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Trinidad and Tobago

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Pitch Lake is the world’s largest natural reservoir of asphalt and is located at La Brea on Trinidad's southwestern coast. It covers 100 acres (40 hectares) and has a depth of about 250 ft (80 m), with the asphalt reserves estimated to weigh more than six million tons.
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Geography

Area

comparison ranking: total 173

Area - comparative

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<p>slightly smaller than Delaware</p>

People and Society

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Trinidad and Tobago. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

comparison ranking: total 73

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 188

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 176

Death rate

comparison ranking: 71

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 142

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 93

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 94

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 174

Environment

Government

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Economy

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 156

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 75

Labor force

comparison ranking: 156

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 78

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 80

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 57

Exports

comparison ranking: 114

Imports

comparison ranking: 123

Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

comparison ranking: 192

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 88

Military and Security

Terrorism

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