Population — as cited
TLTE never aggregates a "Tamil population" or "Tamil GDP" figure. Numbers are cited verbatim from the named source.
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Trinidad and Tobago · Formal indenture (1834–1920)
1845–1917 indenture to Trinidad sugar plantations. Indo-Trinidadian 35.4% of population. Caribbean Tamil Sangam maintains cultural continuity; no surviving Tamil-language daily.
TLTE never aggregates a "Tamil population" or "Tamil GDP" figure. Numbers are cited verbatim from the named source.
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tlte-cite:ecumene-roopnarine-2011Peer-reviewed scholarly account of Caribbean indenture. Cited as the academic anchor for the Guyana and Trinidad Tamil-cohort estimates (Tamils were a minority of total indenture; never aggregated into a single 'Tamil diaspora' figure).
tlte-cite:ecumene-girmit-instituteCommunity-custodian institution for Fiji's Girmit (indenture) history. Tier B because community-run rather than peer-reviewed; pairs with NLA Fiji passes for verification.