
About Trinidad and Tobago
Country name: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Capital: Port of Spain
Population: 1.3 million
Nationality: Trinidadian, Tobagonian
Area: 5,128 sq km (1,980 sq miles)
Major language: English
Major religions: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam
Life expectancy: 67 years (men), 74 years (women)
Currency: Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Conversion rate: 6.79 TTD = 1 USD
Ethnic Groups: East Indian 35.4%, African descent 34.2%, mixed – other 15.3%, mixed - African/East Indian 7.7%, other 1.3%, unspecified 6.2% (2011 est.)
Languages: English (official), Trinidadian Creole English, Tobagonian Creole English, Spanish, Chinese
Religions: Protestant 32.1% (Pentecostal/Evangelical/Full Gospel 12%, Baptist 6.9%, Anglican 5.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.1%, Presbyterian/Congregational 2.5%, other Protestant 0.9%), Roman Catholic 21.6%, Hindu 18.2%, Muslim 5%, Jehovah's Witness 1.5%, other 8.4%, none 2.2%, unspecified 11.1% (2011 est.)
Independence: 31 August 1962
Republic: 24 September 1976
Legal System: English Common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court.