Trinidad and Tobago. Geographical and Economy
Overview.
Trinidad and Tobago is situated in the Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela. Area is slightly smaller than Delaware.
Trinidad and Tobago has signed and ratified the following 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.
Current population: 1,065,842 (July 2006 est.)
Ethnic groups: Indian (South Asian) 40%, African 37.5%, mixed 20.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 0.8% (2000 census)
Languages: English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese
Religions: Roman Catholic 26%, Hindu 22.5%, Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, other Christian 5.8%, Muslim 5.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9% (2000 census).
Finance and Economy: financial institutions expanded rapidly as a result of the oilbased liquidity that the financial system experienced in the 1970s. This was especially true of nonbanking intermediaries, such as finance houses, which underwent the fastest growth. In the late 1980s, the islands' financial network included the Central Bank, various government development organizations, commercial banks, finance companies, mortgage and trust companies, insurance companies, a stock exchange, and other business services.
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