Timor-Leste
Population growth in Timor-Leste
Population growth in Timor-Leste: 0.74% a year in 1950 and 1.08% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 1.08% a year
- Since 1950
- +0.34 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 104 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.24% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.24% a year in 2100, between -11.95% a year and 9.07% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 8.93% a year in 2001, the lowest -29.08% a year in 1999.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Timor-Leste | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.08 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1.72 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 1.88 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 1.94 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 1.94 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 1.9 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.87 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 1.94 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 1.95 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 2.01 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 2.14 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 2.26 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 2.4 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 2.44 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 2.61 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 2.81 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 2.91 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 2.97 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 1.11 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 1.54 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 6.98 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 8.93 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 8.31 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | -29.08 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 2.7 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 2.76 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 2.75 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 2.74 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 2.79 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 2.75 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 2.71 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 2.62 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.03 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 2.08 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 1.74 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 1.65 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 1.52 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 1.48 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 1.38 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 1.28 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 1.27 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 1.34 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 1.91 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 1.55 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 1.59 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 1.77 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 1.72 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 1.42 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 1.05 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 1.67 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 1.75 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.77 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 1.78 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 1.77 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 1.75 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 1.73 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1.71 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 1.68 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 1.65 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 1.62 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 1.58 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 1.54 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 1.5 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 1.45 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1.34 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 1.29 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 1.23 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 1.18 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 1.11 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 1.04 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 0.94 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 0.74 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Timor-Leste | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.27-6.92–8.34 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 1.26-7.2–9 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 1.31-7.18–8.31 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 1.37-6.94–8.74 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 1.43-6.97–8.73 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 1.43-7.19–8.47 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 1.44-7.34–9.09 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 1.28-7.14–8.64 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 1.18-7.47–8.66 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 1.17-7.66–8.4 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 1.26-7.36–8.78 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 1.39-7.34–8.86 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 1.18-8.14–8.94 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 1.2-6.9–8.54 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 1.15-7.85–8.8 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 1.21-7.23–9.05 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 1.06-7.69–8.09 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 1.05-7.53–8.52 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 1.17-7.15–8.78 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 1.12-6.96–9.12 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.86-7.99–8.26 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.9-8.18–9.13 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.85-7.95–8.39 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.9-8.46–8.61 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.91-8.13–8.88 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.75-8.37–8.29 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.88-8.14–8.62 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0.55-8.51–8.98 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 0.68-8.6–8.68 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 0.83-8.54–8.48 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 0.43-8.14–7.99 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 0.65-8.66–8.64 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 0.72-8.22–8.37 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 0.6-8.5–8.01 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 0.57-9.47–8.17 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 0.52-8.61–8.07 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 0.38-8.81–7.26 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 0.28-9.95–8.24 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 0.35-9.09–8.46 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 0.42-9.04–8.09 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 0.38-9.31–8.41 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.34-9.41–8.31 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.41-9.28–8.26 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.32-9.08–8.36 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.32-9.06–7.86 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.27-9.66–8.58 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.12-9.5–8.06 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.37-9.26–8.12 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.18-9.63–7.99 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.02-10.47–8 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.08-9.49–8.02 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.02-10.21–8.29 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.03-10.27–7.85 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.05-10.09–8.14 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.12-11.13–8.37 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.04-10.56–7.95 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.14-11.35–7.86 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.18-10.64–7.4 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.12-10.93–8.66 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.25-11.81–8.14 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.28-10.66–7.91 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.26-11.18–7.39 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.14-11.24–8.05 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.37-11.16–8.24 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.29-11.5–8.05 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.38-11.32–7.9 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.31-12.23–7.94 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.34-12.23–8.55 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.27-12.4–7.76 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.26-11.71–8.4 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.34-12.33–8.49 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.41-12.04–8.25 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.4-11.46–8.47 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.33-12.7–8.36 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.34-13.44–9.07 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.25-12.55–8.85 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.24-11.95–9.07 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending2.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$47.5M in 2025
- Military spending per person$34 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.36% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports14 million TIV in 2011