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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 46,042,015 people in Iraq in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,433,311 people compared to 47,813,338 in Iraq.

Population statistics:

  • Iraq's population is 33.4 times bigger than East Timor's.
  • East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while Iraq is the 34th.
  • The countries together account for 0.6% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 0.58% for Iraq.
  • For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +2.45% in Iraq.
  • Since 2005, the population of East Timor has increased from 948K people to 1.43M (51.1% growth), while Iraq has grown from 28.4M to 47.8M (68.3% growth).
  • East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people compared to the peak of 101M people in 2100 for Iraq.

East Timor vs Iraq: live population counter

East Timor Iraq
Current population
1433311
47813338
Population rank 152/197 34/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.58%
One net population change
32.1 minutes
32.6 seconds
One birth every
17.2 minutes
27.2 seconds
One death every
52.2 minutes
2.82 minutes
One migration net change every
3.43 hours
29.6 minutes
Annual migration change -2,552 -17,735
Daily growth/decline +45 +2,652
Annual growth/decline +16,352 +967,966
Annual growth/decline rate +1.18% +2.15%
Population growth rate rank 93/197 48/197

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

East Timor
Population

Growth rate
Iraq
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
East Timor Iraq East Timor Iraq
1960 468,118 7,022,052 - -
1961 475,291 7,194,553 1.53% 2.46%
1962 482,774 7,413,875 1.57% 3.05%
1963 490,564 7,667,928 1.61% 3.43%
1964 498,659 7,929,566 1.65% 3.41%
1965 507,034 8,202,140 1.68% 3.44%
1966 515,696 8,485,104 1.71% 3.45%
1967 524,648 8,778,869 1.74% 3.46%
1968 533,875 9,085,016 1.76% 3.49%
1969 543,356 9,403,356 1.78% 3.5%
1970 553,069 9,735,611 1.79% 3.53%
1971 562,966 10,077,809 1.79% 3.51%
1972 572,962 10,430,164 1.78% 3.5%
1973 582,855 10,795,869 1.73% 3.51%
1974 590,827 11,167,761 1.37% 3.44%
1975 598,158 11,543,639 1.24% 3.37%
1976 607,620 11,927,651 1.58% 3.33%
1977 618,315 12,331,046 1.76% 3.38%
1978 628,775 12,753,355 1.69% 3.42%
1979 638,719 13,170,365 1.58% 3.27%
1980 649,871 13,591,992 1.75% 3.2%
1981 660,493 14,006,381 1.63% 3.05%
1982 669,149 14,406,083 1.31% 2.85%
1983 677,707 14,840,555 1.28% 3.02%
1984 686,777 15,310,733 1.34% 3.17%
1985 696,665 15,683,430 1.44% 2.43%
1986 707,185 16,074,145 1.51% 2.49%
1987 718,476 16,521,049 1.6% 2.78%
1988 730,745 16,908,819 1.71% 2.35%
1989 744,856 17,364,542 1.93% 2.7%
1990 760,345 17,581,206 2.08% 1.25%
1991 778,278 17,767,253 2.36% 1.06%
1992 799,318 18,300,845 2.7% 3%
1993 821,437 19,201,195 2.77% 4.92%
1994 844,493 20,139,807 2.81% 4.89%
1995 868,146 20,825,860 2.8% 3.41%
1996 892,282 21,501,321 2.78% 3.24%
1997 917,184 22,176,593 2.79% 3.14%
1998 942,530 22,884,399 2.76% 3.19%
1999 834,697 23,636,527 -11.4% 3.29%
2000 745,088 24,424,056 -10.7% 3.33%
2001 812,249 25,197,840 9.01% 3.17%
2002 879,159 26,006,559 8.24% 3.21%
2003 916,878 26,802,659 4.29% 3.06%
2004 929,074 27,577,878 1.33% 2.89%
2005 948,311 28,407,448 2.07% 3.01%
2006 976,597 28,616,515 2.98% 0.74%
2007 1,004,889 28,391,607 2.9% -0.79%
2008 1,032,429 28,971,036 2.74% 2.04%
2009 1,058,782 30,058,206 2.55% 3.75%
2010 1,084,679 31,045,366 2.45% 3.28%
2011 1,110,207 32,161,424 2.35% 3.59%
2012 1,134,885 33,654,842 2.22% 4.64%
2013 1,158,695 35,281,989 2.1% 4.83%
2014 1,181,903 36,550,059 2% 3.59%
2015 1,205,131 37,560,535 1.97% 2.76%
2016 1,228,312 38,469,627 1.92% 2.42%
2017 1,251,703 39,337,353 1.9% 2.26%
2018 1,275,959 40,265,624 1.94% 2.36%
2019 1,300,945 41,192,171 1.96% 2.3%
2020 1,326,053 42,116,605 1.93% 2.24%
2021 1,350,139 43,071,211 1.82% 2.27%
2022 1,369,295 44,070,551 1.42% 2.32%
2023 1,384,286 45,074,049 1.09% 2.28%
2024 1,400,638 46,042,015 1.18% 2.15%
2025 1,418,519 47,020,778 1.28% 2.13%
2026 1,436,934 48,007,435 1.3% 2.1%
2027 1,456,334 48,987,424 1.35% 2.04%
2028 1,476,850 49,960,955 1.41% 1.99%
2029 1,498,119 50,943,339 1.44% 1.97%
2030 1,519,802 51,937,208 1.45% 1.95%
2031 1,540,659 52,934,373 1.37% 1.92%
2032 1,559,710 53,953,395 1.24% 1.93%
2033 1,578,114 54,985,129 1.18% 1.91%
2034 1,597,444 56,012,641 1.22% 1.87%
2035 1,618,799 57,035,917 1.34% 1.83%
2036 1,639,721 58,071,740 1.29% 1.82%
2037 1,659,327 59,109,258 1.2% 1.79%
2038 1,678,953 60,132,232 1.18% 1.73%
2039 1,698,891 61,174,679 1.19% 1.73%
2040 1,718,249 62,223,208 1.14% 1.71%
2041 1,736,476 63,249,167 1.06% 1.65%
2042 1,755,847 64,260,847 1.12% 1.6%
2043 1,776,066 65,257,000 1.15% 1.55%
2044 1,793,758 66,237,772 1% 1.5%
2045 1,809,637 67,204,176 0.89% 1.46%
2046 1,825,551 68,150,060 0.88% 1.41%
2047 1,841,558 69,098,087 0.88% 1.39%
2048 1,858,311 70,050,118 0.91% 1.38%
2049 1,873,846 70,999,566 0.84% 1.36%
2050 1,889,246 71,928,759 0.82% 1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.

Biggest cities by population

East Timor
City Population
Dili 222K
Maliana 15.8K
Baucau 15K
Ainaro 5.45K

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