The current population of East Timor is 1,433,311 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 1,400,638 in 2024.
Population facts:
- East Timor accounts for 0.02% of the world's population.
- East Timor is ranked 152/197 by population and was ranked 154th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of 2.56% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 948K people to 1.43M (51.1% growth in 20 years).
- East Timor is projected to reach 2.09M people in 2076.
East Timor population clock
East Timor
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World
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1433311
|
8266870341
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| Population rank | 152/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | N/A |
| One net population change |
32.1 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
17.2 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
52.2 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +45 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,352 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.18% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 93/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
3.43 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -2,552 | N/A |
East Timor population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 468,118 | - |
| 1961 | 475,291 | 1.53% |
| 1962 | 482,774 | 1.57% |
| 1963 | 490,564 | 1.61% |
| 1964 | 498,659 | 1.65% |
| 1965 | 507,034 | 1.68% |
| 1966 | 515,696 | 1.71% |
| 1967 | 524,648 | 1.74% |
| 1968 | 533,875 | 1.76% |
| 1969 | 543,356 | 1.78% |
| 1970 | 553,069 | 1.79% |
| 1971 | 562,966 | 1.79% |
| 1972 | 572,962 | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 582,855 | 1.73% |
| 1974 | 590,827 | 1.37% |
| 1975 | 598,158 | 1.24% |
| 1976 | 607,620 | 1.58% |
| 1977 | 618,315 | 1.76% |
| 1978 | 628,775 | 1.69% |
| 1979 | 638,719 | 1.58% |
| 1980 | 649,871 | 1.75% |
| 1981 | 660,493 | 1.63% |
| 1982 | 669,149 | 1.31% |
| 1983 | 677,707 | 1.28% |
| 1984 | 686,777 | 1.34% |
| 1985 | 696,665 | 1.44% |
| 1986 | 707,185 | 1.51% |
| 1987 | 718,476 | 1.6% |
| 1988 | 730,745 | 1.71% |
| 1989 | 744,856 | 1.93% |
| 1990 | 760,345 | 2.08% |
| 1991 | 778,278 | 2.36% |
| 1992 | 799,318 | 2.7% |
| 1993 | 821,437 | 2.77% |
| 1994 | 844,493 | 2.81% |
| 1995 | 868,146 | 2.8% |
| 1996 | 892,282 | 2.78% |
| 1997 | 917,184 | 2.79% |
| 1998 | 942,530 | 2.76% |
| 1999 | 834,697 | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 745,088 | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 812,249 | 9.01% |
| 2002 | 879,159 | 8.24% |
| 2003 | 916,878 | 4.29% |
| 2004 | 929,074 | 1.33% |
| 2005 | 948,311 | 2.07% |
| 2006 | 976,597 | 2.98% |
| 2007 | 1,004,889 | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 1,032,429 | 2.74% |
| 2009 | 1,058,782 | 2.55% |
| 2010 | 1,084,679 | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 1,110,207 | 2.35% |
| 2012 | 1,134,885 | 2.22% |
| 2013 | 1,158,695 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 1,181,903 | 2% |
| 2015 | 1,205,131 | 1.97% |
| 2016 | 1,228,312 | 1.92% |
| 2017 | 1,251,703 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,275,959 | 1.94% |
| 2019 | 1,300,945 | 1.96% |
| 2020 | 1,326,053 | 1.93% |
| 2021 | 1,350,139 | 1.82% |
| 2022 | 1,369,295 | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 1,384,286 | 1.09% |
| 2024 | 1,400,638 | 1.18% |
| 2025 | 1,418,519 | 1.28% |
| 2026 | 1,436,934 | 1.3% |
| 2027 | 1,456,334 | 1.35% |
| 2028 | 1,476,850 | 1.41% |
| 2029 | 1,498,119 | 1.44% |
| 2030 | 1,519,802 | 1.45% |
| 2031 | 1,540,659 | 1.37% |
| 2032 | 1,559,710 | 1.24% |
| 2033 | 1,578,114 | 1.18% |
| 2034 | 1,597,444 | 1.22% |
| 2035 | 1,618,799 | 1.34% |
| 2036 | 1,639,721 | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 1,659,327 | 1.2% |
| 2038 | 1,678,953 | 1.18% |
| 2039 | 1,698,891 | 1.19% |
| 2040 | 1,718,249 | 1.14% |
| 2041 | 1,736,476 | 1.06% |
| 2042 | 1,755,847 | 1.12% |
| 2043 | 1,776,066 | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 1,793,758 | 1% |
| 2045 | 1,809,637 | 0.89% |
| 2046 | 1,825,551 | 0.88% |
| 2047 | 1,841,558 | 0.88% |
| 2048 | 1,858,311 | 0.91% |
| 2049 | 1,873,846 | 0.84% |
| 2050 | 1,889,246 | 0.82% |
East Timor has a population of 1.43M as of 2025, compared to 1.21M in 2015, 948K in 2005, and 868K in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.89% per year. East Timor is ranked 69th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) East Timor will have 1,809,637 people (26.3% growth) with a rank change from 152nd to 150th.
By the year 2100, East Timor's population is projected to grow by 37.6% to 1.97M people.
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East Timor population statistics
|
East Timor
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 68.1 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 26.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 22.4 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.4:49.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.71 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 244 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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