Demographics of Timor Leste

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date11 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Timor Leste is projected at 1.34 million, up by 1.93% compared with 1.32 million in 2020. Timor Leste is ranked 155th in terms of population and 51st in terms of population growth rate.

There are 38.5 thousand births in Timor Leste in 2021. That is 105 per day, which is ranked 143rd. The crude birth rate is 28.66 per 1000 people. There are 7.86 thousand deaths in Timor Leste in 2021. That is 22 per day, which is ranked 157th. The crude death rate is 5.84 per 1000 people.

0.45 million people are living in urban areas, which is 31.7% of Timor Leste population. Timor Leste is ranked 198th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Timor Leste in 2021 is 102.13 males per 100 females. There are 0.68 million males and 0.66 million females in Timor Leste. The percentage of female population is 49.47% compare to 50.53% male population. Timor Leste has 14.19 thousand more males than females. Timor Leste is at 163rd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Timor Leste population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950414,754-
1955439,2231.34
1960474,5351.70
1965519,6761.89
1970571,5652.13
1975629,2270.75
1980599,907-0.41
1985657,0612.37
1990737,8142.65
1995844,3331.99
2000884,3661.29
2005995,1302.39
20101,093,5171.79
20151,196,2941.87
20161,219,2891.92
20171,243,2601.97
20181,267,9751.99
20191,293,1201.98
20201,318,4421.96
20211,343,8751.93
  • Total
  • Crude

Timor Leste death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195014,70018,69235.1944.77
195514,02320,02931.8345.49
196013,80421,91529.0146.07
196513,74523,53826.4145.24
197013,25524,81523.0843.11
197516,14223,67426.3938.78
198016,50823,54726.7138.13
198512,88626,78119.6340.79
199012,36731,23316.5841.93
199511,24234,19913.5641.30
20009,35935,65810.3739.55
20057,90735,7488.0036.16
20107,14033,5746.5030.69
20157,40535,2506.1729.32
20207,77438,2645.8929.02
20217,85638,4995.8428.66
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Timor Leste

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195042,871390,526-9.892
195546,096415,2891.619.991
196050,449449,5011.9410.091
196562,237485,9814.5811.353
197077,977527,1484.8712.886
197597,038567,9462.6214.593
198096,847490,7161.0216.483
1985123,808543,1375.5918.563
1990156,717595,2165.1820.842
1995196,370675,0773.2622.534
2000211,480660,1272.4624.263
2005267,304759,1804.3126.041
2010307,717801,8742.8827.732
2015365,966875,0113.5729.490
2020432,649948,7513.3831.320
2021447,281963,9053.3831.695
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Timor Leste population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 93,757 90,409 184,166 13.70 103.703
05-09 79,287 76,361 155,648 11.58 103.832
10-14 77,449 74,944 152,393 11.34 103.342
15-19 77,929 75,878 153,807 11.45 102.703
20-24 67,367 65,483 132,850 9.89 102.877
25-29 59,485 57,959 117,444 8.74 102.633
30-34 47,365 46,512 93,877 6.99 101.834
35-39 36,972 36,024 72,996 5.43 102.632
40-44 24,200 24,138 48,338 3.60 100.257
45-49 26,528 25,872 52,400 3.90 102.536
50-54 25,054 24,174 49,228 3.66 103.640
55-59 20,953 20,426 41,379 3.08 102.580
60-64 15,792 15,812 31,604 2.35 99.874
65-69 10,098 10,506 20,604 1.53 96.117
70-74 8,295 9,227 17,522 1.30 89.899
75-79 5,162 6,284 11,446 0.85 82.145
80-84 2,403 3,317 5,720 0.43 72.445
85-89 755 1,178 1,933 0.14 64.092
90-94 160 296 456 0.03 54.054
95-99 20 41 61 0.00 48.780
100+ 1 2 3 0.00 50.000
Total 679,032 664,843 1,343,875 102.134