 1975 | 47.3 |
| 1974 | 45.7 |
| 1973 | 44 |
| 1972 | 42.2 |
| 1971 | 40.5 |
| 1970 | 38.8 |
| 1969 | 37 |
| 1968 | 34.7 |
| 1967 | 32.1 |
| 1966 | 29.3 |
| 1965 | 26.5 |
| 1964 | 23.8 |
| 1963 | 21.5 |
| 1962 | 19.5 |
| 1961 | 18.1 |
| 1960 | 17.5 |
| 1959 | 17.5 |
| 1958 | 17.7 |
| 1957 | 18.1 |
| 1956 | 18.5 |
| 1955 | 19 |
| 1954 | 19.6 |
| 1953 | 20.2 |
| 1952 | 20.8 |
| 1951 | 21.4 |
| 1950 | 22 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Trinidad & Tobago |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 |
| 2027 | 54 |
| 2028 | 54 |
| 2029 | 54 |
| 2030 | 54 |
| 2031 | 54.1 |
| 2032 | 54.1 |
| 2033 | 54.1 |
| 2034 | 54.1 |
| 2035 | 54.1 |
| 2036 | 54.2 |
| 2037 | 54.2 |
| 2038 | 54.2 |
| 2039 | 54.3 |
| 2040 | 54.3 |
| 2041 | 54.3 |
| 2042 | 54.4 |
| 2043 | 54.4 |
| 2044 | 54.5 |
| 2045 | 54.5 |
| 2046 | 54.6 |
| 2047 | 54.6 |
| 2048 | 54.7 |
| 2049 | 54.8 |
| 2050 | 54.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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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