The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,437,146 people compared to 85,963,745 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 59.8 times bigger than East Timor's.
- East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 1.06% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2006, the population of East Timor has increased from 977K people to 1.44M (47.2% growth), while Turkey has grown from 70M to 86M (22.7% growth).
- East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.
East Timor vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
1437146
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85963745
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| Population rank | 152/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
32.1 minutes
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
17.2 minutes
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
52.2 minutes
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 hours
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,552 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | +45 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,352 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.18% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 92/197 | 155/197 |
East Timor and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 468,118 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 475,291 | 29,119,238 | 1.53% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 482,774 | 29,916,147 | 1.57% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 490,564 | 30,726,841 | 1.61% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 498,659 | 31,543,072 | 1.65% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 507,034 | 32,345,220 | 1.68% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 515,696 | 33,177,672 | 1.71% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 524,648 | 34,050,421 | 1.74% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 533,875 | 34,921,684 | 1.76% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 543,356 | 35,787,774 | 1.78% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 553,069 | 36,638,465 | 1.79% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 562,966 | 37,518,611 | 1.79% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 572,962 | 38,430,221 | 1.78% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 582,855 | 39,329,533 | 1.73% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 590,827 | 40,210,234 | 1.37% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 598,158 | 41,053,126 | 1.24% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 607,620 | 41,899,984 | 1.58% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 618,315 | 42,773,298 | 1.76% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 628,775 | 43,645,306 | 1.69% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 638,719 | 44,510,429 | 1.58% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 649,871 | 45,408,815 | 1.75% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 660,493 | 46,321,190 | 1.63% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 669,149 | 47,322,096 | 1.31% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 677,707 | 48,447,410 | 1.28% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 686,777 | 49,574,069 | 1.34% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 696,665 | 50,687,115 | 1.44% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 707,185 | 51,777,772 | 1.51% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 718,476 | 52,843,670 | 1.6% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 730,745 | 53,909,626 | 1.71% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 744,856 | 54,976,723 | 1.93% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 760,345 | 56,015,628 | 2.08% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 778,278 | 57,009,887 | 2.36% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 799,318 | 57,990,118 | 2.7% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 821,437 | 58,999,167 | 2.77% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 844,493 | 60,033,836 | 2.81% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 868,146 | 61,024,503 | 2.8% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 892,282 | 61,951,134 | 2.78% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 917,184 | 62,852,966 | 2.79% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 942,530 | 63,734,383 | 2.76% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 834,697 | 64,591,923 | -11.4% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 745,088 | 65,425,961 | -10.7% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 812,249 | 66,245,128 | 9.01% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 879,159 | 67,048,795 | 8.24% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 916,878 | 67,831,730 | 4.29% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 929,074 | 68,592,617 | 1.33% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 948,311 | 69,329,557 | 2.07% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 976,597 | 70,045,349 | 2.98% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 1,004,889 | 70,158,112 | 2.9% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 1,032,429 | 71,051,678 | 2.74% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 1,058,782 | 72,039,206 | 2.55% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 1,084,679 | 73,142,150 | 2.45% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 1,110,207 | 74,223,629 | 2.35% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 1,134,885 | 75,175,827 | 2.22% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 1,158,695 | 76,147,624 | 2.1% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 1,181,903 | 77,181,884 | 2% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 1,205,131 | 78,218,479 | 1.97% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 1,228,312 | 79,277,962 | 1.92% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 1,251,703 | 80,312,698 | 1.9% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 1,275,959 | 81,407,204 | 1.94% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 1,300,945 | 82,579,440 | 1.96% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 1,326,053 | 83,384,680 | 1.93% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 1,350,139 | 84,147,318 | 1.82% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 1,369,295 | 84,979,913 | 1.42% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 1,384,286 | 85,325,965 | 1.09% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 1,400,638 | 85,518,661 | 1.18% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 1,418,519 | 85,725,557 | 1.28% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 1,436,934 | 85,960,835 | 1.3% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 1,456,334 | 86,227,115 | 1.35% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 1,476,850 | 86,502,744 | 1.41% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 1,498,119 | 86,771,652 | 1.44% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 1,519,802 | 87,037,680 | 1.45% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 1,540,659 | 87,297,191 | 1.37% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 1,559,710 | 87,537,075 | 1.24% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 1,578,114 | 87,762,403 | 1.18% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 1,597,444 | 87,974,138 | 1.22% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 1,618,799 | 88,172,739 | 1.34% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 1,639,721 | 88,364,318 | 1.29% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 1,659,327 | 88,545,669 | 1.2% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 1,678,953 | 88,707,268 | 1.18% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 1,698,891 | 88,849,956 | 1.19% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 1,718,249 | 88,975,510 | 1.14% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 1,736,476 | 89,083,304 | 1.06% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 1,755,847 | 89,177,769 | 1.12% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 1,776,066 | 89,254,147 | 1.15% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 1,793,758 | 89,311,458 | 1% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 1,809,637 | 89,349,806 | 0.89% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 1,825,551 | 89,375,429 | 0.88% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 1,841,558 | 89,383,765 | 0.88% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 1,858,311 | 89,361,174 | 0.91% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 1,873,846 | 89,306,566 | 0.84% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 1,889,246 | 89,218,346 | 0.82% | -0.1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of East Timor increased by 251,715 people (a 25.8% growth), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, East Timor gained 208,834 (a 17% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).
East Timor was ranked 155th most populous country in 2006 and is 152nd in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) East Timor's population will grow by 31.5% to 1,889,246 people with a rank change from 152nd to 149th. The population of Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.
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Population differences between East Timor and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 68.3 years | 78.4 years |
| Average age | 26.6 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 22.4 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.4:49.6 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.71 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 244 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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