• PEOPLE NAME: EAST INDIANS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples

Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Indo-Caribbean

Language: Trinidadian Creole English - (trf)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Trinidad and Tobago

Also found in: Argentina; Barbados; Belize; Brazil; Chile; Grenada; Guatemala; Jamaica; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Venezuela

Population: 131,000

Global Population: 192,450


PEID: 46769

ROP: 102818

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago, numbering 131,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Indo-Caribbean people cluster within the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 192,450 in 12 countries. Their primary language is Trinidadian Creole English. The primary religion practiced by the East Indians is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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