The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 91,567,738 people in Iran in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,433,311 people compared to 93,020,793 in Iran.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 64.9 times bigger than East Timor's.
- East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while Iran is the 17th.
- The countries together account for 1.14% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 1.13% for Iran.
- For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +1.19% in Iran.
- Since 2005, the population of East Timor has increased from 948K people to 1.43M (51.1% growth), while Iran has grown from 71.8M to 93M (29.5% growth).
- East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people compared to the peak of 102M people in 2053 for Iran.
East Timor vs Iran: live population counter
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| Current population |
1433311
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93020793
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| Population rank | 152/197 | 17/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 1.13% |
| One net population change |
32.1 minutes
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32.9 seconds
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| One birth every |
17.2 minutes
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26.9 seconds
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| One death every |
52.2 minutes
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1.24 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 hours
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2.76 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,552 | +190,156 |
| Daily growth/decline | +45 | +2,627 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,352 | +959,031 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.18% | +1.06% |
| Population growth rate rank | 93/197 | 100/197 |
East Timor and Iran: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 468,118 | 21,470,434 | - | - |
| 1961 | 475,291 | 22,125,726 | 1.53% | 3.05% |
| 1962 | 482,774 | 22,807,907 | 1.57% | 3.08% |
| 1963 | 490,564 | 23,519,005 | 1.61% | 3.12% |
| 1964 | 498,659 | 24,262,859 | 1.65% | 3.16% |
| 1965 | 507,034 | 25,036,978 | 1.68% | 3.19% |
| 1966 | 515,696 | 25,829,270 | 1.71% | 3.16% |
| 1967 | 524,648 | 26,628,432 | 1.74% | 3.09% |
| 1968 | 533,875 | 27,437,391 | 1.76% | 3.04% |
| 1969 | 543,356 | 28,273,482 | 1.78% | 3.05% |
| 1970 | 553,069 | 29,145,100 | 1.79% | 3.08% |
| 1971 | 562,966 | 30,029,071 | 1.79% | 3.03% |
| 1972 | 572,962 | 30,921,179 | 1.78% | 2.97% |
| 1973 | 582,855 | 31,839,838 | 1.73% | 2.97% |
| 1974 | 590,827 | 32,796,463 | 1.37% | 3% |
| 1975 | 598,158 | 33,802,973 | 1.24% | 3.07% |
| 1976 | 607,620 | 34,837,271 | 1.58% | 3.06% |
| 1977 | 618,315 | 35,933,181 | 1.76% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 628,775 | 37,126,535 | 1.69% | 3.32% |
| 1979 | 638,719 | 38,424,952 | 1.58% | 3.5% |
| 1980 | 649,871 | 39,842,324 | 1.75% | 3.69% |
| 1981 | 660,493 | 41,989,312 | 1.63% | 5.39% |
| 1982 | 669,149 | 44,272,141 | 1.31% | 5.44% |
| 1983 | 677,707 | 46,029,535 | 1.28% | 3.97% |
| 1984 | 686,777 | 47,793,998 | 1.34% | 3.83% |
| 1985 | 696,665 | 49,582,289 | 1.44% | 3.74% |
| 1986 | 707,185 | 51,446,045 | 1.51% | 3.76% |
| 1987 | 718,476 | 53,323,493 | 1.6% | 3.65% |
| 1988 | 730,745 | 55,072,694 | 1.71% | 3.28% |
| 1989 | 744,856 | 56,704,914 | 1.93% | 2.96% |
| 1990 | 760,345 | 58,380,092 | 2.08% | 2.95% |
| 1991 | 778,278 | 59,986,931 | 2.36% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 799,318 | 61,184,983 | 2.7% | 2% |
| 1993 | 821,437 | 61,403,543 | 2.77% | 0.36% |
| 1994 | 844,493 | 61,520,598 | 2.81% | 0.19% |
| 1995 | 868,146 | 62,205,567 | 2.8% | 1.11% |
| 1996 | 892,282 | 62,881,300 | 2.78% | 1.09% |
| 1997 | 917,184 | 63,639,638 | 2.79% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 942,530 | 64,519,859 | 2.76% | 1.38% |
| 1999 | 834,697 | 65,445,391 | -11.4% | 1.43% |
| 2000 | 745,088 | 66,418,659 | -10.7% | 1.49% |
| 2001 | 812,249 | 67,452,005 | 9.01% | 1.56% |
| 2002 | 879,159 | 68,011,317 | 8.24% | 0.83% |
| 2003 | 916,878 | 68,769,340 | 4.29% | 1.11% |
| 2004 | 929,074 | 70,256,316 | 1.33% | 2.16% |
| 2005 | 948,311 | 71,828,455 | 2.07% | 2.24% |
| 2006 | 976,597 | 73,392,747 | 2.98% | 2.18% |
| 2007 | 1,004,889 | 74,602,648 | 2.9% | 1.65% |
| 2008 | 1,032,429 | 75,514,204 | 2.74% | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 1,058,782 | 76,457,825 | 2.55% | 1.25% |
| 2010 | 1,084,679 | 77,420,842 | 2.45% | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 1,110,207 | 78,383,598 | 2.35% | 1.24% |
| 2012 | 1,134,885 | 79,370,580 | 2.22% | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 1,158,695 | 80,414,686 | 2.1% | 1.32% |
| 2014 | 1,181,903 | 81,502,045 | 2% | 1.35% |
| 2015 | 1,205,131 | 82,619,362 | 1.97% | 1.37% |
| 2016 | 1,228,312 | 83,812,228 | 1.92% | 1.44% |
| 2017 | 1,251,703 | 85,026,754 | 1.9% | 1.45% |
| 2018 | 1,275,959 | 86,117,998 | 1.94% | 1.28% |
| 2019 | 1,300,945 | 87,051,648 | 1.96% | 1.08% |
| 2020 | 1,326,053 | 87,723,443 | 1.93% | 0.77% |
| 2021 | 1,350,139 | 88,455,488 | 1.82% | 0.83% |
| 2022 | 1,369,295 | 89,524,246 | 1.42% | 1.21% |
| 2023 | 1,384,286 | 90,608,707 | 1.09% | 1.21% |
| 2024 | 1,400,638 | 91,567,738 | 1.18% | 1.06% |
| 2025 | 1,418,519 | 92,417,685 | 1.28% | 0.93% |
| 2026 | 1,436,934 | 93,168,494 | 1.3% | 0.81% |
| 2027 | 1,456,334 | 93,838,646 | 1.35% | 0.72% |
| 2028 | 1,476,850 | 94,440,024 | 1.41% | 0.64% |
| 2029 | 1,498,119 | 94,985,102 | 1.44% | 0.58% |
| 2030 | 1,519,802 | 95,486,672 | 1.45% | 0.53% |
| 2031 | 1,540,659 | 95,960,723 | 1.37% | 0.5% |
| 2032 | 1,559,710 | 96,415,457 | 1.24% | 0.47% |
| 2033 | 1,578,114 | 96,850,659 | 1.18% | 0.45% |
| 2034 | 1,597,444 | 97,271,044 | 1.22% | 0.43% |
| 2035 | 1,618,799 | 97,679,258 | 1.34% | 0.42% |
| 2036 | 1,639,721 | 98,075,324 | 1.29% | 0.41% |
| 2037 | 1,659,327 | 98,458,805 | 1.2% | 0.39% |
| 2038 | 1,678,953 | 98,828,318 | 1.18% | 0.38% |
| 2039 | 1,698,891 | 99,182,806 | 1.19% | 0.36% |
| 2040 | 1,718,249 | 99,524,286 | 1.14% | 0.34% |
| 2041 | 1,736,476 | 99,853,719 | 1.06% | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 1,755,847 | 100,167,076 | 1.12% | 0.31% |
| 2043 | 1,776,066 | 100,462,092 | 1.15% | 0.29% |
| 2044 | 1,793,758 | 100,737,592 | 1% | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 1,809,637 | 100,990,622 | 0.89% | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 1,825,551 | 101,219,689 | 0.88% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 1,841,558 | 101,424,009 | 0.88% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 1,858,311 | 101,601,932 | 0.91% | 0.18% |
| 2049 | 1,873,846 | 101,748,544 | 0.84% | 0.14% |
| 2050 | 1,889,246 | 101,862,002 | 0.82% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).
East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) East Timor's population will grow by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people with a rank change from 152nd to 149th. The population of Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.
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Population differences between East Timor and Iran
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| Life expectancy | 68.1 years | 78.1 years |
| Average age | 26.6 years | 34.3 years |
| Median age | 22.4 years | 34.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.4:49.6 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.71 births per woman | 1.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 244 ppl/mi² | 146.2 ppl/mi² |
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