The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,433,311 people compared to 102,063,551 in Vietnam.
Population statistics:
- Vietnam's population is 71.2 times bigger than East Timor's.
- East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
- The countries together account for 1.25% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
- For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
- Since 2005, the population of East Timor has increased from 948K people to 1.43M (51.1% growth), while Vietnam has grown from 81.1M to 102M (25.9% growth).
- East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2049 for Vietnam.
East Timor vs Vietnam: live population counter
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| Current population |
1433311
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102063551
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| Population rank | 152/197 | 16/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 1.23% |
| One net population change |
32.1 minutes
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49.6 seconds
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| One birth every |
17.2 minutes
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
52.2 minutes
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47.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 hours
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8.81 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,552 | -59,645 |
| Daily growth/decline | +45 | +1,741 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,352 | +635,494 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.18% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 93/197 | 124/197 |
East Timor and Vietnam: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 468,118 | 32,531,933 | - | - |
| 1961 | 475,291 | 33,409,059 | 1.53% | 2.7% |
| 1962 | 482,774 | 34,288,560 | 1.57% | 2.63% |
| 1963 | 490,564 | 35,249,101 | 1.61% | 2.8% |
| 1964 | 498,659 | 36,201,563 | 1.65% | 2.7% |
| 1965 | 507,034 | 37,129,656 | 1.68% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 515,696 | 38,024,836 | 1.71% | 2.41% |
| 1967 | 524,648 | 38,895,080 | 1.74% | 2.29% |
| 1968 | 533,875 | 39,734,609 | 1.76% | 2.16% |
| 1969 | 543,356 | 40,582,096 | 1.78% | 2.13% |
| 1970 | 553,069 | 41,475,230 | 1.79% | 2.2% |
| 1971 | 562,966 | 42,449,276 | 1.79% | 2.35% |
| 1972 | 572,962 | 43,429,168 | 1.78% | 2.31% |
| 1973 | 582,855 | 44,409,861 | 1.73% | 2.26% |
| 1974 | 590,827 | 45,413,537 | 1.37% | 2.26% |
| 1975 | 598,158 | 46,482,903 | 1.24% | 2.35% |
| 1976 | 607,620 | 47,684,931 | 1.58% | 2.59% |
| 1977 | 618,315 | 48,954,872 | 1.76% | 2.66% |
| 1978 | 628,775 | 50,249,552 | 1.69% | 2.64% |
| 1979 | 638,719 | 51,378,211 | 1.58% | 2.25% |
| 1980 | 649,871 | 52,490,101 | 1.75% | 2.16% |
| 1981 | 660,493 | 53,738,141 | 1.63% | 2.38% |
| 1982 | 669,149 | 55,011,289 | 1.31% | 2.37% |
| 1983 | 677,707 | 56,337,921 | 1.28% | 2.41% |
| 1984 | 686,777 | 57,706,067 | 1.34% | 2.43% |
| 1985 | 696,665 | 59,060,622 | 1.44% | 2.35% |
| 1986 | 707,185 | 60,347,048 | 1.51% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 718,476 | 61,584,651 | 1.6% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 730,745 | 62,843,228 | 1.71% | 2.04% |
| 1989 | 744,856 | 64,147,348 | 1.93% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 760,345 | 65,504,552 | 2.08% | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 778,278 | 66,891,775 | 2.36% | 2.12% |
| 1992 | 799,318 | 68,260,337 | 2.7% | 2.05% |
| 1993 | 821,437 | 69,586,384 | 2.77% | 1.94% |
| 1994 | 844,493 | 70,854,391 | 2.81% | 1.82% |
| 1995 | 868,146 | 72,049,940 | 2.8% | 1.69% |
| 1996 | 892,282 | 73,156,447 | 2.78% | 1.54% |
| 1997 | 917,184 | 74,226,889 | 2.79% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 942,530 | 75,299,660 | 2.76% | 1.45% |
| 1999 | 834,697 | 76,287,452 | -11.4% | 1.31% |
| 2000 | 745,088 | 77,154,011 | -10.7% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 812,249 | 77,969,361 | 9.01% | 1.06% |
| 2002 | 879,159 | 78,772,224 | 8.24% | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 916,878 | 79,563,777 | 4.29% | 1% |
| 2004 | 929,074 | 80,338,971 | 1.33% | 0.97% |
| 2005 | 948,311 | 81,088,313 | 2.07% | 0.93% |
| 2006 | 976,597 | 82,167,897 | 2.98% | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 1,004,889 | 83,633,375 | 2.9% | 1.78% |
| 2008 | 1,032,429 | 85,175,788 | 2.74% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 1,058,782 | 86,460,018 | 2.55% | 1.51% |
| 2010 | 1,084,679 | 87,455,152 | 2.45% | 1.15% |
| 2011 | 1,110,207 | 88,468,314 | 2.35% | 1.16% |
| 2012 | 1,134,885 | 89,510,356 | 2.22% | 1.18% |
| 2013 | 1,158,695 | 90,573,104 | 2.1% | 1.19% |
| 2014 | 1,181,903 | 91,679,578 | 2% | 1.22% |
| 2015 | 1,205,131 | 92,823,254 | 1.97% | 1.25% |
| 2016 | 1,228,312 | 94,000,117 | 1.92% | 1.27% |
| 2017 | 1,251,703 | 95,176,977 | 1.9% | 1.25% |
| 2018 | 1,275,959 | 96,237,319 | 1.94% | 1.11% |
| 2019 | 1,300,945 | 97,173,776 | 1.96% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | 1,326,053 | 98,079,191 | 1.93% | 0.93% |
| 2021 | 1,350,139 | 98,935,098 | 1.82% | 0.87% |
| 2022 | 1,369,295 | 99,680,655 | 1.42% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 1,384,286 | 100,352,192 | 1.09% | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 1,400,638 | 100,987,686 | 1.18% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 1,418,519 | 101,598,531 | 1.28% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 1,436,934 | 102,177,434 | 1.3% | 0.57% |
| 2027 | 1,456,334 | 102,727,392 | 1.35% | 0.54% |
| 2028 | 1,476,850 | 103,255,746 | 1.41% | 0.51% |
| 2029 | 1,498,119 | 103,761,151 | 1.44% | 0.49% |
| 2030 | 1,519,802 | 104,254,900 | 1.45% | 0.48% |
| 2031 | 1,540,659 | 104,737,913 | 1.37% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 1,559,710 | 105,204,401 | 1.24% | 0.45% |
| 2033 | 1,578,114 | 105,656,307 | 1.18% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 1,597,444 | 106,097,515 | 1.22% | 0.42% |
| 2035 | 1,618,799 | 106,530,671 | 1.34% | 0.41% |
| 2036 | 1,639,721 | 106,945,842 | 1.29% | 0.39% |
| 2037 | 1,659,327 | 107,346,046 | 1.2% | 0.37% |
| 2038 | 1,678,953 | 107,732,019 | 1.18% | 0.36% |
| 2039 | 1,698,891 | 108,097,653 | 1.19% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 1,718,249 | 108,437,634 | 1.14% | 0.31% |
| 2041 | 1,736,476 | 108,752,199 | 1.06% | 0.29% |
| 2042 | 1,755,847 | 109,040,314 | 1.12% | 0.26% |
| 2043 | 1,776,066 | 109,292,559 | 1.15% | 0.23% |
| 2044 | 1,793,758 | 109,506,274 | 1% | 0.2% |
| 2045 | 1,809,637 | 109,685,396 | 0.89% | 0.16% |
| 2046 | 1,825,551 | 109,827,664 | 0.88% | 0.13% |
| 2047 | 1,841,558 | 109,930,243 | 0.88% | 0.09% |
| 2048 | 1,858,311 | 109,994,024 | 0.91% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 1,873,846 | 110,018,017 | 0.84% | 0.02% |
| 2050 | 1,889,246 | 110,008,910 | 0.82% | -0.008% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).
East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.
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Population differences between East Timor and Vietnam
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| Life expectancy | 68.1 years | 74.9 years |
| Average age | 26.6 years | 34.6 years |
| Median age | 22.4 years | 33.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.4:49.6 | 49:51 |
| Fertility rate | 2.71 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 244 ppl/mi² | 835 ppl/mi² |
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