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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,433,311 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.

Population statistics:

  • Yemen's population is 29.8 times bigger than East Timor's.
  • East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
  • The countries together account for 0.53% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 0.52% for Yemen.
  • For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
  • Since 2005, the population of East Timor has increased from 948K people to 1.43M (51.1% growth), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
  • East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.

East Timor vs Yemen: live population counter

East Timor Yemen
Current population
1433311
42727988
Population rank 152/197 37/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.52%
One net population change
32.1 minutes
26.4 seconds
One birth every
17.2 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
52.2 minutes
2.78 minutes
One migration net change every
3.43 hours
50.1 minutes
Annual migration change -2,552 -10,482
Daily growth/decline +45 +3,267
Annual growth/decline +16,352 +1,192,365
Annual growth/decline rate +1.18% +3.03%
Population growth rate rank 93/197 14/197

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

East Timor
Population

Growth rate
Yemen
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
East Timor Yemen East Timor Yemen
1960 468,118 5,532,301 - -
1961 475,291 5,655,232 1.53% 2.22%
1962 482,774 5,782,221 1.57% 2.25%
1963 490,564 5,911,135 1.61% 2.23%
1964 498,659 6,048,006 1.65% 2.32%
1965 507,034 6,195,593 1.68% 2.44%
1966 515,696 6,351,494 1.71% 2.52%
1967 524,648 6,516,444 1.74% 2.6%
1968 533,875 6,690,524 1.76% 2.67%
1969 543,356 6,875,859 1.78% 2.77%
1970 553,069 7,065,279 1.79% 2.75%
1971 562,966 7,257,462 1.79% 2.72%
1972 572,962 7,460,068 1.78% 2.79%
1973 582,855 7,672,796 1.73% 2.85%
1974 590,827 7,896,783 1.37% 2.92%
1975 598,158 8,133,598 1.24% 3%
1976 607,620 8,384,113 1.58% 3.08%
1977 618,315 8,648,222 1.76% 3.15%
1978 628,775 8,926,586 1.69% 3.22%
1979 638,719 9,224,194 1.58% 3.33%
1980 649,871 9,543,358 1.75% 3.46%
1981 660,493 9,882,362 1.63% 3.55%
1982 669,149 10,241,006 1.31% 3.63%
1983 677,707 10,621,499 1.28% 3.72%
1984 686,777 11,025,597 1.34% 3.8%
1985 696,665 11,453,825 1.44% 3.88%
1986 707,185 11,901,040 1.51% 3.9%
1987 718,476 12,369,912 1.6% 3.94%
1988 730,745 12,859,708 1.71% 3.96%
1989 744,856 13,364,174 1.93% 3.92%
1990 760,345 13,887,862 2.08% 3.92%
1991 778,278 14,430,201 2.36% 3.91%
1992 799,318 14,989,494 2.7% 3.88%
1993 821,437 15,563,914 2.77% 3.83%
1994 844,493 16,149,147 2.81% 3.76%
1995 868,146 16,740,058 2.8% 3.66%
1996 892,282 17,313,177 2.78% 3.42%
1997 917,184 17,873,936 2.79% 3.24%
1998 942,530 18,446,013 2.76% 3.2%
1999 834,697 19,029,420 -11.4% 3.16%
2000 745,088 19,624,141 -10.7% 3.13%
2001 812,249 20,226,147 9.01% 3.07%
2002 879,159 20,835,086 8.24% 3.01%
2003 916,878 21,456,379 4.29% 2.98%
2004 929,074 22,095,167 1.33% 2.98%
2005 948,311 22,790,085 2.07% 3.15%
2006 976,597 23,543,083 2.98% 3.3%
2007 1,004,889 24,318,082 2.9% 3.29%
2008 1,032,429 25,111,941 2.74% 3.26%
2009 1,058,782 25,927,724 2.55% 3.25%
2010 1,084,679 26,754,387 2.45% 3.19%
2011 1,110,207 27,582,897 2.35% 3.1%
2012 1,134,885 28,433,647 2.22% 3.08%
2013 1,158,695 29,312,952 2.1% 3.09%
2014 1,181,903 30,226,309 2% 3.12%
2015 1,205,131 31,159,379 1.97% 3.09%
2016 1,228,312 32,109,010 1.92% 3.05%
2017 1,251,703 33,090,921 1.9% 3.06%
2018 1,275,959 34,085,182 1.94% 3%
2019 1,300,945 35,111,408 1.96% 3.01%
2020 1,326,053 36,134,863 1.93% 2.91%
2021 1,350,139 37,140,230 1.82% 2.78%
2022 1,369,295 38,222,876 1.42% 2.92%
2023 1,384,286 39,390,799 1.09% 3.06%
2024 1,400,638 40,583,164 1.18% 3.03%
2025 1,418,519 41,773,871 1.28% 2.93%
2026 1,436,934 42,961,650 1.3% 2.84%
2027 1,456,334 44,145,620 1.35% 2.76%
2028 1,476,850 45,323,685 1.41% 2.67%
2029 1,498,119 46,497,573 1.44% 2.59%
2030 1,519,802 47,667,649 1.45% 2.52%
2031 1,540,659 48,827,503 1.37% 2.43%
2032 1,559,710 49,979,089 1.24% 2.36%
2033 1,578,114 51,129,867 1.18% 2.3%
2034 1,597,444 52,279,989 1.22% 2.25%
2035 1,618,799 53,429,308 1.34% 2.2%
2036 1,639,721 54,578,046 1.29% 2.15%
2037 1,659,327 55,724,259 1.2% 2.1%
2038 1,678,953 56,872,152 1.18% 2.06%
2039 1,698,891 58,024,713 1.19% 2.03%
2040 1,718,249 59,181,514 1.14% 1.99%
2041 1,736,476 60,345,667 1.06% 1.97%
2042 1,755,847 61,517,965 1.12% 1.94%
2043 1,776,066 62,696,517 1.15% 1.92%
2044 1,793,758 63,880,172 1% 1.89%
2045 1,809,637 65,066,344 0.89% 1.86%
2046 1,825,551 66,253,578 0.88% 1.82%
2047 1,841,558 67,438,796 0.88% 1.79%
2048 1,858,311 68,620,844 0.91% 1.75%
2049 1,873,846 69,799,794 0.84% 1.72%
2050 1,889,246 70,976,389 0.82% 1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.

Biggest cities by population

East Timor
City Population
Dili 222K
Maliana 15.8K
Baucau 15K
Ainaro 5.45K
Yemen
City Population
Sanaa 2.96M
Al Hudaydah 618K
Taiz 615K
Aden 507K
Ibb 351K
Dhamar 160K
Mukalla 144K
Sa'dah 70.2K
Sayyan 70K
Zabid 50.8K

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