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Rural population — Trinidad and Tobago

Rural population in Trinidad and Tobago in 2025 — 629,587 people. Ranked 146 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 9.7%.

2025 629,587 people −0.06% vs 2024
World rank 146of 217
Period maximum 708,541 people1962
Period minimum 533,589 people1979

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Trinidad and Tobago, 1960–2025500,000550,000600,000650,000700,000750,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 696,930 people1962: 708,541 people1964: 695,343 people1966: 666,646 people1968: 632,931 people1970: 606,713 people1972: 586,209 people1974: 565,498 people1976: 546,875 people1978: 535,309 people1980: 534,945 people1982: 539,798 people1984: 544,464 people1986: 551,946 people1988: 558,484 people1990: 563,473 people1992: 567,990 people1994: 572,069 people1996: 575,222 people1998: 577,872 people2000: 581,636 people2002: 588,352 people2004: 597,737 people2006: 581,761 people2008: 593,102 people2010: 604,963 people2012: 615,185 people2014: 619,854 people2016: 623,770 people2018: 626,160 people2020: 629,544 people2022: 628,989 people2024: 629,966 people2025: 629,587 people
Change over the period: −67,343 (−9.66%) Average annual rate: -0.16 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago 629,587 people
World 3.46B people
Latin America & Caribbean 123M people
Caribbean computed 13.55M people
High-income countries computed 274M people
Rural population — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 629,587 −379 −0.06%
2024 629,966 +278 +0.04%
2023 629,688 +699 +0.11%
2022 628,989 −879 −0.14%
2021 629,868 +324 +0.05%
2020 629,544 +1,214 +0.19%
2019 628,330 +2,170 +0.35%
2018 626,160 +1,150 +0.18%
2017 625,010 +1,240 +0.2%
2016 623,770 +1,933 +0.31%
2015 621,837 +1,983 +0.32%
2014 619,854 +2,200 +0.36%
2013 617,654 +2,469 +0.4%
2012 615,185 +3,305 +0.54%
2011 611,880 +6,917 +1.14%
2010 604,963 +7,450 +1.25%
2009 597,513 +4,411 +0.74%
2008 593,102 +5,876 +1%
2007 587,226 +5,465 +0.94%
2006 581,761 +4,286 +0.74%
2005 577,475 −20,262 −3.39%
2004 597,737 +4,941 +0.83%
2003 592,796 +4,444 +0.76%
2002 588,352 +3,790 +0.65%
2001 584,562 +2,926 +0.5%
2000 581,636 +2,141 +0.37%
1999 579,495 +1,623 +0.28%
1998 577,872 +1,333 +0.23%
1997 576,539 +1,317 +0.23%
1996 575,222 +1,455 +0.25%
1995 573,767 +1,698 +0.3%
1994 572,069 +1,942 +0.34%
1993 570,127 +2,137 +0.38%
1992 567,990 +2,252 +0.4%
1991 565,738 +2,265 +0.4%
1990 563,473 +2,372 +0.42%
1989 561,101 +2,617 +0.47%
1988 558,484 +2,990 +0.54%
1987 555,494 +3,548 +0.64%
1986 551,946 +4,116 +0.75%
1985 547,830 +3,366 +0.62%
1984 544,464 +2,353 +0.43%
1983 542,111 +2,313 +0.43%
1982 539,798 +2,299 +0.43%
1981 537,499 +2,554 +0.48%
1980 534,945 +1,356 +0.25%
1979 533,589 −1,720 −0.32%
1978 535,309 −4,589 −0.85%
1977 539,898 −6,977 −1.28%
1976 546,875 −8,749 −1.57%
1975 555,624 −9,874 −1.75%
1974 565,498 −10,322 −1.79%
1973 575,820 −10,389 −1.77%
1972 586,209 −10,370 −1.74%
1971 596,579 −10,134 −1.67%
1970 606,713 −11,495 −1.86%
1969 618,208 −14,723 −2.33%
1968 632,931 −16,688 −2.57%
1967 649,619 −17,027 −2.55%
1966 666,646 −15,714 −2.3%
1965 682,360 −12,983 −1.87%
1964 695,343 −9,077 −1.29%
1963 704,420 −4,121 −0.58%
1962 708,541 +1,943 +0.27%
1961 706,598 +9,668 +1.39%
1960 696,930 — —

Caribbean, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

HT Haiti 5.28M DO Dominican Republic 3.17M CU Cuba 2.49M JM Jamaica 1.15M TT Trinidad and Tobago 629,587 PR Puerto Rico 180,246 LC Saint Lucia 127,732 BB Barbados 113,898 BS Bahamas 75,243 GD Grenada 74,287 AG Antigua and Barbuda 71,285 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51,979 AW Aruba 41,612 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 31,954 DM Dominica 17,136 VG British Virgin Islands 16,928 CW Curaçao 13,325 VI United States Virgin Islands 4,786 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 2,626 SX Sint Maarten 0 KY Cayman Islands 0 MF Saint Martin 0
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About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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