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If you were born in Trinidad & Tobago
1 in 9,303 babies · 0.01% of births · about 14,420 a year
Right now, about 0.01% of the world's babies are born in Trinidad & Tobago — 1 in 9,303, or roughly 14,420 a year and 40 a day. Life expectancy there is 73.6 years.
How the 1 in 9,303 is calculated
This number is not based on population. It uses births: Trinidad & Tobago has about 14,420 births a year, and the world has about 134,147,481. Divide one by the other and you get 0.01% — 1 in 9,303. Using population instead would understate young countries and overstate ageing ones, so every draw is weighted by births.
Life in Trinidad & Tobago, in numbers
| Indicator | Value | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy women 76.8 · men 70.5 | 73.6 years | 90th highest of 172 countries |
| Chance of dying before 5 18.8 / 1,000 | 1.9% | 101st lowest of 170 countries |
| Chance of dying before 1 17.0 / 1,000 | 1.7% | 101st lowest of 170 countries |
| Mothers who die giving birth per 100,000 births | 54 | 89th lowest of 170 countries |
| Children per woman | 1.54 | 54th lowest of 172 countries |
| Expected years of schooling | 12.3 years | 101st highest of 168 countries |
| Tertiary enrollment | 23.8% | 106th highest of 168 countries |
| Income per person (PPP) GDP per capita, PPP | $37,121 | 54th highest of 170 countries |
| Income inequality closer to 0 = more equal | 40.20 | 41st highest of 157 countries |
| People living in cities | 54.0% | 115th highest of 172 countries |
| People working in farming | 4.5% | 41st lowest of 171 countries |
| People using the internet | 82.2% | 81st highest of 172 countries |
| Homicide per 100,000 people | 40.4 | 151st lowest of 155 countries |
| Health costs paid out of pocket share of health spending | 45.3% | 130th lowest of 168 countries |
| Adults living with HIV | — | — |
| People who smoke | — | — |
How to read these numbers
Income is shown in purchasing-power-parity dollars, so it compares what money buys locally rather than market exchange rates. The under-5 rate is the share of babies who die before their fifth birthday; the maternal mortality ratio is per 100,000 live births. A Gini index closer to 0 means a more equal income distribution, and a higher number means a more unequal one.
Each indicator uses the most recent year with a non-empty value, which can differ by country; the rank compares this country with the other 171 in the dataset, not with every country on Earth. Where a value is missing, the page shows a dash rather than an estimate.
Trinidad & Tobago compared with Latin America & Caribbean
Life expectancy in Trinidad & Tobago is 73.6 years, against a Latin America & Caribbean average of 75.1. The under-5 death rate is 1.9%, versus 1.6% across the region. Income per person is $37,121, against $26,587 regionally; expected schooling is 12.3 years against 13.2. 54.0% of people live in cities, against 71.1% in the region.
| Indicator | Trinidad & Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 73.6 yrs | 75.1 yrs | 73.3 yrs |
| Under-5 deaths | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| Income per person (PPP) | $37,121 | $26,587 | $30,311 |
| Expected schooling | 12.3 yrs | 13.2 yrs | 13.0 yrs |
| People in cities | 54.0% | 71.1% | 61.6% |
What a life there looks like
Put those numbers together and you get a life: about 73.6 years on average, with roughly 18.8 of every 1,000 babies dying before their fifth birthday. A child can expect 12.3 years of school, and income per person is around $37,121. These are averages — every life still lands somewhere on the distribution.
If you play as someone born in Trinidad & Tobago
The game draws Trinidad & Tobago in about 1 of every 9,303 births. From there the life runs year by year: 73.6 years of life expectancy on average, a 1.9% chance of dying before five, and an income of about $37,121 per person. Choices move the odds; the starting statistics do not.
Nearby and similar countries
- Chance of being born in Guyana — 1 in 8,071
- Chance of being born in Suriname — 1 in 12,223
- Chance of being born in Puerto Rico — 1 in 7,390
- All 172 countries
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Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, with UN World Population Prospects 2024 and UN IGME for births and mortality. Values are the most recent non-empty year for each indicator; the year is noted where it differs. Page updated 24 Oct 2026.