Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain · Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago is a country in North America. Its capital city is Port of Spain, the official currency is the Trinidad and Tobago Dollar, and the main language is English.
With a population of roughly 1.5 million people spread over 5,130 km², Trinidad and Tobago is the 151st most populous country in the world and the 165th largest by area. That works out at about 292 people per square kilometre.
Trinidad and Tobago has no land borders with any other country. Its largest urban centres are Chaguanas, San Fernando and Port of Spain. The highest point in the country is El Cerro del Aripo, at 940 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Brunei, while its population is closest to that of Bahrain.
- Capital
- Port of Spain
- Region
- Caribbean
- Population
- 1,500,000
- Area
- 5,130 km²
- Currency
- Trinidad and Tobago Dollar
- Main language
- English
- Highest point
- El Cerro del Aripo
940 m - Land borders
- 0
Trinidad and Tobago: things worth knowing
- Trinidad sits on the South American continental shelf and was joined to the mainland during the last ice age.
- The Pitch Lake is the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world.
- The steelpan, developed in Trinidad in the 20th century, is one of the few acoustic instruments invented in modern times.
Trinidad and Tobago in context
North America has 23 sovereign countries in total. Trinidad and Tobago ranks 14th among them by population.
See the full list of North America countries, or browse all 195 countries.