The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,437,146 people compared to 3,382,543 in Uruguay.
Population statistics:
- Uruguay's population is 2.35 times bigger than East Timor's.
- East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
- The countries together account for 0.06% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
- For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
- Since 2006, the population of East Timor has increased from 977K people to 1.44M (47.2% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (2.83% growth).
- East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people, while Uruguay's population already peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and is projected to decrease to 2.25M people by 2100.
East Timor vs Uruguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
1437146
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3382543
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| Population rank | 152/197 | 133/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
32.1 minutes
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5.87 hours
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| One birth every |
17.2 minutes
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15.7 minutes
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| One death every |
52.2 minutes
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15.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 hours
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6.5 hours
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| Annual migration change | -2,552 | -1,348 |
| Daily growth/decline | +45 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,352 | -1,493 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.18% | -0.04% |
| Population growth rate rank | 92/197 | 168/197 |
East Timor and Uruguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 468,118 | 2,529,957 | - | - |
| 1961 | 475,291 | 2,562,044 | 1.53% | 1.27% |
| 1962 | 482,774 | 2,593,298 | 1.57% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 490,564 | 2,623,766 | 1.61% | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 498,659 | 2,653,180 | 1.65% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 507,034 | 2,681,169 | 1.68% | 1.05% |
| 1966 | 515,696 | 2,707,646 | 1.71% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 524,648 | 2,732,277 | 1.74% | 0.91% |
| 1968 | 533,875 | 2,754,606 | 1.76% | 0.82% |
| 1969 | 543,356 | 2,773,974 | 1.78% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 553,069 | 2,790,807 | 1.79% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 562,966 | 2,806,462 | 1.79% | 0.56% |
| 1972 | 572,962 | 2,821,644 | 1.78% | 0.54% |
| 1973 | 582,855 | 2,837,133 | 1.73% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 590,827 | 2,853,944 | 1.37% | 0.59% |
| 1975 | 598,158 | 2,872,320 | 1.24% | 0.64% |
| 1976 | 607,620 | 2,891,392 | 1.58% | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 618,315 | 2,909,461 | 1.76% | 0.62% |
| 1978 | 628,775 | 2,925,715 | 1.69% | 0.56% |
| 1979 | 638,719 | 2,939,903 | 1.58% | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 649,871 | 2,951,953 | 1.75% | 0.41% |
| 1981 | 660,493 | 2,963,246 | 1.63% | 0.38% |
| 1982 | 669,149 | 2,975,492 | 1.31% | 0.41% |
| 1983 | 677,707 | 2,988,778 | 1.28% | 0.45% |
| 1984 | 686,777 | 3,002,488 | 1.34% | 0.46% |
| 1985 | 696,665 | 3,017,037 | 1.44% | 0.48% |
| 1986 | 707,185 | 3,032,845 | 1.51% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 718,476 | 3,049,896 | 1.6% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 730,745 | 3,067,961 | 1.71% | 0.59% |
| 1989 | 744,856 | 3,086,255 | 1.93% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 760,345 | 3,104,403 | 2.08% | 0.59% |
| 1991 | 778,278 | 3,122,354 | 2.36% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 799,318 | 3,139,702 | 2.7% | 0.56% |
| 1993 | 821,437 | 3,156,345 | 2.77% | 0.53% |
| 1994 | 844,493 | 3,172,834 | 2.81% | 0.52% |
| 1995 | 868,146 | 3,189,440 | 2.8% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 892,282 | 3,206,324 | 2.78% | 0.53% |
| 1997 | 917,184 | 3,223,345 | 2.79% | 0.53% |
| 1998 | 942,530 | 3,239,280 | 2.76% | 0.49% |
| 1999 | 834,697 | 3,254,015 | -11.4% | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 745,088 | 3,266,206 | -10.7% | 0.37% |
| 2001 | 812,249 | 3,274,251 | 9.01% | 0.25% |
| 2002 | 879,159 | 3,278,867 | 8.24% | 0.14% |
| 2003 | 916,878 | 3,281,186 | 4.29% | 0.07% |
| 2004 | 929,074 | 3,283,148 | 1.33% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 948,311 | 3,285,771 | 2.07% | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 976,597 | 3,289,506 | 2.98% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 1,004,889 | 3,295,153 | 2.9% | 0.17% |
| 2008 | 1,032,429 | 3,302,177 | 2.74% | 0.21% |
| 2009 | 1,058,782 | 3,310,091 | 2.55% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 1,084,679 | 3,318,580 | 2.45% | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 1,110,207 | 3,326,825 | 2.35% | 0.25% |
| 2012 | 1,134,885 | 3,335,401 | 2.22% | 0.26% |
| 2013 | 1,158,695 | 3,345,337 | 2.1% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,181,903 | 3,356,334 | 2% | 0.33% |
| 2015 | 1,205,131 | 3,368,017 | 1.97% | 0.35% |
| 2016 | 1,228,312 | 3,379,283 | 1.92% | 0.33% |
| 2017 | 1,251,703 | 3,388,438 | 1.9% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 1,275,959 | 3,394,534 | 1.94% | 0.18% |
| 2019 | 1,300,945 | 3,397,206 | 1.96% | 0.08% |
| 2020 | 1,326,053 | 3,398,968 | 1.93% | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 1,350,139 | 3,396,695 | 1.82% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 1,369,295 | 3,390,913 | 1.42% | -0.17% |
| 2023 | 1,384,286 | 3,388,081 | 1.09% | -0.08% |
| 2024 | 1,400,638 | 3,386,588 | 1.18% | -0.04% |
| 2025 | 1,418,519 | 3,384,690 | 1.28% | -0.06% |
| 2026 | 1,436,934 | 3,382,543 | 1.3% | -0.06% |
| 2027 | 1,456,334 | 3,380,245 | 1.35% | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 1,476,850 | 3,377,893 | 1.41% | -0.07% |
| 2029 | 1,498,119 | 3,375,428 | 1.44% | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 1,519,802 | 3,372,892 | 1.45% | -0.08% |
| 2031 | 1,540,659 | 3,370,285 | 1.37% | -0.08% |
| 2032 | 1,559,710 | 3,367,544 | 1.24% | -0.08% |
| 2033 | 1,578,114 | 3,364,654 | 1.18% | -0.09% |
| 2034 | 1,597,444 | 3,361,591 | 1.22% | -0.09% |
| 2035 | 1,618,799 | 3,358,284 | 1.34% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 1,639,721 | 3,354,682 | 1.29% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 1,659,327 | 3,350,735 | 1.2% | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 1,678,953 | 3,346,431 | 1.18% | -0.13% |
| 2039 | 1,698,891 | 3,341,676 | 1.19% | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 1,718,249 | 3,336,469 | 1.14% | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 1,736,476 | 3,330,804 | 1.06% | -0.17% |
| 2042 | 1,755,847 | 3,324,643 | 1.12% | -0.18% |
| 2043 | 1,776,066 | 3,317,939 | 1.15% | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 1,793,758 | 3,310,611 | 1% | -0.22% |
| 2045 | 1,809,637 | 3,302,680 | 0.89% | -0.24% |
| 2046 | 1,825,551 | 3,294,196 | 0.88% | -0.26% |
| 2047 | 1,841,558 | 3,285,160 | 0.88% | -0.27% |
| 2048 | 1,858,311 | 3,275,507 | 0.91% | -0.29% |
| 2049 | 1,873,846 | 3,265,260 | 0.84% | -0.31% |
| 2050 | 1,889,246 | 3,254,361 | 0.82% | -0.33% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of East Timor increased by 251,715 people (a 25.8% growth), while Uruguay gained 89,777 people (a 2.73% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, East Timor gained 208,834 (a 17% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 3,260 (a 0.1% growth).
East Timor was ranked 155th most populous country in 2006 and is 152nd in 2026. Uruguay was ranked 129th in 2006 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.79% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.
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 |
| Montevideo | 1.3M |
| Salto | 125K |
| Ciudad de la Costa | 112K |
| Rivera | 103K |
| Maldonado | 86.8K |
| Paysandu | 76.4K |
| Tacuarembo | 54.8K |
| Melo | 51.8K |
| Mercedes | 42K |
| Artigas | 40.7K |
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Population differences between East Timor and Uruguay
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| Life expectancy | 68.3 years | 78.6 years |
| Average age | 26.6 years | 38.9 years |
| Median age | 22.4 years | 37.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.4:49.6 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 2.71 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 244 ppl/mi² | 50.1 ppl/mi² |
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