Population of Timor-Leste

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Timor-Leste is 1,401,238 as of September 29, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Timor-Leste is projected at 1,343,873 or 1.344 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Timor-Leste is projected at 1,318,445 or 1.318 million people for the year 2020. Timor-Leste ranks number 155th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Timor-Leste is ranked 46th among 51 countries in Asia.

Timor-Leste's population peak will be 2087 with 2.40 mn people after Timor-Leste's population will be decreased year by year. The Timor-Leste population is projected to reach 1.57 million in 2030 and increase further to 2.01 million in 2050, and it will decrease by 2.37 million by 2100. Timor-Leste accounts for 0.017 percent of the world population. However, its global share will increase by 0.018% in 2024 and is projected to increasee at 0.022% by 2100.

Timor-Leste was at 151st position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 143rd in 2100.

Timor-Leste population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	1,318,445	25,326	1.96	0.017
2021	1,343,873	25,428	1.93	0.017
2022	1,369,429	25,556	1.90	0.017
2023	1,395,062	25,633	1.87	0.017
2024	1,420,759	25,697	1.84	0.018
2025	1,446,506	25,747	1.81	0.018
2026	1,472,253	25,747	1.78	0.018
2027	1,497,926	25,673	1.74	0.018
2028	1,523,491	25,565	1.71	0.018
2029	1,548,885	25,394	1.67	0.018
2030	1,574,057	25,172	1.63	0.018
2031	1,598,987	24,930	1.58	0.019
2032	1,623,650	24,663	1.54	0.019
2033	1,648,007	24,357	1.50	0.019
2034	1,672,055	24,048	1.46	0.019
2035	1,695,764	23,709	1.42	0.019
2036	1,719,117	23,353	1.38	0.019
2037	1,742,128	23,011	1.34	0.019
2038	1,764,808	22,680	1.30	0.019
2039	1,787,181	22,373	1.27	0.020
2040	1,809,275	22,094	1.24	0.020
2041	1,831,085	21,810	1.21	0.020
2042	1,852,611	21,526	1.18	0.020
2043	1,873,926	21,315	1.15	0.020
2044	1,895,066	21,140	1.13	0.020
2045	1,916,110	21,044	1.11	0.020
2046	1,937,044	20,934	1.09	0.020
2047	1,957,873	20,829	1.08	0.020
2048	1,978,545	20,672	1.06	0.021
2049	1,999,036	20,491	1.04	0.021
2050	2,019,291	20,255	1.01	0.021
2051	2,039,304	20,013	0.99	0.021
2052	2,059,050	19,746	0.97	0.021
2053	2,078,491	19,441	0.94	0.021
2054	2,097,583	19,092	0.92	0.021
2055	2,116,281	18,698	0.89	0.021
2056	2,134,554	18,273	0.86	0.021
2057	2,152,387	17,833	0.84	0.021
2058	2,169,728	17,341	0.81	0.022
2059	2,186,536	16,808	0.77	0.022
2060	2,202,771	16,235	0.74	0.022
2061	2,218,418	15,647	0.71	0.022
2062	2,233,455	15,037	0.68	0.022
2063	2,247,861	14,406	0.65	0.022
2064	2,261,613	13,752	0.61	0.022
2065	2,274,695	13,082	0.58	0.022
2066	2,287,126	12,431	0.55	0.022
2067	2,298,862	11,736	0.51	0.022
2068	2,309,937	11,075	0.48	0.022
2069	2,320,364	10,427	0.45	0.022
2070	2,330,158	9,794	0.42	0.022
2071	2,339,326	9,168	0.39	0.022
2072	2,347,873	8,547	0.37	0.022
2073	2,355,814	7,941	0.34	0.022
2074	2,363,156	7,342	0.31	0.022
2075	2,369,924	6,768	0.29	0.022
2076	2,376,113	6,189	0.26	0.022
2077	2,381,754	5,641	0.24	0.022
2078	2,386,829	5,075	0.21	0.022
2079	2,391,391	4,562	0.19	0.022
2080	2,395,429	4,038	0.17	0.022
2081	2,398,962	3,533	0.15	0.022
2082	2,402,004	3,042	0.13	0.022
2083	2,404,539	2,535	0.11	0.022
2084	2,406,563	2,024	0.08	0.022
2085	2,408,064	1,501	0.06	0.022
2086	2,409,070	1,006	0.04	0.022
2087	2,409,565	495	0.02	0.022
2088	2,409,558	-7	0.00	0.022
2089	2,409,063	-495	-0.02	0.022
2090	2,408,082	-981	-0.04	0.022
2091	2,406,629	-1,453	-0.06	0.022
2092	2,404,689	-1,940	-0.08	0.022
2093	2,402,294	-2,395	-0.10	0.022
2094	2,399,429	-2,865	-0.12	0.022
2095	2,396,109	-3,320	-0.14	0.022
2096	2,392,347	-3,762	-0.16	0.022
2097	2,388,132	-4,215	-0.18	0.022
2098	2,383,505	-4,627	-0.19	0.022
2099	2,378,440	-5,065	-0.21	0.022
2100	2,372,974	-5,466	-0.23	0.022

Timor-Leste population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	414,760	-	-	0.016
1951	418,689	3,929	0.95	0.016
1952	423,121	4,432	1.06	0.016
1953	428,041	4,920	1.16	0.016
1954	433,423	5,382	1.26	0.016
1955	439,223	5,800	1.34	0.016
1956	445,445	6,222	1.42	0.016
1957	452,086	6,641	1.49	0.016
1958	459,142	7,056	1.56	0.016
1959	466,623	7,481	1.63	0.016
1960	474,532	7,909	1.69	0.016
1961	482,854	8,322	1.75	0.016
1962	491,571	8,717	1.81	0.016
1963	500,647	9,076	1.85	0.016
1964	510,034	9,387	1.87	0.016
1965	519,686	9,652	1.89	0.016
1966	529,327	9,641	1.86	0.016
1967	538,909	9,582	1.81	0.015
1968	548,825	9,916	1.84	0.015
1969	559,626	10,801	1.97	0.015
1970	571,565	11,939	2.13	0.015
1971	585,251	13,686	2.39	0.016
1972	600,192	14,941	2.55	0.016
1973	614,253	14,061	2.34	0.016
1974	624,555	10,302	1.68	0.016
1975	629,227	4,672	0.75	0.015
1976	627,251	-1,976	-0.31	0.015
1977	619,816	-7,435	-1.19	0.015
1978	610,054	-9,762	-1.57	0.014
1979	602,358	-7,696	-1.26	0.014
1980	599,905	-2,453	-0.41	0.013
1981	603,842	3,937	0.66	0.013
1982	613,238	9,396	1.56	0.013
1983	626,675	13,437	2.19	0.013
1984	641,844	15,169	2.42	0.013
1985	657,053	15,209	2.37	0.013
1986	671,752	14,699	2.24	0.014
1987	686,471	14,719	2.19	0.014
1988	701,809	15,338	2.23	0.014
1989	718,741	16,932	2.41	0.014
1990	737,814	19,073	2.65	0.014
1991	759,527	21,713	2.94	0.014
1992	783,198	23,671	3.12	0.014
1993	806,860	23,662	3.02	0.014
1994	827,825	20,965	2.60	0.015
1995	844,334	16,509	1.99	0.015
1996	855,362	11,028	1.31	0.015
1997	861,866	6,504	0.76	0.015
1998	866,530	4,664	0.54	0.014
1999	873,136	6,606	0.76	0.014
2000	884,366	11,230	1.29	0.014
2001	901,214	16,848	1.91	0.014
2002	922,694	21,480	2.38	0.015
2003	947,108	24,414	2.65	0.015
2004	971,893	24,785	2.62	0.015
2005	995,135	23,242	2.39	0.015
2006	1,016,432	21,297	2.14	0.015
2007	1,036,392	19,960	1.96	0.015
2008	1,055,431	19,039	1.84	0.016
2009	1,074,277	18,846	1.79	0.016
2010	1,093,523	19,246	1.79	0.016
2011	1,113,151	19,628	1.79	0.016
2012	1,132,994	19,843	1.78	0.016
2013	1,153,294	20,300	1.79	0.016
2014	1,174,331	21,037	1.82	0.016
2015	1,196,302	21,971	1.87	0.016
2016	1,219,288	22,986	1.92	0.016
2017	1,243,258	23,970	1.97	0.016
2018	1,267,974	24,716	1.99	0.017
2019	1,293,119	25,145	1.98	0.017