Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Port of Spain
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 1,367,764 (2025)
- Area
- 5,128 km²
- Currency
- Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD)
- Languages
- English, Caribbean Hindustani, French, Spanish, Chinese
- Calling code
- +1-868
- Internet domain
- .tt
- ISO codes
- TT, TTO, 780
- Time zone
- UTC-4:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ###### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Trinidad and Tobago covers about 5,128 square kilometres. By area it ranks 176th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Brunei and a little larger than French Polynesia. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 11° north, 61° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 1.37 million people live in Trinidad and Tobago (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 157th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 267 people to each square kilometre. About 54 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 74 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Caribbean Hindustani, French, Spanish, Chinese. A person from Trinidad and Tobago is called Trinidadian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Trinidad and Tobago dollar (code TTD, symbol $). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 25.9 billion (2025), which is about US$ 18,967 for each person (2025).
Time
Trinidad and Tobago uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/Port of Spain). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Chaguanas | 67,433 |
| Mon Repos | 56,380 |
| San Fernando | 55,419 |
| Port of Spain | 49,031 |
| Rio Claro | 35,650 |
| Arima | 35,000 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Caribbean
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.