FACTS OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

OFFICIAL NAME

Republic of Trinidad & Tobago

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

English (Spanish is being promoted via the education system as Trinidad and Tobago’s first foreign language)

POPULATION

1.3m of which an estimated 55,000 reside in Tobago

ETHNIC PROFILE

40.3% East Indian descent

39.6% African descent

18.9% mixed descent

1.2% European, Chinese and other