Trinidad & Tobago
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
The steelpan, which rose from the urban tenements of Port of Spain, is regarded as the only acoustic instrument invented in the 20th century. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 12.9%
- people aged 65 or older
- 176.8K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 23.9%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 17.9 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 20.4%
- women 20.1%, men 20.8%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 2.6%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022; UN, 2011 census
Languages
4 languages, 2 of them endangered
- Trinidadian Sign LanguageDefinitely endangered
- Tobagonian CreoleVulnerable
- Caribbean Hindustani
- Trinidadian Creole
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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