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Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago is a country. The capital city is Port of Spain, located in the Caribbean region of Americas. It has a land area of 5,130 km², a population of 1,367,510 people and uses the currency Trinidad and Tobago dollar. The Prime Minister is Keith Rowley.

Key facts

currency: Trinidad and Tobago dollar
capital city: Port of Spain
region: Caribbean
continent: Americas
land area: 5,130 km²
population: 1,367,510 people
political leader: Keith Rowley (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 15.93 % of GDP
expense: 32.90 % of GDP
GDP: 27,372,285,697.95 current US$
inflation: 4.63 annual %
self-employed workers: 25.98 % of total employment
tax revenue: 16.55 % of GDP
unemployment: 4.21 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 21.46 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 5,000 people
democracy score: 7.16
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 84.70 % of population
military expenditure: 0.89 % of GDP
net migration: 2,126 people
press freedom: 3.16
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 28.57 %
birth rate: 11.38 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.10 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 1,125.40 current US$
health expenditure: 7.02 % of GDP
hospital beds: 1.61 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 75
suicide mortality rate: 8.70 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 540.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 27.22 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 99.77 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.23 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
net energy imports: -102.66 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.61 births per woman
forest area: 2,273 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 99.92 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 34.19 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 32.70
methane emissions: 5.28 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.25 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 691,204 people
male population: 676,306 people
renewable energy consumption: 0.50 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 4,364.44 km²
rural population: 636,726 people
urban land area: 812.96 km²
urban population: 730,784 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.96 % of total population

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Location on a map: 11°0′N, -61°0′W

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