Population of Timor-Leste

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	30 Apr 2025

The current population of Timor-Leste is 1,419,010 as of July 12, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Timor-Leste is projected at 1,418,517, or 1.42 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Timor-Leste is projected at 1,400,638, or 1.40 million people for the year 2024.

Timor-Leste ranks 156th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Timor-Leste is ranked 46th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Timor-Leste population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	1,391,725	1,400,638	17,826	1.273	0.0172
2025	1,409,551	1,418,517	17,933	1.264	0.0172
2026	1,427,484	1,436,923	18,878	1.314	0.0173
2027	1,446,362	1,456,334	19,944	1.369	0.0174
2028	1,466,306	1,476,843	21,075	1.427	0.0175
2029	1,487,381	1,498,109	21,456	1.432	0.0176
2030	1,508,837	1,519,804	21,935	1.443	0.0177
2031	1,530,772	1,540,656	19,768	1.283	0.0178
2032	1,550,540	1,559,707	18,333	1.175	0.0179
2033	1,568,873	1,578,117	18,487	1.171	0.0180
2034	1,587,360	1,597,444	20,168	1.263	0.0181
2035	1,607,528	1,618,798	22,540	1.392	0.0182
2036	1,630,068	1,639,719	19,303	1.177	0.0183
2037	1,649,371	1,659,330	19,918	1.200	0.0184
2038	1,669,289	1,678,953	19,328	1.151	0.0185
2039	1,688,617	1,698,887	20,540	1.209	0.0186
2040	1,709,157	1,718,249	18,185	1.058	0.0187
2041	1,727,342	1,736,472	18,259	1.052	0.0188
2042	1,745,601	1,755,842	20,482	1.167	0.0189
2043	1,766,083	1,776,065	19,964	1.124	0.0190
2044	1,786,047	1,793,755	15,416	0.859	0.0191
2045	1,801,463	1,809,633	16,340	0.903	0.0192
2046	1,817,803	1,825,545	15,484	0.848	0.0192
2047	1,833,287	1,841,554	16,535	0.898	0.0193
2048	1,849,822	1,858,307	16,970	0.913	0.0194
2049	1,866,792	1,873,844	14,105	0.753	0.0195
2050	1,880,897	1,889,249	16,705	0.884	0.0195
2051	1,897,602	1,902,810	10,416	0.547	0.0196
2052	1,908,018	1,914,566	13,097	0.684	0.0197
2053	1,921,115	1,929,098	15,966	0.828	0.0197
2054	1,937,081	1,941,285	8,408	0.433	0.0198
2055	1,945,489	1,951,793	12,609	0.646	0.0198
2056	1,958,098	1,965,166	14,136	0.719	0.0199
2057	1,972,234	1,978,200	11,933	0.603	0.0200
2058	1,984,167	1,989,852	11,370	0.571	0.0200
2059	1,995,537	2,000,693	10,311	0.515	0.0201
2060	2,005,848	2,009,637	7,578	0.377	0.0201
2061	2,013,426	2,016,254	5,656	0.281	0.0201
2062	2,019,082	2,022,620	7,076	0.350	0.0202
2063	2,026,158	2,030,463	8,610	0.424	0.0202
2064	2,034,768	2,038,603	7,670	0.376	0.0202
2065	2,042,438	2,045,914	6,951	0.340	0.0203
2066	2,049,389	2,053,550	8,323	0.405	0.0203
2067	2,057,712	2,061,001	6,579	0.319	0.0203
2068	2,064,291	2,067,559	6,535	0.316	0.0204
2069	2,070,826	2,073,625	5,598	0.270	0.0204
2070	2,076,424	2,077,649	2,450	0.118	0.0204
2071	2,078,874	2,082,758	7,767	0.373	0.0204
2072	2,086,641	2,088,470	3,657	0.175	0.0204
2073	2,090,298	2,090,504	412	0.020	0.0204
2074	2,090,710	2,091,541	1,662	0.079	0.0204
2075	2,092,372	2,092,209	-326	-0.016	0.0204
2076	2,092,046	2,092,349	605	0.029	0.0204
2077	2,092,651	2,092,184	-933	-0.045	0.0204
2078	2,091,718	2,090,440	-2,556	-0.122	0.0203
2079	2,089,162	2,089,593	862	0.041	0.0203
2080	2,090,024	2,088,569	-2,910	-0.139	0.0203
2081	2,087,114	2,085,224	-3,781	-0.181	0.0203
2082	2,083,333	2,082,061	-2,543	-0.122	0.0202
2083	2,080,790	2,078,169	-5,242	-0.252	0.0202
2084	2,075,548	2,072,688	-5,721	-0.276	0.0201
2085	2,069,827	2,067,099	-5,457	-0.264	0.0201
2086	2,064,370	2,062,916	-2,907	-0.141	0.0201
2087	2,061,463	2,057,646	-7,633	-0.371	0.0200
2088	2,053,830	2,050,838	-5,984	-0.292	0.0199
2089	2,047,846	2,043,953	-7,786	-0.381	0.0199
2090	2,040,060	2,036,930	-6,260	-0.307	0.0198
2091	2,033,800	2,030,368	-6,865	-0.338	0.0198
2092	2,026,935	2,024,162	-5,545	-0.274	0.0197
2093	2,021,390	2,018,793	-5,193	-0.257	0.0197
2094	2,016,197	2,012,785	-6,824	-0.339	0.0196
2095	2,009,373	2,005,310	-8,127	-0.405	0.0196
2096	2,001,246	1,997,300	-7,892	-0.395	0.0195
2097	1,993,354	1,990,091	-6,527	-0.328	0.0195
2098	1,986,827	1,983,506	-6,641	-0.335	0.0194
2099	1,980,186	1,977,727	-4,918	-0.249	0.0194
2100	1,975,268	1,972,924	-4,689	-0.238	0.0194

Timor-Leste population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	413,233	414,762	3,058	0.737	0.0166
1951	416,291	418,260	3,939	0.942	0.0165
1952	420,230	422,422	4,384	1.038	0.0163
1953	424,614	426,988	4,748	1.112	0.0162
1954	429,362	431,907	5,090	1.179	0.0161
1955	434,452	437,150	5,396	1.234	0.0160
1956	439,848	442,699	5,702	1.288	0.0158
1957	445,550	448,561	6,022	1.343	0.0157
1958	451,572	454,748	6,352	1.397	0.0156
1959	457,924	461,269	6,689	1.450	0.0156
1960	464,613	468,118	7,011	1.498	0.0155
1961	471,624	475,291	7,335	1.543	0.0155
1962	478,959	482,774	7,629	1.580	0.0155
1963	486,588	490,564	7,952	1.621	0.0154
1964	494,540	498,659	8,237	1.652	0.0153
1965	502,777	507,034	8,515	1.679	0.0152
1966	511,292	515,696	8,808	1.708	0.0151
1967	520,100	524,648	9,095	1.734	0.0151
1968	529,195	533,875	9,360	1.753	0.0151
1969	538,555	543,356	9,601	1.767	0.0150
1970	548,156	553,069	9,827	1.777	0.0150
1971	557,983	562,966	9,967	1.770	0.0149
1972	567,950	572,962	10,025	1.750	0.0149
1973	577,975	582,855	9,759	1.674	0.0149
1974	587,734	590,827	6,185	1.047	0.0148
1975	593,919	598,158	8,478	1.417	0.0147
1976	602,397	607,620	10,445	1.719	0.0147
1977	612,842	618,315	10,946	1.770	0.0147
1978	623,788	628,775	9,975	1.586	0.0146
1979	633,763	638,719	9,912	1.552	0.0146
1980	643,675	649,871	12,393	1.907	0.0146
1981	656,068	660,493	8,850	1.340	0.0146
1982	664,918	669,149	8,462	1.265	0.0145
1983	673,380	677,707	8,653	1.277	0.0144
1984	682,033	686,777	9,488	1.382	0.0144
1985	691,521	696,665	10,288	1.477	0.0143
1986	701,809	707,185	10,752	1.520	0.0143
1987	712,561	718,476	11,831	1.647	0.0142
1988	724,392	730,745	12,705	1.739	0.0142
1989	737,097	744,856	15,519	2.084	0.0142
1990	752,616	760,345	15,457	2.033	0.0143
1991	768,073	778,278	20,410	2.623	0.0144
1992	788,483	799,318	21,670	2.711	0.0145
1993	810,153	821,437	22,567	2.747	0.0147
1994	832,720	844,493	23,546	2.788	0.0149
1995	856,266	868,146	23,761	2.737	0.0151
1996	880,027	892,282	24,509	2.747	0.0153
1997	904,536	917,184	25,297	2.758	0.0155
1998	929,833	942,530	25,395	2.695	0.0157
1999	955,228	834,697	-241,062	-29.083	0.0137
2000	714,166	745,088	61,844	8.305	0.0121
2001	776,010	812,249	72,478	8.929	0.0130
2002	848,488	879,159	61,341	6.980	0.0139
2003	909,829	916,878	14,097	1.538	0.0143
2004	923,926	929,074	10,296	1.108	0.0143
2005	934,222	948,311	28,177	2.972	0.0144
2006	962,399	976,597	28,396	2.908	0.0146
2007	990,795	1,004,889	28,188	2.805	0.0149
2008	1,018,983	1,032,429	26,893	2.605	0.0151
2009	1,045,876	1,058,782	25,812	2.438	0.0153
2010	1,071,688	1,084,679	25,983	2.396	0.0154
2011	1,097,671	1,110,207	25,073	2.259	0.0156
2012	1,122,744	1,134,885	24,282	2.140	0.0158
2013	1,147,026	1,158,695	23,338	2.014	0.0159
2014	1,170,364	1,181,903	23,079	1.953	0.0160
2015	1,193,443	1,205,131	23,377	1.940	0.0161
2016	1,216,820	1,228,312	22,983	1.871	0.0163
2017	1,239,803	1,251,703	23,800	1.901	0.0164
2018	1,263,603	1,275,959	24,712	1.937	0.0165
2019	1,288,315	1,300,945	25,259	1.942	0.0167
2020	1,313,574	1,326,053	24,959	1.882	0.0168
2021	1,338,533	1,350,139	23,211	1.719	0.0170
2022	1,361,744	1,369,295	15,103	1.103	0.0171
2023	1,376,847	1,384,286	14,878	1.075	0.0171