this article is about the demographic features of the population of trinidad and tobago, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.  ==population== the total population of trinidad and tobago was 1,328,019 according to the 2011 census, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. according to the 2012 revison of the world population prospects the total population was estimeated at 1,328,000 in 2010, compared to only 646,000 in 1950. the proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 20.7%, 71% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 8.3% was 65 years or older.population division of the department of economic and social affairs of the united nations secretariat, world population prospects: the 2012 revision {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" |- ! ! width="70pt"|total population (x 1000) ! width="70pt"|proportionaged 0â14(%) ! width="70pt"|proportionaged 15â64(%) ! width="70pt"|proportionaged 65+(%) |- | 1950 | 646||39.9||56.1||4.0 |- | 1955 | 740||42.2||54.2||3.7 |- | 1960 | 848||42.8||53.7||3.5 |- | 1965 | 912||43.4||53.2||3.4 |- | 1970 | 946||41.4||54.3||4.2 |- | 1975 |1 011||37.6||57.5||4.8 |- | 1980 |1 085||34.0||60.6||5.5 |- | 1985 |1 171||34.3||60.2||5.6 |- | 1990 |1 222||33.6||60.7||5.8 |- | 1995 |1 255||30.8||63.2||6.1 |- | 2000 |1 268||25.6||67.9||6.5 |- | 2005 |1 297||21.8||70.9||7.2 |- | 2010 |1 328||20.7||71.0||8.3 |} due to decreasing fertility, the proportion of children below the age of 15 is decreasing, while the proportion of elderly is increasing. the median age has increased from 21.6 in 1980, 24.1 in 1990, 28.1 in 2000 to 32.6 in 2011. the estimated mid-year population of 2014 is 1,344,000 (medium fertility scenario of the 2012 revison of the world population prospects). ===emigration=== emigration from trinidad and tobago, as with other caribbean nations, has historically been high; most emigrants go to the united states, canada, and britain. emigration has continued, albeit at a lower rate, even as the birth-rate sharply dropped to levels typical of industrialised countries. largely because of this phenomenon, as of 2011, trinidad and tobago has been experiencing a low [[list of countries by populatio
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