Timor Leste
Population 2026
1,436,937
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.30%
- Density
- 97 per km²
- Land area
- 14,870 km²
- Capital
- Dili
- Currency
- Dollar (USD)
- Official languages
- TET, PT-TL, ID, EN
- Urban population
- 28.8%
- Continent
- OC
Demographics
- Births
- 30,7742026
- Deaths
- 10,2052026
- Birth rate
- 21.8per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.2per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.63
- Life expectancy
- 67.9At birth, years
- Median age
- 22.1
- Net migration
- -2,550
Age distribution
- 0–1433.1%
- 15–6461.7%
- 65+5.2%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $1.9B
- GDP per capita
- $1.3K
- GDP growth
- +7.0%
- Inflation
- 0.4%
- Unemployment
- 1.6%
- Exports
- $197M
- Imports
- $1.6B
- Tourism receipts
- 64.0%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture20.2%
- Industry11.8%
- Manufacturing1.9%
- Services71.6%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture46.0%
- Industry3.8%
- Services50.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DiliDili Municipality | 150,0002019 |
| 2 | MalianaBobonaro | 22,0002026 |
| 3 | SuaiCova Lima | 21,5392026 |
| 4 | LikisáLiquiçá | 19,0002026 |
| 5 | AileuAileu | 17,3562026 |
| 6 | LospalosLautém | 17,1862026 |
| 7 | AtsabeErmera | 16,3042026 |
| 8 | MaubaraLiquiçá | 16,3002016 |
| 9 | BaukauBaucau | 16,0002026 |
| 10 | VenilaleBaucau | 16,0002019 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,436,937 | 30.8K | 10.2K |
| 2020 | 1,326,051 | 31.0K | 9.8K |
| 2010 | 1,084,688 | 34.2K | 8.6K |
| 2000 | 745,095 | 28.8K | 7.2K |
| 1990 | 760,348 | 32.5K | 14.2K |
| 1980 | 649,877 | 28.1K | 21.2K |
| 1970 | 553,079 | 23.7K | 13.8K |
| 1960 | 468,130 | 21.2K | 14.2K |
| 1950 | 414,767 | 17.8K | 14.8K |