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Population in East Timor compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,433,311 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 48.8 times bigger than East Timor's.
  • East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.86% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of East Timor has increased from 948K people to 1.43M (51.1% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.

East Timor vs United Kingdom: live population counter

East Timor United Kingdom
Current population
1433311
69945462
Population rank 152/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.85%
One net population change
32.1 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
17.2 minutes
45.9 seconds
One death every
52.2 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
3.43 hours
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change -2,552 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +45 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +16,352 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +1.18% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 93/197 99/197

East Timor and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

East Timor
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
East Timor United Kingdom East Timor United Kingdom
1960 468,118 52,400,000 - -
1961 475,291 52,800,000 1.53% 0.76%
1962 482,774 53,250,000 1.57% 0.85%
1963 490,564 53,650,000 1.61% 0.75%
1964 498,659 54,000,000 1.65% 0.65%
1965 507,034 54,348,050 1.68% 0.64%
1966 515,696 54,648,500 1.71% 0.55%
1967 524,648 54,943,600 1.74% 0.54%
1968 533,875 55,211,700 1.76% 0.49%
1969 543,356 55,441,750 1.78% 0.42%
1970 553,069 55,663,250 1.79% 0.4%
1971 562,966 55,896,223 1.79% 0.42%
1972 572,962 56,086,065 1.78% 0.34%
1973 582,855 56,194,527 1.73% 0.19%
1974 590,827 56,229,974 1.37% 0.06%
1975 598,158 56,225,800 1.24% -0.007%
1976 607,620 56,211,968 1.58% -0.02%
1977 618,315 56,193,492 1.76% -0.03%
1978 628,775 56,196,504 1.69% 0.005%
1979 638,719 56,246,951 1.58% 0.09%
1980 649,871 56,314,216 1.75% 0.12%
1981 660,493 56,333,829 1.63% 0.03%
1982 669,149 56,313,641 1.31% -0.04%
1983 677,707 56,332,848 1.28% 0.03%
1984 686,777 56,422,072 1.34% 0.16%
1985 696,665 56,550,268 1.44% 0.23%
1986 707,185 56,681,396 1.51% 0.23%
1987 718,476 56,802,050 1.6% 0.21%
1988 730,745 56,928,327 1.71% 0.22%
1989 744,856 57,076,711 1.93% 0.26%
1990 760,345 57,247,586 2.08% 0.3%
1991 778,278 57,424,897 2.36% 0.31%
1992 799,318 57,580,402 2.7% 0.27%
1993 821,437 57,718,614 2.77% 0.24%
1994 844,493 57,865,745 2.81% 0.25%
1995 868,146 58,019,030 2.8% 0.26%
1996 892,282 58,166,950 2.78% 0.25%
1997 917,184 58,316,954 2.79% 0.26%
1998 942,530 58,487,141 2.76% 0.29%
1999 834,697 58,682,466 -11.4% 0.33%
2000 745,088 58,892,514 -10.7% 0.36%
2001 812,249 59,119,673 9.01% 0.39%
2002 879,159 59,370,479 8.24% 0.42%
2003 916,878 59,647,577 4.29% 0.47%
2004 929,074 59,987,905 1.33% 0.57%
2005 948,311 60,401,206 2.07% 0.69%
2006 976,597 60,846,820 2.98% 0.74%
2007 1,004,889 61,322,463 2.9% 0.78%
2008 1,032,429 61,806,995 2.74% 0.79%
2009 1,058,782 62,276,270 2.55% 0.76%
2010 1,084,679 62,766,365 2.45% 0.79%
2011 1,110,207 63,258,810 2.35% 0.78%
2012 1,134,885 63,711,000 2.22% 0.71%
2013 1,158,695 64,139,000 2.1% 0.67%
2014 1,181,903 64,620,000 2% 0.75%
2015 1,205,131 65,088,000 1.97% 0.72%
2016 1,228,312 65,607,000 1.92% 0.8%
2017 1,251,703 65,966,000 1.9% 0.55%
2018 1,275,959 66,289,000 1.94% 0.49%
2019 1,300,945 66,631,000 1.96% 0.52%
2020 1,326,053 66,744,000 1.93% 0.17%
2021 1,350,139 66,984,000 1.82% 0.36%
2022 1,369,295 67,604,000 1.42% 0.93%
2023 1,384,286 68,492,000 1.09% 1.31%
2024 1,400,638 69,226,000 1.18% 1.07%
2025 1,418,519 69,639,673 1.28% 0.6%
2026 1,436,934 70,020,350 1.3% 0.55%
2027 1,456,334 70,382,853 1.35% 0.52%
2028 1,476,850 70,732,699 1.41% 0.5%
2029 1,498,119 71,061,482 1.44% 0.46%
2030 1,519,802 71,377,535 1.45% 0.44%
2031 1,540,659 71,678,351 1.37% 0.42%
2032 1,559,710 71,959,934 1.24% 0.39%
2033 1,578,114 72,234,509 1.18% 0.38%
2034 1,597,444 72,497,650 1.22% 0.36%
2035 1,618,799 72,749,096 1.34% 0.35%
2036 1,639,721 72,990,847 1.29% 0.33%
2037 1,659,327 73,218,850 1.2% 0.31%
2038 1,678,953 73,441,349 1.18% 0.3%
2039 1,698,891 73,658,392 1.19% 0.3%
2040 1,718,249 73,868,334 1.14% 0.29%
2041 1,736,476 74,074,316 1.06% 0.28%
2042 1,755,847 74,275,779 1.12% 0.27%
2043 1,776,066 74,475,035 1.15% 0.27%
2044 1,793,758 74,667,284 1% 0.26%
2045 1,809,637 74,848,605 0.89% 0.24%
2046 1,825,551 75,020,949 0.88% 0.23%
2047 1,841,558 75,184,478 0.88% 0.22%
2048 1,858,311 75,337,543 0.91% 0.2%
2049 1,873,846 75,476,141 0.84% 0.18%
2050 1,889,246 75,600,588 0.82% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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