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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	East Timor	Vanuatu	East Timor	Vanuatu
1960	468,118	64,431	-	-
1961	475,291	66,264	1.53%	2.84%
1962	482,774	68,174	1.57%	2.88%
1963	490,564	70,159	1.61%	2.91%
1964	498,659	72,219	1.65%	2.94%
1965	507,034	74,358	1.68%	2.96%
1966	515,696	76,590	1.71%	3%
1967	524,648	78,921	1.74%	3.04%
1968	533,875	81,314	1.76%	3.03%
1969	543,356	83,755	1.78%	3%
1970	553,069	86,266	1.79%	3%
1971	562,966	88,862	1.79%	3.01%
1972	572,962	91,562	1.78%	3.04%
1973	582,855	94,362	1.73%	3.06%
1974	590,827	97,260	1.37%	3.07%
1975	598,158	100,269	1.24%	3.09%
1976	607,620	103,388	1.58%	3.11%
1977	618,315	106,618	1.76%	3.12%
1978	628,775	109,963	1.69%	3.14%
1979	638,719	113,040	1.58%	2.8%
1980	649,871	115,660	1.75%	2.32%
1981	660,493	118,249	1.63%	2.24%
1982	669,149	121,035	1.31%	2.36%
1983	677,707	123,998	1.28%	2.45%
1984	686,777	127,109	1.34%	2.51%
1985	696,665	130,356	1.44%	2.55%
1986	707,185	133,720	1.51%	2.58%
1987	718,476	137,187	1.6%	2.59%
1988	730,745	140,756	1.71%	2.6%
1989	744,856	144,393	1.93%	2.58%
1990	760,345	148,063	2.08%	2.54%
1991	778,278	151,793	2.36%	2.52%
1992	799,318	155,608	2.7%	2.51%
1993	821,437	159,463	2.77%	2.48%
1994	844,493	163,314	2.81%	2.41%
1995	868,146	167,137	2.8%	2.34%
1996	892,282	170,911	2.78%	2.26%
1997	917,184	174,626	2.79%	2.17%
1998	942,530	178,313	2.76%	2.11%
1999	834,697	182,048	-11.4%	2.09%
2000	745,088	186,281	-10.7%	2.33%
2001	812,249	191,031	9.01%	2.55%
2002	879,159	195,863	8.24%	2.53%
2003	916,878	200,746	4.29%	2.49%
2004	929,074	205,711	1.33%	2.47%
2005	948,311	210,760	2.07%	2.45%
2006	976,597	215,923	2.98%	2.45%
2007	1,004,889	221,276	2.9%	2.48%
2008	1,032,429	226,896	2.74%	2.54%
2009	1,058,782	232,731	2.55%	2.57%
2010	1,084,679	238,248	2.45%	2.37%
2011	1,110,207	243,474	2.35%	2.19%
2012	1,134,885	248,883	2.22%	2.22%
2013	1,158,695	254,482	2.1%	2.25%
2014	1,181,903	260,240	2%	2.26%
2015	1,205,131	266,101	1.97%	2.25%
2016	1,228,312	272,087	1.92%	2.25%
2017	1,251,703	278,507	1.9%	2.36%
2018	1,275,959	285,259	1.94%	2.42%
2019	1,300,945	291,985	1.96%	2.36%
2020	1,326,053	298,858	1.93%	2.35%
2021	1,350,139	305,868	1.82%	2.35%
2022	1,369,295	313,046	1.42%	2.35%
2023	1,384,286	320,409	1.09%	2.35%
2024	1,400,638	327,777	1.18%	2.3%
2025	1,418,519	335,169	1.28%	2.26%
2026	1,436,934	342,565	1.3%	2.21%
2027	1,456,334	349,970	1.35%	2.16%
2028	1,476,850	357,397	1.41%	2.12%
2029	1,498,119	364,883	1.44%	2.09%
2030	1,519,802	372,429	1.45%	2.07%
2031	1,540,659	380,015	1.37%	2.04%
2032	1,559,710	387,657	1.24%	2.01%
2033	1,578,114	395,366	1.18%	1.99%
2034	1,597,444	403,188	1.22%	1.98%
2035	1,618,799	411,061	1.34%	1.95%
2036	1,639,721	419,006	1.29%	1.93%
2037	1,659,327	427,031	1.2%	1.92%
2038	1,678,953	435,150	1.18%	1.9%
2039	1,698,891	443,311	1.19%	1.88%
2040	1,718,249	451,509	1.14%	1.85%
2041	1,736,476	459,733	1.06%	1.82%
2042	1,755,847	468,003	1.12%	1.8%
2043	1,776,066	476,308	1.15%	1.77%
2044	1,793,758	484,636	1%	1.75%
2045	1,809,637	492,989	0.89%	1.72%
2046	1,825,551	501,316	0.88%	1.69%
2047	1,841,558	509,621	0.88%	1.66%
2048	1,858,311	517,889	0.91%	1.62%
2049	1,873,846	526,138	0.84%	1.59%
2050	1,889,246	534,374	0.82%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.