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title: "Trinidad and Tobago — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Trinidad and Tobago: capital Port of Spain, area 5,128 km², population 1,367,764 (2025), currency Trinidad and Tobago dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/trinidad-and-tobago/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Trinidad and Tobago

**Trinidad and Tobago: Capital Port of Spain**

5,128 km² · 1,367,764 people (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago dollar

Trinidad lies about 11 km off Venezuela and was joined to South America during the last ice age, which is why its wildlife is continental rather than Caribbean — it has around 470 bird species. Pitch Lake at La Brea is the largest natural asphalt deposit in the world, roughly 40 hectares and up to 75 m deep.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Port of Spain
- **Area:** 5,128 km² — 1,980 sq mi
- **Population:** 1,367,764 (2025)
- **Density:** 266.7 people per km²
- **Currency:** Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD, $)
- **Official language:** English
- **Time zone:** UTC-04:00
- **Calling code:** +1868
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** TT · TTO
- **Continent:** North America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 169 of 200
- **By population:** 157 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Palestine | 6,220 | 5,413,596 |
| Brunei | 5,765 | 466,330 |
| Trinidad and Tobago ← | 5,128 | 1,367,764 |
| Cape Verde | 4,033 | 527,326 |
| Samoa | 2,831 | 219,306 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?

Port of Spain

### What currency does Trinidad and Tobago use?

The Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD).

### How big is Trinidad and Tobago?

5,128 km², or 1,980 square miles — 169 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Trinidad and Tobago drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Palestine](https://atoneplace.net/country/palestine/)
- [Brunei](https://atoneplace.net/country/brunei/)
- [Cape Verde](https://atoneplace.net/country/cape-verde/)
- [Samoa](https://atoneplace.net/country/samoa/)
- [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Guatemala](https://atoneplace.net/country/guatemala/)
- [Haiti](https://atoneplace.net/country/haiti/)
- [Dominican Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/dominican-republic/)
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- [Cuba](https://atoneplace.net/country/cuba/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]