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 Trinidad and Tobago (2004)Coral Sea Islands (2005)
 Trinidad and TobagoCoral Sea Islands
Administrative divisions 9 regional corporations, 2 city corporations, 3 borough corporations, and 1 ward

regional corporations: Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo, Diego Martin, Mayaro/Rio Claro, Penal/Debe, Princes Town, Sangre Grande, San Juan/Laventille, Siparia, Tunapuna/Piarco

city corporations: Port of Spain, San Fernando;

borough corporations: Arima, Point Fortin, Chaguanas

ward: Tobago		 -
Age structure 0-14 years: 21.4% (male 120,153; female 114,205)


15-64 years: 70.6% (male 403,202; female 370,498)


65 years and over: 8.1% (male 39,762; female 48,765) (2004 est.)		 -
Agriculture - products cocoa, sugarcane, rice, citrus, coffee, vegetables; poultry -
Airports 6 (2003 est.) -
Airports - with paved runways total: 3


over 3,047 m: 1


2,438 to 3,047 m: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)		 -
Airports - with unpaved runways total: 3


914 to 1,523 m: 1


under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)		 -
Area total: 5,128 sq km


land: 5,128 sq km


water: 0 sq km		 total: less than 3 sq km


land: less than 3 sq km


water: 0 sq km


note: includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 780,000 sq km, with the Willis Islets the most important
Area - comparative slightly smaller than Delaware NA
Background The islands came under British control in the 19th century; independence was granted 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. Scattered over some 1 million square kilometers of ocean, the Coral Sea Islands were declared a territory of Australia in 1969. They are uninhabited except for a small meteorological staff on the Willis Islets. Automated weather stations, beacons, and a lighthouse occupy many other islands and reefs.
Birth rate 12.75 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) -
Budget revenues: $2.663 billion


expenditures: $2.51 billion, including capital expenditures of $117.3 million (2003)		 -
Capital Port-of-Spain -
Climate tropical; rainy season (June to December) tropical
Coastline 362 km 3,095 km
Constitution 1 August 1976 -
Country name conventional long form: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago


conventional short form: Trinidad and Tobago		 conventional long form: Coral Sea Islands Territory


conventional short form: Coral Sea Islands
Currency Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD) -
Death rate 9.02 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) -
Debt - external $2.608 billion (2003 est.) -
Dependency status - territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories
Diplomatic representation from the US chief of mission: Ambassador Roy L. AUSTIN


embassy: 15 Queen's Park West, Port-of-Spain


mailing address: P. O. Box 752, Port-of-Spain


telephone: [1] (868) 622-6372 through 6376, 622-6176


FAX: [1] (868) 628-5462		 none (territory of Australia)
Diplomatic representation in the US chief of mission: Ambassador Marina Annette VALERE


chancery: 1708 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036


telephone: [1] (202) 467-6490


FAX: [1] (202) 785-3130


consulate(s) general: Miami and New York		 none (territory of Australia)
Disputes - international Barbados will assert its claim before UNCLOS that the northern limit of Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into its waters; Guyana has also expressed its intention to challenge this boundary as it may extend into its waters as well none
Economic aid - recipient $24 million (1999 est.) -
Economy - overview Trinidad and Tobago, the leading Caribbean producer of oil and gas, has earned a reputation as an excellent investment site for international businesses. Tourism is a growing sector, although not proportionately as important as in many other Caribbean islands. The economy benefits from low inflation and a growing trade surplus. Prospects for growth in 2004 are good as prices for oil, petrochemicals, and liquified natural gas are expected to remain high, and foreign direct investment continues to grow to support expanded capacity in the energy sector. The government is coping with a rise in violent crime. no economic activity
Electricity - consumption 4.943 billion kWh (2001) -
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (2001) -
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (2001) -
Electricity - production 5.315 billion kWh (2001) -
Elevation extremes lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m


highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m		 lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m
Environment - current issues water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion no permanent fresh water resources
Environment - international agreements party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands


signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements		 -
Ethnic groups East Indian (a local term - primarily immigrants from northern India) 40.3%, black 39.5%, mixed 18.4%, white 0.6%, Chinese and other 1.2% -
Exchange rates Trinidad and Tobago dollars per US dollar - 6.2929 (2003), 6.2487 (2002), 6.2332 (2001), 6.2998 (2000), 6.2989 (1999) -
Executive branch chief of state: President George Maxwell RICHARDS (since 17 March 2003)


head of government: Prime Minister Patrick MANNING (since 24 December 2001)


cabinet: Cabinet appointed from among the members of Parliament


elections: president elected by an electoral college, which consists of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, for a five-year term; election last held 14 February 2003 (next to be held in 2008); the president usually appoints as prime minister the leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives


election results: George Maxwell RICHARDS elected president; percent of electoral college vote - 43%		 administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories
Exports NA (2001) -
Exports - commodities petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, steel products, fertilizer, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus, flowers -
Exports - partners US 63.5%, Jamaica 5.6%, France 3.2% (2003) -
Fiscal year 1 October - 30 September -
Flag description red with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side to the lower fly side the flag of Australia is used
GDP purchasing power parity - $10.52 billion (2003 est.) -
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: 2.6%


industry: 49%


services: 48.4% (2003 est.)		 -
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $9,500 (2003 est.) -
GDP - real growth rate 3.7% (2003 est.) -
Geographic coordinates 11 00 N, 61 00 W 18 00 S, 152 00 E
Geography - note Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt important nesting area for birds and turtles
Highways total: 8,320 km


paved: 4,252 km


unpaved: 4,068 km (1999 est.)		 -
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: NA


highest 10%: NA		 -
Illicit drugs transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; producer of cannabis -
Imports NA (2001) -
Imports - commodities machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, live animals -
Imports - partners US 31.7%, Venezuela 13.6%, Brazil 7.3%, Germany 6.6%, UK 5.1%, Japan 4.3% (2003) -
Independence 31 August 1962 (from UK) -
Industrial production growth rate 5.7% (2003 est.) -
Industries petroleum, chemicals, tourism, food processing, cement, beverage, cotton textiles -
Infant mortality rate total: 24.64 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 26.58 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 22.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)		 -
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 3.8% (2003 est.) -
International organization participation ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO -
Irrigated land 30 sq km (1998 est.) 0 sq km
Judicial branch Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission); High Court of Justice; Court of Appeals; the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London -
Labor force 590,000 (2003) -
Labor force - by occupation agriculture 9.5%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14%, construction and utilities 12.4%, services 64.1% (1997 est.) -
Land boundaries 0 km 0 km
Land use arable land: 14.62%


permanent crops: 9.16%


other: 76.22% (2001)		 arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2001)
Languages English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese -
Legal system based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply
Legislative branch bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (31 seats; 16 members appointed by the ruling party, 9 by the President, 6 by the opposition party for a maximum term of five years) and the House of Representatives (36 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)


elections: House of Representatives - last held 7 October 2002 (next to be held by October 2007)


election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote - PNM 55.5%, UNC 44.5%; seats by party - PNM 20, UNC 16


note: Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly with 12 members serving four-year terms		 -
Life expectancy at birth total population: 69.28 years


male: 66.86 years


female: 71.82 years (2004 est.)		 -
Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write


total population: 98.6%


male: 99.1%


female: 98% (2003 est.)		 -
Location Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela Oceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast of Australia
Map references Central America and the Caribbean Oceania
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		 territorial sea: 3 nm


exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Merchant marine total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 7,178 GRT/3,633 DWT


by type: cargo 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, short-sea/passenger 1


foreign-owned: United States 1


registered in other countries: 4 (2004 est.)		 -
Military - note - defense is the responsibility of Australia; visited regularly by the Royal Australian Navy; Australia has control over the activities of visitors
Military branches Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force: Ground Force, Coast Guard, and Air Wing -
Military expenditures - dollar figure $66.7 million (2003) -
Military expenditures - percent of GDP 0.6% (2003) -
Military manpower - availability males age 15-49: 326,447 (2004 est.) -
Military manpower - fit for military service males age 15-49: 232,234 (2004 est.) -
National holiday Independence Day, 31 August (1962) -
Nationality noun: Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)


adjective: Trinidadian, Tobagonian		 -
Natural hazards outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms occasional tropical cyclones
Natural resources petroleum, natural gas, asphalt NEGL
Net migration rate -10.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) -
Pipelines condensate 253 km; gas 1,117 km; oil 478 km (2004) -
Political parties and leaders National Alliance for Reconstruction or NAR [Lennox SANKERSINGH]; People's National Movement or PNM [Patrick MANNING]; Team Unity or TU [Ramesh MAHARAJ]; United National Congress or UNC [Basdeo PANDAY]; Democratic Action Committee or DAC [Hochoy CHARLES], note - only active in Tobago -
Political pressure groups and leaders Jamaat-al Muslimeen [Yasin BAKR] -
Population 1,096,585 (July 2004 est.) no indigenous inhabitants


note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line 21% (1992 est.) -
Population growth rate -0.71% (2004 est.) -
Ports and harbors Pointe-a-Pierre, Point Fortin, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain, Scarborough, Tembladora none; offshore anchorage only
Radio broadcast stations AM 4, FM 18, shortwave 0 (2004) -
Religions Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Muslim 5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7% -
Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female


under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female


15-64 years: 1.09 male(s)/female


65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female


total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2004 est.)		 -
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal -
Telephone system general assessment: excellent international service; good local service


domestic: NA


international: country code - 1-868; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Barbados and Guyana		 -
Telephones - main lines in use 325,100 (2002) -
Telephones - mobile cellular 361,900 (2002) -
Television broadcast stations 4 (2004) -
Terrain mostly plains with some hills and low mountains sand and coral reefs and islands (or cays)
Total fertility rate 1.77 children born/woman (2004 est.) -
Unemployment rate 10.4% (2003) -
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