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Disputes - international: Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago abide by the April 2006 Permanent Court of Arbitration decision delimiting a maritime boundary and limiting catches of flying fish in Trinidad and Tobago's exclusive economic zone; in 2005, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago agreed to compulsory international arbitration under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea challenging whether the northern limit of Trinidad and Tobago's and Venezuela's maritime boundary extends into Barbadian waters; Guyana has also expressed its intention to include itself in the arbitration as the Trinidad and Tobago-Venezuela maritime boundary may extend into its waters as well
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; producer of cannabis
Military branches: Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF): Trinidad and Tobago Army, Coast Guard, Air Guard, Defense Force Reserves
Military service age and obligation: 18-25 years of age for voluntary military service (16 years of age with parental consent); no conscription; Trinidad and Tobago citizenship and completion of secondary school required
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 341,764
females age 16-49: 317,899
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 269,824
females age 16-49: 261,735
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 8,164
female: 7,503
Military expenditures: 0.3% of GDP
country comparison to the world: 167
Airports: 5
country comparison to the world: 180
Pipelines: gas 671 km; oil 334 km
Roadways: total: 8,320 km
country comparison to the world: 140
paved: 4,252 km
unpaved: 4,068 km
Merchant marine: total: 4
country comparison to the world: 131
by type: passenger 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1
registered in other countries: 2 (unknown 2)
Ports and terminals: Point Fortin, Point Lisas, Port of Spain, Scarborough
oil terminals: Galeota Point terminal
Telephones - main lines in use: 293,300
country comparison to the world: 117
Telephones - mobile cellular: 1.894 million
country comparison to the world: 140
Telephone system: general assessment: excellent international service; good local service
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 180 telephones per 100 persons
Broadcast media: 5 TV networks, one of which is state-owned, broadcast on multiple stations; multiple cable TV subscription service providers; multiple radio networks, one state-owned, broadcast over about 35 stations
Internet country code: .tt
Internet hosts: 241,640
country comparison to the world: 68
Internet users: 593,000
country comparison to the world: 115
Trinidad and Tobago has earned a reputation as an excellent investment site for international businesses and has one of the highest growth rates and per capita incomes in Latin America. Economic growth between 2000 and 2007 averaged slightly over 8%, significantly above the regional average of about 3.7% for that same period; however, GDP has slowed down since then and contracted during 2009-2011. Growth had been fueled by investments in liquefied natural gas, petrochemicals, and steel. Additional petrochemical, aluminum, and plastics projects are in various stages of planning. Trinidad and Tobago is the leading Caribbean producer of oil and gas, and its economy is heavily dependent upon these resources but it also supplies manufactured goods, notably food products and beverages, as well as cement to the Caribbean region. Oil and gas account for about 40% of GDP and 80% of exports, but only 5% of employment. The country is also a regional financial center, and tourism is a growing sector, although it is not as important domestically as it is to many other Caribbean islands. The economy benefits from a growing trade surplus. The previous MANNING administration benefited from fiscal surpluses fueled by the dynamic export sector; however, declines in oil and gas prices have reduced government revenues which will challenge the new government's commitment to maintaining high levels of public investment.
Government type: parliamentary democracy
Administrative divisions: 9 regions, 3 boroughs, 2 cities, 1 ward
regions: Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo, Diego Martin, Mayaro/Rio Claro, Penal/Debe, Princes Town, Sangre Grande, San Juan/Laventille, Siparia, Tunapuna/Piarco
borough: Arima, Chaguanas, Point Fortin
cities: Port of Spain, San Fernando
ward: Tobago
Legal system: English common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Ethnic groups:Indian (South Asian) 40%, African 37.5%, mixed 20.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 0.8%
Languages: English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese
Religions: Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 25.8% (Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4%), Hindu 22.5%, Muslim 5.8%, other Christian 5.8%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9%
Population: 1,226,383
country comparison to the world: 158
Median age: total: 33.5 years
male: 33.1 years
female: 34 years
Population growth rate: -0.086%
country comparison to the world: 200
Urbanization: urban population: 14% of total population
rate of urbanization: 3% annual rate of change
Major cities - population: PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) 57,000
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.67 years
country comparison to the world: 134
male: 68.81 years
female: 74.6 years
Total fertility rate: 1.72 children born/woman
country comparison to the world: 166
Health expenditures: 5.6% of GDP
country comparison to the world: 126
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.1%
female: 98%
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2007)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
total: 10.5%
country comparison to the world: 101
male: 8.8%
female: 12.9% (2008)
People - note:
in 2007, the government of Trinidad and Tobago estimated the population to be 1.3 million
Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 362 km
Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental margin
Climate: tropical; rainy season (June to December)
Terrain: mostly plains with some hills and low mountains
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, asphalt
Land use: arable land: 14.62%, permanent crops: 9.16%, other: 76.22%
Natural hazards: outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms
Environment - current issues: water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion
Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note: Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt
First colonized by the Spanish, the islands came under British control in the early 19th century. The islands' sugar industry was hurt by the emancipation of the slaves in 1834. Manpower was replaced with the importation of contract laborers from India between 1845 and 1917, which boosted sugar production as well as the cocoa industry. The discovery of oil on Trinidad in 1910 added another important export. Independence was attained in 1962. The country is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean thanks largely to petroleum and natural gas production and processing. Tourism, mostly in Tobago, is targeted for expansion and is growing. The government is coping with a rise in violent crime.
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