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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	East Timor	Taiwan	East Timor	Taiwan
1960	468,118	-	-	-
1961	475,291	11,030,385	1.53%	-
1962	482,774	11,392,513	1.57%	3.28%
1963	490,564	11,762,101	1.61%	3.24%
1964	498,659	12,137,143	1.65%	3.19%
1965	507,034	12,511,863	1.68%	3.09%
1966	515,696	12,874,153	1.71%	2.9%
1967	524,648	13,210,344	1.74%	2.61%
1968	533,875	13,548,537	1.76%	2.56%
1969	543,356	14,068,984	1.78%	3.84%
1970	553,069	14,582,944	1.79%	3.65%
1971	562,966	14,913,564	1.79%	2.27%
1972	572,962	15,220,495	1.78%	2.06%
1973	582,855	15,505,121	1.73%	1.87%
1974	590,827	15,784,817	1.37%	1.8%
1975	598,158	16,075,128	1.24%	1.84%
1976	607,620	16,401,413	1.58%	2.03%
1977	618,315	16,730,895	1.76%	2.01%
1978	628,775	17,042,272	1.69%	1.86%
1979	638,719	17,372,779	1.58%	1.94%
1980	649,871	17,704,538	1.75%	1.91%
1981	660,493	18,029,982	1.63%	1.84%
1982	669,149	18,354,855	1.31%	1.8%
1983	677,707	18,653,146	1.28%	1.63%
1984	686,777	18,929,866	1.34%	1.48%
1985	696,665	19,191,510	1.44%	1.38%
1986	707,185	19,411,454	1.51%	1.15%
1987	718,476	19,617,046	1.6%	1.06%
1988	730,745	19,839,704	1.71%	1.14%
1989	744,856	20,055,492	1.93%	1.09%
1990	760,345	20,278,946	2.08%	1.11%
1991	778,278	20,503,568	2.36%	1.11%
1992	799,318	20,704,227	2.7%	0.98%
1993	821,437	20,899,019	2.77%	0.94%
1994	844,493	21,086,645	2.81%	0.9%
1995	868,146	21,267,653	2.8%	0.86%
1996	892,282	21,441,432	2.78%	0.82%
1997	917,184	21,634,124	2.79%	0.9%
1998	942,530	21,835,703	2.76%	0.93%
1999	834,697	22,010,489	-11.4%	0.8%
2000	745,088	22,184,530	-10.7%	0.79%
2001	812,249	22,341,120	9.01%	0.71%
2002	879,159	22,463,172	8.24%	0.55%
2003	916,878	22,562,663	4.29%	0.44%
2004	929,074	22,646,836	1.33%	0.37%
2005	948,311	22,729,753	2.07%	0.37%
2006	976,597	22,823,455	2.98%	0.41%
2007	1,004,889	22,917,444	2.9%	0.41%
2008	1,032,429	22,997,696	2.74%	0.35%
2009	1,058,782	23,078,402	2.55%	0.35%
2010	1,084,679	23,140,948	2.45%	0.27%
2011	1,110,207	23,193,518	2.35%	0.23%
2012	1,134,885	23,270,367	2.22%	0.33%
2013	1,158,695	23,344,670	2.1%	0.32%
2014	1,181,903	23,403,635	2%	0.25%
2015	1,205,131	23,462,914	1.97%	0.25%
2016	1,228,312	23,515,945	1.92%	0.23%
2017	1,251,703	23,555,522	1.9%	0.17%
2018	1,275,959	23,580,080	1.94%	0.1%
2019	1,300,945	23,596,027	1.96%	0.07%
2020	1,326,053	23,582,179	1.93%	-0.06%
2021	1,350,139	23,468,275	1.82%	-0.48%
2022	1,369,295	23,319,977	1.42%	-0.63%
2023	1,384,286	23,342,541	1.09%	0.1%
2024	1,400,638	23,410,331	1.18%	0.29%
2025	1,418,519	23,308,308	1.28%	-0.44%
2026	1,436,934	23,205,944	1.3%	-0.44%
2027	1,456,334	23,102,120	1.35%	-0.45%
2028	1,476,850	22,996,693	1.41%	-0.46%
2029	1,498,119	22,890,335	1.44%	-0.46%
2030	1,519,802	22,781,040	1.45%	-0.48%
2031	1,540,659	22,667,327	1.37%	-0.5%
2032	1,559,710	22,549,689	1.24%	-0.52%
2033	1,578,114	22,428,721	1.18%	-0.54%
2034	1,597,444	22,302,402	1.22%	-0.56%
2035	1,618,799	22,170,689	1.34%	-0.59%
2036	1,639,721	22,034,775	1.29%	-0.61%
2037	1,659,327	21,893,029	1.2%	-0.64%
2038	1,678,953	21,746,001	1.18%	-0.67%
2039	1,698,891	21,594,236	1.19%	-0.7%
2040	1,718,249	21,436,947	1.14%	-0.73%
2041	1,736,476	21,274,187	1.06%	-0.76%
2042	1,755,847	21,105,682	1.12%	-0.79%
2043	1,776,066	20,932,105	1.15%	-0.82%
2044	1,793,758	20,754,623	1%	-0.85%
2045	1,809,637	20,571,741	0.89%	-0.88%
2046	1,825,551	20,384,903	0.88%	-0.91%
2047	1,841,558	20,194,425	0.88%	-0.93%
2048	1,858,311	19,999,753	0.91%	-0.96%
2049	1,873,846	19,801,293	0.84%	-0.99%
2050	1,889,246	19,598,997	0.82%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.