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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of East Timor was 1,400,638 in 2024 vs 16,634,373 people in Zimbabwe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current East Timor's population is 1,433,311 people compared to 17,210,092 in Zimbabwe.

Population statistics:

  • Zimbabwe's population is 12 times bigger than East Timor's.
  • East Timor is ranked the 152nd most populous country in the world, while Zimbabwe is the 74th.
  • The countries together account for 0.23% of the world: 0.02% for East Timor vs 0.21% for Zimbabwe.
  • For the last 10 years, East Timor has had an average growth rate of +1.74% per year vs +1.57% in Zimbabwe.
  • Since 2005, the population of East Timor has increased from 948K people to 1.43M (51.1% growth), while Zimbabwe has grown from 12.5M to 17.2M (37.9% growth).
  • East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people compared to the peak of 37.2M people in 2100 for Zimbabwe.

East Timor vs Zimbabwe: live population counter

East Timor Zimbabwe
Current population
1433311
17210092
Population rank 152/197 74/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.21%
One net population change
32.1 minutes
1.79 minutes
One birth every
17.2 minutes
1.06 minutes
One death every
52.2 minutes
4.22 minutes
One migration net change every
3.43 hours
8.68 minutes
Annual migration change -2,552 -60,528
Daily growth/decline +45 +804
Annual growth/decline +16,352 +293,551
Annual growth/decline rate +1.18% +1.8%
Population growth rate rank 93/197 62/197

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

East Timor
Population

Growth rate
Zimbabwe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
East Timor Zimbabwe East Timor Zimbabwe
1960 468,118 3,809,389 - -
1961 475,291 3,930,401 1.53% 3.18%
1962 482,774 4,055,959 1.57% 3.19%
1963 490,564 4,185,877 1.61% 3.2%
1964 498,659 4,320,006 1.65% 3.2%
1965 507,034 4,458,462 1.68% 3.2%
1966 515,696 4,601,217 1.71% 3.2%
1967 524,648 4,748,307 1.74% 3.2%
1968 533,875 4,900,440 1.76% 3.2%
1969 543,356 5,058,181 1.78% 3.22%
1970 553,069 5,215,918 1.79% 3.12%
1971 562,966 5,374,712 1.79% 3.04%
1972 572,962 5,542,445 1.78% 3.12%
1973 582,855 5,720,404 1.73% 3.21%
1974 590,827 5,908,328 1.37% 3.29%
1975 598,158 6,098,658 1.24% 3.22%
1976 607,620 6,287,105 1.58% 3.09%
1977 618,315 6,449,512 1.76% 2.58%
1978 628,775 6,543,575 1.69% 1.46%
1979 638,719 6,647,556 1.58% 1.59%
1980 649,871 7,041,303 1.75% 5.92%
1981 660,493 7,498,635 1.63% 6.49%
1982 669,149 7,796,496 1.31% 3.97%
1983 677,707 8,098,404 1.28% 3.87%
1984 686,777 8,391,488 1.34% 3.62%
1985 696,665 8,686,813 1.44% 3.52%
1986 707,185 8,982,578 1.51% 3.4%
1987 718,476 9,284,644 1.6% 3.36%
1988 730,745 9,583,094 1.71% 3.21%
1989 744,856 9,864,798 1.93% 2.94%
1990 760,345 10,137,281 2.08% 2.76%
1991 778,278 10,404,816 2.36% 2.64%
1992 799,318 10,702,700 2.7% 2.86%
1993 821,437 10,860,288 2.77% 1.47%
1994 844,493 10,873,148 2.81% 0.12%
1995 868,146 10,974,599 2.8% 0.93%
1996 892,282 11,158,360 2.78% 1.67%
1997 917,184 11,369,827 2.79% 1.9%
1998 942,530 11,594,297 2.76% 1.97%
1999 834,697 11,783,458 -11.4% 1.63%
2000 745,088 11,892,055 -10.7% 0.92%
2001 812,249 11,971,901 9.01% 0.67%
2002 879,159 12,087,653 8.24% 0.97%
2003 916,878 12,232,323 4.29% 1.2%
2004 929,074 12,365,896 1.33% 1.09%
2005 948,311 12,483,432 2.07% 0.95%
2006 976,597 12,636,445 2.98% 1.23%
2007 1,004,889 12,804,058 2.9% 1.33%
2008 1,032,429 12,959,149 2.74% 1.21%
2009 1,058,782 13,142,790 2.55% 1.42%
2010 1,084,679 13,356,548 2.45% 1.63%
2011 1,110,207 13,595,424 2.35% 1.79%
2012 1,134,885 13,817,887 2.22% 1.64%
2013 1,158,695 14,013,808 2.1% 1.42%
2014 1,181,903 14,207,359 2% 1.38%
2015 1,205,131 14,399,013 1.97% 1.35%
2016 1,228,312 14,600,294 1.92% 1.4%
2017 1,251,703 14,812,482 1.9% 1.45%
2018 1,275,959 15,034,452 1.94% 1.5%
2019 1,300,945 15,271,368 1.96% 1.58%
2020 1,326,053 15,526,888 1.93% 1.67%
2021 1,350,139 15,797,210 1.82% 1.74%
2022 1,369,295 16,069,056 1.42% 1.72%
2023 1,384,286 16,340,822 1.09% 1.69%
2024 1,400,638 16,634,373 1.18% 1.8%
2025 1,418,519 16,950,805 1.28% 1.9%
2026 1,436,934 17,273,591 1.3% 1.9%
2027 1,456,334 17,600,621 1.35% 1.89%
2028 1,476,850 17,932,015 1.41% 1.88%
2029 1,498,119 18,268,967 1.44% 1.88%
2030 1,519,802 18,610,356 1.45% 1.87%
2031 1,540,659 18,956,207 1.37% 1.86%
2032 1,559,710 19,311,368 1.24% 1.87%
2033 1,578,114 19,675,929 1.18% 1.89%
2034 1,597,444 20,041,125 1.22% 1.86%
2035 1,618,799 20,409,159 1.34% 1.84%
2036 1,639,721 20,778,662 1.29% 1.81%
2037 1,659,327 21,144,748 1.2% 1.76%
2038 1,678,953 21,512,919 1.18% 1.74%
2039 1,698,891 21,881,123 1.19% 1.71%
2040 1,718,249 22,250,123 1.14% 1.69%
2041 1,736,476 22,627,428 1.06% 1.7%
2042 1,755,847 23,000,906 1.12% 1.65%
2043 1,776,066 23,371,301 1.15% 1.61%
2044 1,793,758 23,740,630 1% 1.58%
2045 1,809,637 24,102,391 0.89% 1.52%
2046 1,825,551 24,462,491 0.88% 1.49%
2047 1,841,558 24,816,449 0.88% 1.45%
2048 1,858,311 25,168,419 0.91% 1.42%
2049 1,873,846 25,518,513 0.84% 1.39%
2050 1,889,246 25,866,397 0.82% 1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.

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