Country · Americas
Trinidad and Tobago
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago is a country in Caribbean. Its capital city is Port of Spain. About 1.4 million people live there, in an area of 5 130 square kilometres.
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Where is Trinidad and Tobago?
Trinidad and Tobago lies in Caribbean, on the continent of Americas.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 1 225 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 362 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Trinidad and Tobago?
Trinidad and Tobago covers 5 130 square kilometres.
That is about 2 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 164th largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 270.9 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Trinidad and Tobago?
About 1.4 million people live in Trinidad and Tobago.
That is the 149th biggest population in the world.
People here speak English.
They pay with the Trinidad and Tobago dollar ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 68 years.
The land of Trinidad and Tobago
The land in Trinidad and Tobago sits on average 83 metres above sea level, which makes it one of the flatter countries on Earth.
Its coast runs for about 362 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 18 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Trinidad and Tobago different?
A dish the country is known for: Callaloo and Doubles.
Websites from here often end in .tt.
Trinidad and Tobago and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.2 live in Trinidad and Tobago.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Americas it is the 28th largest of 35 countries, and the 24th most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
The capital of Trinidad and Tobago is Port of Spain. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Trinidad and Tobago?
About 1.4 million people live in Trinidad and Tobago, which makes it the 149th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Trinidad and Tobago?
Trinidad and Tobago covers 5 130 square kilometres, making it the 164th largest country in the world. That is about 2 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Trinidad and Tobago in?
Trinidad and Tobago is in Americas, in the part called Caribbean.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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