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Timor-Leste: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
1.42 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.8%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.6%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20311.54Forecast
20301.52Forecast
20291.50Forecast
20281.48Forecast
20271.46Forecast
20261.44Forecast
20251.42
20241.38
20231.36
20221.34
20211.32
20201.30
20191.28
20181.26
20171.24
20161.22

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Historical Financial Statistics1934–1973
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1960–2014
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1990–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1999–2024
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2004–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2004–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Timor-Leste documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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