Population in East Timor compared to Indonesia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

East Timor and Indonesia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	East Timor	Indonesia	East Timor	Indonesia
1960	468,118	88,296,070	-	-
1961	475,291	90,791,249	1.53%	2.83%
1962	482,774	93,375,850	1.57%	2.85%
1963	490,564	96,051,424	1.61%	2.87%
1964	498,659	98,833,749	1.65%	2.9%
1965	507,034	101,365,130	1.68%	2.56%
1966	515,696	103,792,754	1.71%	2.39%
1967	524,648	106,526,393	1.74%	2.63%
1968	533,875	109,450,006	1.76%	2.74%
1969	543,356	112,517,639	1.78%	2.8%
1970	553,069	115,657,495	1.79%	2.79%
1971	562,966	118,833,702	1.79%	2.75%
1972	572,962	122,039,841	1.78%	2.7%
1973	582,855	125,288,515	1.73%	2.66%
1974	590,827	128,555,045	1.37%	2.61%
1975	598,158	131,843,848	1.24%	2.56%
1976	607,620	135,173,655	1.58%	2.53%
1977	618,315	138,533,541	1.76%	2.49%
1978	628,775	141,953,163	1.69%	2.47%
1979	638,719	145,434,834	1.58%	2.45%
1980	649,871	148,950,540	1.75%	2.42%
1981	660,493	152,485,035	1.63%	2.37%
1982	669,149	156,052,152	1.31%	2.34%
1983	677,707	159,651,381	1.28%	2.31%
1984	686,777	163,251,124	1.34%	2.25%
1985	696,665	166,776,185	1.44%	2.16%
1986	707,185	170,175,065	1.51%	2.04%
1987	718,476	173,511,154	1.6%	1.96%
1988	730,745	176,855,065	1.71%	1.93%
1989	744,856	180,201,630	1.93%	1.89%
1990	760,345	183,501,098	2.08%	1.83%
1991	778,278	186,778,238	2.36%	1.79%
1992	799,318	190,043,744	2.7%	1.75%
1993	821,437	193,305,168	2.77%	1.72%
1994	844,493	196,591,828	2.81%	1.7%
1995	868,146	199,888,057	2.8%	1.68%
1996	892,282	203,204,348	2.78%	1.66%
1997	917,184	206,536,095	2.79%	1.64%
1998	942,530	209,826,788	2.76%	1.59%
1999	834,697	213,004,668	-11.4%	1.51%
2000	745,088	216,077,790	-10.7%	1.44%
2001	812,249	219,097,902	9.01%	1.4%
2002	879,159	222,088,495	8.24%	1.36%
2003	916,878	225,048,008	4.29%	1.33%
2004	929,074	227,926,649	1.33%	1.28%
2005	948,311	230,871,650	2.07%	1.29%
2006	976,597	233,951,652	2.98%	1.33%
2007	1,004,889	237,062,337	2.9%	1.33%
2008	1,032,429	240,157,903	2.74%	1.31%
2009	1,058,782	243,220,028	2.55%	1.28%
2010	1,084,679	246,305,322	2.45%	1.27%
2011	1,110,207	249,470,032	2.35%	1.28%
2012	1,134,885	252,698,525	2.22%	1.29%
2013	1,158,695	255,852,467	2.1%	1.25%
2014	1,181,903	258,877,399	2%	1.18%
2015	1,205,131	261,799,249	1.97%	1.13%
2016	1,228,312	264,627,418	1.92%	1.08%
2017	1,251,703	267,346,658	1.9%	1.03%
2018	1,275,959	269,951,846	1.94%	0.97%
2019	1,300,945	272,489,381	1.96%	0.94%
2020	1,326,053	274,814,866	1.93%	0.85%
2021	1,350,139	276,758,053	1.82%	0.71%
2022	1,369,295	278,830,529	1.42%	0.75%
2023	1,384,286	281,190,067	1.09%	0.85%
2024	1,400,638	283,487,931	1.18%	0.82%
2025	1,418,519	285,721,231	1.28%	0.79%
2026	1,436,934	287,886,778	1.3%	0.76%
2027	1,456,334	289,986,520	1.35%	0.73%
2028	1,476,850	292,016,774	1.41%	0.7%
2029	1,498,119	293,978,106	1.44%	0.67%
2030	1,519,802	295,876,644	1.45%	0.65%
2031	1,540,659	297,719,741	1.37%	0.62%
2032	1,559,710	299,510,654	1.24%	0.6%
2033	1,578,114	301,250,975	1.18%	0.58%
2034	1,597,444	302,938,571	1.22%	0.56%
2035	1,618,799	304,566,615	1.34%	0.54%
2036	1,639,721	306,135,097	1.29%	0.51%
2037	1,659,327	307,646,407	1.2%	0.49%
2038	1,678,953	309,096,450	1.18%	0.47%
2039	1,698,891	310,481,116	1.19%	0.45%
2040	1,718,249	311,797,391	1.14%	0.42%
2041	1,736,476	313,041,656	1.06%	0.4%
2042	1,755,847	314,211,278	1.12%	0.37%
2043	1,776,066	315,304,309	1.15%	0.35%
2044	1,793,758	316,318,412	1%	0.32%
2045	1,809,637	317,249,609	0.89%	0.29%
2046	1,825,551	318,096,567	0.88%	0.27%
2047	1,841,558	318,862,018	0.88%	0.24%
2048	1,858,311	319,554,646	0.91%	0.22%
2049	1,873,846	320,173,244	0.84%	0.19%
2050	1,889,246	320,712,941	0.82%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of East Timor increased by 251,715 people (a 25.8% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,675,766 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, East Timor gained 208,834 (a 17% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 23,282,308 (a 8.8% growth).

East Timor was ranked 155th most populous country in 2006 and is 152nd in 2026. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2006 and still ranked 4th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) East Timor's population will grow by 31.5% to 1,889,246 people with a rank change from 152nd to 149th. The population of Indonesia will increase by 11.4% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.