The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 35,300,280 people in Saudi Arabia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,433,311 people compared to 36,428,123 in Saudi Arabia.
Population statistics:
- Saudi Arabia's population is 25.4 times bigger than East Timor's.
- East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while Saudi Arabia is the 44th.
- The countries together account for 0.46% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 0.44% for Saudi Arabia.
- For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +2.3% in Saudi Arabia.
- Since 2005, the population of East Timor has increased from 948K people to 1.43M (51.1% growth), while Saudi Arabia has grown from 20.6M to 36.4M (77.2% growth).
- East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people compared to the peak of 73.8M people in 2100 for Saudi Arabia.
East Timor vs Saudi Arabia: live population counter
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| Current population |
1433311
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36428123
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| Population rank | 152/197 | 44/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
32.1 minutes
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19.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
17.2 minutes
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57 seconds
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| One death every |
52.2 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 hours
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| Annual migration change | -2,552 | +122,170 |
| Daily growth/decline | +45 | +4,377 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,352 | +1,597,549 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.18% | +4.74% |
| Population growth rate rank | 93/197 | 3/197 |
East Timor and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 468,118 | 2,435,403 | - | - |
| 1961 | 475,291 | 2,526,347 | 1.53% | 3.73% |
| 1962 | 482,774 | 2,620,910 | 1.57% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 490,564 | 2,719,341 | 1.61% | 3.76% |
| 1964 | 498,659 | 2,821,968 | 1.65% | 3.77% |
| 1965 | 507,034 | 2,928,771 | 1.68% | 3.78% |
| 1966 | 515,696 | 3,039,887 | 1.71% | 3.79% |
| 1967 | 524,648 | 3,157,242 | 1.74% | 3.86% |
| 1968 | 533,875 | 3,282,711 | 1.76% | 3.97% |
| 1969 | 543,356 | 3,417,114 | 1.78% | 4.09% |
| 1970 | 553,069 | 3,562,470 | 1.79% | 4.25% |
| 1971 | 562,966 | 3,724,031 | 1.79% | 4.54% |
| 1972 | 572,962 | 3,905,722 | 1.78% | 4.88% |
| 1973 | 582,855 | 4,106,344 | 1.73% | 5.14% |
| 1974 | 590,827 | 4,323,632 | 1.37% | 5.29% |
| 1975 | 598,158 | 4,556,287 | 1.24% | 5.38% |
| 1976 | 607,620 | 4,807,933 | 1.58% | 5.52% |
| 1977 | 618,315 | 5,083,048 | 1.76% | 5.72% |
| 1978 | 628,775 | 5,381,902 | 1.69% | 5.88% |
| 1979 | 638,719 | 5,703,698 | 1.58% | 5.98% |
| 1980 | 649,871 | 6,047,997 | 1.75% | 6.04% |
| 1981 | 660,493 | 6,420,551 | 1.63% | 6.16% |
| 1982 | 669,149 | 6,824,486 | 1.31% | 6.29% |
| 1983 | 677,707 | 7,252,941 | 1.28% | 6.28% |
| 1984 | 686,777 | 7,697,307 | 1.34% | 6.13% |
| 1985 | 696,665 | 8,151,779 | 1.44% | 5.9% |
| 1986 | 707,185 | 8,628,639 | 1.51% | 5.85% |
| 1987 | 718,476 | 9,130,194 | 1.6% | 5.81% |
| 1988 | 730,745 | 9,629,165 | 1.71% | 5.47% |
| 1989 | 744,856 | 10,128,394 | 1.93% | 5.18% |
| 1990 | 760,345 | 10,640,691 | 2.08% | 5.06% |
| 1991 | 778,278 | 11,160,744 | 2.36% | 4.89% |
| 1992 | 799,318 | 11,686,676 | 2.7% | 4.71% |
| 1993 | 821,437 | 12,215,862 | 2.77% | 4.53% |
| 1994 | 844,493 | 12,750,040 | 2.81% | 4.37% |
| 1995 | 868,146 | 13,289,245 | 2.8% | 4.23% |
| 1996 | 892,282 | 13,831,009 | 2.78% | 4.08% |
| 1997 | 917,184 | 14,374,943 | 2.79% | 3.93% |
| 1998 | 942,530 | 14,922,185 | 2.76% | 3.81% |
| 1999 | 834,697 | 15,472,075 | -11.4% | 3.69% |
| 2000 | 745,088 | 16,177,722 | -10.7% | 4.56% |
| 2001 | 812,249 | 17,041,397 | 9.01% | 5.34% |
| 2002 | 879,159 | 17,910,910 | 8.24% | 5.1% |
| 2003 | 916,878 | 18,786,767 | 4.29% | 4.89% |
| 2004 | 929,074 | 19,669,480 | 1.33% | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 948,311 | 20,559,890 | 2.07% | 4.53% |
| 2006 | 976,597 | 21,459,144 | 2.98% | 4.37% |
| 2007 | 1,004,889 | 22,368,313 | 2.9% | 4.24% |
| 2008 | 1,032,429 | 23,287,877 | 2.74% | 4.11% |
| 2009 | 1,058,782 | 24,217,654 | 2.55% | 3.99% |
| 2010 | 1,084,679 | 23,978,487 | 2.45% | -0.99% |
| 2011 | 1,110,207 | 25,091,867 | 2.35% | 4.64% |
| 2012 | 1,134,885 | 26,168,861 | 2.22% | 4.29% |
| 2013 | 1,158,695 | 27,624,004 | 2.1% | 5.56% |
| 2014 | 1,181,903 | 28,309,273 | 2% | 2.48% |
| 2015 | 1,205,131 | 29,816,382 | 1.97% | 5.32% |
| 2016 | 1,228,312 | 30,954,198 | 1.92% | 3.82% |
| 2017 | 1,251,703 | 30,977,355 | 1.9% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 1,275,959 | 30,196,281 | 1.94% | -2.52% |
| 2019 | 1,300,945 | 30,063,799 | 1.96% | -0.44% |
| 2020 | 1,326,053 | 31,552,510 | 1.93% | 4.95% |
| 2021 | 1,350,139 | 30,784,383 | 1.82% | -2.43% |
| 2022 | 1,369,295 | 32,175,224 | 1.42% | 4.52% |
| 2023 | 1,384,286 | 33,702,731 | 1.09% | 4.75% |
| 2024 | 1,400,638 | 35,300,280 | 1.18% | 4.74% |
| 2025 | 1,418,519 | 35,927,625 | 1.28% | 1.78% |
| 2026 | 1,436,934 | 36,550,694 | 1.3% | 1.73% |
| 2027 | 1,456,334 | 37,167,513 | 1.35% | 1.69% |
| 2028 | 1,476,850 | 37,775,810 | 1.41% | 1.64% |
| 2029 | 1,498,119 | 38,364,377 | 1.44% | 1.56% |
| 2030 | 1,519,802 | 38,918,375 | 1.45% | 1.44% |
| 2031 | 1,540,659 | 39,450,880 | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 2032 | 1,559,710 | 39,983,934 | 1.24% | 1.35% |
| 2033 | 1,578,114 | 40,517,599 | 1.18% | 1.33% |
| 2034 | 1,597,444 | 41,052,423 | 1.22% | 1.32% |
| 2035 | 1,618,799 | 41,588,429 | 1.34% | 1.31% |
| 2036 | 1,639,721 | 42,125,184 | 1.29% | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 1,659,327 | 42,661,908 | 1.2% | 1.27% |
| 2038 | 1,678,953 | 43,198,420 | 1.18% | 1.26% |
| 2039 | 1,698,891 | 43,734,316 | 1.19% | 1.24% |
| 2040 | 1,718,249 | 44,269,571 | 1.14% | 1.22% |
| 2041 | 1,736,476 | 44,804,338 | 1.06% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 1,755,847 | 45,338,111 | 1.12% | 1.19% |
| 2043 | 1,776,066 | 45,870,896 | 1.15% | 1.18% |
| 2044 | 1,793,758 | 46,403,116 | 1% | 1.16% |
| 2045 | 1,809,637 | 46,934,822 | 0.89% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 1,825,551 | 47,465,267 | 0.88% | 1.13% |
| 2047 | 1,841,558 | 47,993,976 | 0.88% | 1.11% |
| 2048 | 1,858,311 | 48,521,364 | 0.91% | 1.1% |
| 2049 | 1,873,846 | 49,047,461 | 0.84% | 1.08% |
| 2050 | 1,889,246 | 49,572,202 | 0.82% | 1.07% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).
East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.
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Population differences between East Timor and Saudi Arabia
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| Life expectancy | 68.1 years | 79.2 years |
| Average age | 26.6 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 22.4 years | 30.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.4:49.6 | 60.5:39.5 |
| Fertility rate | 2.71 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 244 ppl/mi² | 42.5 ppl/mi² |
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