Urban population share in Trinidad and Tobago

54.0% of people in Trinidad and Tobago lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2010.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Trinidad and Tobago, 2025 54.0% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 54.0%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 146th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Trinidad and Tobago over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period Trinidad and TobagoWorld
2025 54.0% 57.8%
2024 54.0% 57.6%
2023 54.0% 57.3%
2022 53.9% 57.1%
2021 53.9% 56.8%
2020 53.9% 56.4%
2019 53.9% 56.1%
2018 53.9% 55.8%
2017 53.9% 55.3%
2016 53.9% 54.9%
2015 53.9% 54.4%
2014 53.9% 53.9%
2013 53.9% 53.4%
2012 53.9% 52.9%
2011 53.9% 52.5%
2010 54.1% 51.8%
2009 54.4% 51.4%
2008 54.7% 50.9%
2007 54.9% 50.4%
2006 55.2% 49.9%
2005 55.4% 49.4%
2004 55.6% 48.9%
2003 55.7% 48.4%
2002 55.8% 47.8%
2001 55.9% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 54.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 53.9%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Trinidad and Tobago has the 146th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Trinidad and Tobago
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects