Timor-Leste's population rose from 892,282 in 1996 to 1.42M in 2025.
Timor-Leste · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Timor-Leste's population growth fell from 2.7 % in 1996 to 1.3 % in 2025.
Timor-Leste's population density rose from 56.8 in 1994 to 93.1 in 2023.
Timor-Leste's population, female (% of total) rose from 48.3 % in 1996 to 49.6 % in 2025.
Timor-Leste's urbanisation rose from 22.9 % in 1996 to 28.8 % in 2025.
Timor-Leste's urban population rose from 203,956 in 1996 to 408,340 in 2025.
Timor-Leste's rural population rose from 688,326 in 1996 to 1.01M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −3.0 %70th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.4 %63rd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.7 %108th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.3 %108th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs166th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts57th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.6 pts154th of 217
- Seniors (65+)down −0.0 pts144th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.6 pts64th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratiodown −0.2 pts143rd of 217
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- Net migrationup +0.1 %122nd of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts188th of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0166th of 174*
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs168th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs178th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs164th of 217