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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,433,311 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • East Timor's population is 10.4 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of East Timor has increased from 948K people to 1.43M (51.1% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.

East Timor vs Kiribati: live population counter

East Timor Kiribati
Current population
1433311
138067
Population rank 152/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.002%
One net population change
32.1 minutes
4.41 hours
One birth every
17.2 minutes
2.56 hours
One death every
52.2 minutes
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
3.43 hours
18.6 hours
Annual migration change -2,552 -471
Daily growth/decline +45 +5
Annual growth/decline +16,352 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate +1.18% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 93/197 74/197

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

East Timor
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
East Timor Kiribati East Timor Kiribati
1960 468,118 47,157 - -
1961 475,291 48,323 1.53% 2.47%
1962 482,774 49,538 1.57% 2.51%
1963 490,564 50,791 1.61% 2.53%
1964 498,659 52,088 1.65% 2.55%
1965 507,034 53,439 1.68% 2.59%
1966 515,696 54,425 1.71% 1.85%
1967 524,648 54,996 1.74% 1.05%
1968 533,875 55,529 1.76% 0.97%
1969 543,356 56,360 1.78% 1.5%
1970 553,069 57,510 1.79% 2.04%
1971 562,966 58,652 1.79% 1.99%
1972 572,962 59,778 1.78% 1.92%
1973 582,855 60,824 1.73% 1.75%
1974 590,827 61,219 1.37% 0.65%
1975 598,158 60,987 1.24% -0.38%
1976 607,620 60,661 1.58% -0.53%
1977 618,315 60,267 1.76% -0.65%
1978 628,775 59,864 1.69% -0.67%
1979 638,719 60,172 1.58% 0.51%
1980 649,871 61,148 1.75% 1.62%
1981 660,493 62,121 1.63% 1.59%
1982 669,149 63,134 1.31% 1.63%
1983 677,707 64,169 1.28% 1.64%
1984 686,777 65,228 1.34% 1.65%
1985 696,665 66,496 1.44% 1.94%
1986 707,185 68,059 1.51% 2.35%
1987 718,476 69,733 1.6% 2.46%
1988 730,745 71,427 1.71% 2.43%
1989 744,856 73,147 1.93% 2.41%
1990 760,345 74,855 2.08% 2.34%
1991 778,278 76,367 2.36% 2.02%
1992 799,318 77,641 2.7% 1.67%
1993 821,437 78,841 2.77% 1.55%
1994 844,493 80,021 2.81% 1.5%
1995 868,146 81,234 2.8% 1.52%
1996 892,282 82,623 2.78% 1.71%
1997 917,184 84,147 2.79% 1.84%
1998 942,530 85,657 2.76% 1.79%
1999 834,697 87,126 -11.4% 1.71%
2000 745,088 88,613 -10.7% 1.71%
2001 812,249 90,335 9.01% 1.94%
2002 879,159 92,264 8.24% 2.14%
2003 916,878 94,175 4.29% 2.07%
2004 929,074 96,085 1.33% 2.03%
2005 948,311 98,035 2.07% 2.03%
2006 976,597 100,017 2.98% 2.02%
2007 1,004,889 102,068 2.9% 2.05%
2008 1,032,429 104,222 2.74% 2.11%
2009 1,058,782 106,467 2.55% 2.15%
2010 1,084,679 108,704 2.45% 2.1%
2011 1,110,207 110,647 2.35% 1.79%
2012 1,134,885 112,284 2.22% 1.48%
2013 1,158,695 113,838 2.1% 1.38%
2014 1,181,903 115,326 2% 1.31%
2015 1,205,131 116,815 1.97% 1.29%
2016 1,228,312 118,478 1.92% 1.42%
2017 1,251,703 120,275 1.9% 1.52%
2018 1,275,959 122,084 1.94% 1.5%
2019 1,300,945 123,921 1.96% 1.5%
2020 1,326,053 126,099 1.93% 1.76%
2021 1,350,139 128,377 1.82% 1.81%
2022 1,369,295 130,469 1.42% 1.63%
2023 1,384,286 132,530 1.09% 1.58%
2024 1,400,638 134,518 1.18% 1.5%
2025 1,418,519 136,501 1.28% 1.47%
2026 1,436,934 138,451 1.3% 1.43%
2027 1,456,334 140,405 1.35% 1.41%
2028 1,476,850 142,335 1.41% 1.37%
2029 1,498,119 144,231 1.44% 1.33%
2030 1,519,802 146,130 1.45% 1.32%
2031 1,540,659 148,028 1.37% 1.3%
2032 1,559,710 149,915 1.24% 1.27%
2033 1,578,114 151,768 1.18% 1.24%
2034 1,597,444 153,602 1.22% 1.21%
2035 1,618,799 155,447 1.34% 1.2%
2036 1,639,721 157,316 1.29% 1.2%
2037 1,659,327 159,188 1.2% 1.19%
2038 1,678,953 161,050 1.18% 1.17%
2039 1,698,891 162,895 1.19% 1.15%
2040 1,718,249 164,711 1.14% 1.11%
2041 1,736,476 166,508 1.06% 1.09%
2042 1,755,847 168,325 1.12% 1.09%
2043 1,776,066 170,182 1.15% 1.1%
2044 1,793,758 172,012 1% 1.08%
2045 1,809,637 173,818 0.89% 1.05%
2046 1,825,551 175,629 0.88% 1.04%
2047 1,841,558 177,392 0.88% 1%
2048 1,858,311 179,152 0.91% 0.99%
2049 1,873,846 180,915 0.84% 0.98%
2050 1,889,246 182,629 0.82% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

Biggest cities by population

East Timor
City Population
Dili 222K
Maliana 15.8K
Baucau 15K
Ainaro 5.45K
Kiribati
City Population
South Tarawa 63.4K
London 1.9K

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