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How many babies are born in Trinidad & Tobago?

15.3 thousand babies born in Trinidad & Tobago in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 160th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Trinidad & Tobago: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Trinidad & Tobago’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1000 ~0 ~3 50.6 Modelled estimate
1500 ~6 ~120 47.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~638 ~20K 31.9 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~10K ~273K 36.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 25.9K 649K 39.9 UN estimate
2000 19.6K 1.32M 14.9 UN estimate
2023 16.1K 1.5M 10.7 UN estimate
2026 15.3K 1.51M 10.1 UN projection
2050 11.8K 1.4M 8.4 UN projection
2075 8.92K 1.13M 7.9 UN projection
2100 6.85K 898K 7.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Trinidad & Tobago among estimates through 2023 were in 1983, at about 33.6K. That is roughly 644,964 times the estimated ~0 births a year in 900 CE.

At 1.52 children per woman, fertility in Trinidad & Tobago is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Trinidad & Tobago each year?

An estimated 15.3 thousand babies are born in Trinidad & Tobago in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 42 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Trinidad & Tobago?

Trinidad & Tobago has an estimated 10.1 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.52 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.