The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,433,311 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.
Population statistics:
- Sri Lanka's population is 15.4 times bigger than East Timor's.
- East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
- The countries together account for 0.28% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
- For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
- Since 2005, the population of East Timor has increased from 948K people to 1.43M (51.1% growth), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
- East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people compared to the peak of 23.5M people in 2051 for Sri Lanka.
East Timor vs Sri Lanka: live population counter
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| Current population |
1433311
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22125995
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| Population rank | 152/197 | 63/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
32.1 minutes
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4.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
17.2 minutes
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2.13 minutes
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| One death every |
52.2 minutes
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2.91 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 hours
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19.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,552 | -27,245 |
| Daily growth/decline | +45 | -332 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,352 | -121,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.18% | -0.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 93/197 | 187/197 |
East Timor and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 468,118 | 9,661,389 | - | - |
| 1961 | 475,291 | 9,899,372 | 1.53% | 2.46% |
| 1962 | 482,774 | 10,143,754 | 1.57% | 2.47% |
| 1963 | 490,564 | 10,395,040 | 1.61% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 498,659 | 10,653,397 | 1.65% | 2.49% |
| 1965 | 507,034 | 10,916,965 | 1.68% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 515,696 | 11,183,928 | 1.71% | 2.45% |
| 1967 | 524,648 | 11,457,328 | 1.74% | 2.44% |
| 1968 | 533,875 | 11,736,088 | 1.76% | 2.43% |
| 1969 | 543,356 | 12,013,858 | 1.78% | 2.37% |
| 1970 | 553,069 | 12,287,110 | 1.79% | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 562,966 | 12,551,910 | 1.79% | 2.16% |
| 1972 | 572,962 | 12,809,205 | 1.78% | 2.05% |
| 1973 | 582,855 | 13,060,916 | 1.73% | 1.97% |
| 1974 | 590,827 | 13,305,693 | 1.37% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 598,158 | 13,548,984 | 1.24% | 1.83% |
| 1976 | 607,620 | 13,796,770 | 1.58% | 1.83% |
| 1977 | 618,315 | 14,049,371 | 1.76% | 1.83% |
| 1978 | 628,775 | 14,310,128 | 1.69% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 638,719 | 14,579,614 | 1.58% | 1.88% |
| 1980 | 649,871 | 14,847,974 | 1.75% | 1.84% |
| 1981 | 660,493 | 15,099,414 | 1.63% | 1.69% |
| 1982 | 669,149 | 15,286,567 | 1.31% | 1.24% |
| 1983 | 677,707 | 15,388,794 | 1.28% | 0.67% |
| 1984 | 686,777 | 15,441,860 | 1.34% | 0.34% |
| 1985 | 696,665 | 15,544,154 | 1.44% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 707,185 | 15,731,256 | 1.51% | 1.2% |
| 1987 | 718,476 | 15,916,576 | 1.6% | 1.18% |
| 1988 | 730,745 | 16,078,621 | 1.71% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 744,856 | 16,248,557 | 1.93% | 1.06% |
| 1990 | 760,345 | 16,352,458 | 2.08% | 0.64% |
| 1991 | 778,278 | 16,475,354 | 2.36% | 0.75% |
| 1992 | 799,318 | 16,739,284 | 2.7% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 821,437 | 17,025,918 | 2.77% | 1.71% |
| 1994 | 844,493 | 17,275,773 | 2.81% | 1.47% |
| 1995 | 868,146 | 17,564,068 | 2.8% | 1.67% |
| 1996 | 892,282 | 17,905,018 | 2.78% | 1.94% |
| 1997 | 917,184 | 18,248,200 | 2.79% | 1.92% |
| 1998 | 942,530 | 18,596,003 | 2.76% | 1.91% |
| 1999 | 834,697 | 18,944,731 | -11.4% | 1.88% |
| 2000 | 745,088 | 19,293,054 | -10.7% | 1.84% |
| 2001 | 812,249 | 19,600,362 | 9.01% | 1.59% |
| 2002 | 879,159 | 19,805,752 | 8.24% | 1.05% |
| 2003 | 916,878 | 19,951,521 | 4.29% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 929,074 | 20,087,605 | 1.33% | 0.68% |
| 2005 | 948,311 | 20,216,524 | 2.07% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 976,597 | 20,352,411 | 2.98% | 0.67% |
| 2007 | 1,004,889 | 20,492,545 | 2.9% | 0.69% |
| 2008 | 1,032,429 | 20,629,378 | 2.74% | 0.67% |
| 2009 | 1,058,782 | 20,756,435 | 2.55% | 0.62% |
| 2010 | 1,084,679 | 20,879,089 | 2.45% | 0.59% |
| 2011 | 1,110,207 | 21,009,048 | 2.35% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 1,134,885 | 21,169,458 | 2.22% | 0.76% |
| 2013 | 1,158,695 | 20,585,000 | 2.1% | -2.76% |
| 2014 | 1,181,903 | 20,778,000 | 2% | 0.94% |
| 2015 | 1,205,131 | 20,970,000 | 1.97% | 0.92% |
| 2016 | 1,228,312 | 21,209,000 | 1.92% | 1.14% |
| 2017 | 1,251,703 | 21,453,000 | 1.9% | 1.15% |
| 2018 | 1,275,959 | 21,670,000 | 1.94% | 1.01% |
| 2019 | 1,300,945 | 21,803,000 | 1.96% | 0.61% |
| 2020 | 1,326,053 | 21,919,000 | 1.93% | 0.53% |
| 2021 | 1,350,139 | 22,156,000 | 1.82% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | 1,369,295 | 22,181,000 | 1.42% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 1,384,286 | 22,037,000 | 1.09% | -0.65% |
| 2024 | 1,400,638 | 21,916,000 | 1.18% | -0.55% |
| 2025 | 1,418,519 | 22,035,440 | 1.28% | 0.54% |
| 2026 | 1,436,934 | 22,148,172 | 1.3% | 0.51% |
| 2027 | 1,456,334 | 22,255,601 | 1.35% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 1,476,850 | 22,357,682 | 1.41% | 0.46% |
| 2029 | 1,498,119 | 22,453,922 | 1.44% | 0.43% |
| 2030 | 1,519,802 | 22,546,245 | 1.45% | 0.41% |
| 2031 | 1,540,659 | 22,635,106 | 1.37% | 0.39% |
| 2032 | 1,559,710 | 22,720,118 | 1.24% | 0.38% |
| 2033 | 1,578,114 | 22,802,043 | 1.18% | 0.36% |
| 2034 | 1,597,444 | 22,879,527 | 1.22% | 0.34% |
| 2035 | 1,618,799 | 22,952,739 | 1.34% | 0.32% |
| 2036 | 1,639,721 | 23,022,027 | 1.29% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 1,659,327 | 23,088,877 | 1.2% | 0.29% |
| 2038 | 1,678,953 | 23,152,480 | 1.18% | 0.28% |
| 2039 | 1,698,891 | 23,211,633 | 1.19% | 0.26% |
| 2040 | 1,718,249 | 23,265,986 | 1.14% | 0.23% |
| 2041 | 1,736,476 | 23,315,260 | 1.06% | 0.21% |
| 2042 | 1,755,847 | 23,359,578 | 1.12% | 0.19% |
| 2043 | 1,776,066 | 23,398,752 | 1.15% | 0.17% |
| 2044 | 1,793,758 | 23,433,096 | 1% | 0.15% |
| 2045 | 1,809,637 | 23,464,943 | 0.89% | 0.14% |
| 2046 | 1,825,551 | 23,492,738 | 0.88% | 0.12% |
| 2047 | 1,841,558 | 23,512,629 | 0.88% | 0.08% |
| 2048 | 1,858,311 | 23,525,953 | 0.91% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 1,873,846 | 23,533,940 | 0.84% | 0.03% |
| 2050 | 1,889,246 | 23,538,230 | 0.82% | 0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).
East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Dili | 222K |
| Maliana | 15.8K |
| Baucau | 15K |
| Ainaro | 5.45K |
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| City | Population |
| Colombo | 753K |
| Gampaha | 191K |
| Beruwala | 165K |
| Negombo | 142K |
| Kandy | 120K |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 116K |
| Trincomalee | 99.1K |
| Galle | 93.1K |
| Matara | 68.2K |
| Anuradhapura | 63.2K |
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Population differences between East Timor and Sri Lanka
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| Life expectancy | 68.1 years | 77.9 years |
| Average age | 26.6 years | 35.8 years |
| Median age | 22.4 years | 34.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.4:49.6 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.71 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 244 ppl/mi² | 918 ppl/mi² |
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