Timor-Leste
Urban population in Timor-Leste
Urban population in Timor-Leste: 9.9% in 1950 and 28.8% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 28.8%
- Since 1950
- +18.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 209 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 48.1%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 48.1% in 2050.
- The highest was 29.6% in 2010, the lowest 9.9% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Timor-Leste |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.8 |
| 2024 | 28.7 |
| 2023 | 28.6 |
| 2022 | 28.6 |
| 2021 | 28.8 |
| 2020 | 29 |
| 2019 | 29.1 |
| 2018 | 29.3 |
| 2017 | 29.4 |
| 2016 | 29.5 |
| 2015 | 29.5 |
| 2014 | 29.6 |
| 2013 | 29.6 |
| 2012 | 29.6 |
| 2011 | 29.6 |
| 2010 | 29.6 |
| 2009 | 29.4 |
| 2008 | 28.8 |
| 2007 | 28 |
| 2006 | 27.1 |
| 2005 | 26.3 |
| 2004 | 25.7 |
| 2003 | 25.3 |
| 2002 | 24.9 |
| 2001 | 24.5 |
| 2000 | 24.1 |
| 1999 | 23.8 |
| 1998 | 23.5 |
| 1997 | 23.2 |
| 1996 | 22.9 |
| 1995 | 22.6 |
| 1994 | 22.3 |
| 1993 | 22 |
| 1992 | 21.7 |
| 1991 | 21.3 |
| 1990 | 21 |
| 1989 | 20.6 |
| 1988 | 20.3 |
| 1987 | 19.9 |
| 1986 | 19.4 |
| 1985 | 19 |
| 1984 | 18.5 |
| 1983 | 18.1 |
| 1982 | 17.6 |
| 1981 | 17.1 |
| 1980 | 16.6 |
| 1979 | 16.2 |
| 1978 | 15.7 |
| 1977 | 15.2 |
| 1976 | 14.7 |
| 1975 | 14.3 |
| 1974 | 13.8 |
| 1973 | 13.4 |
| 1972 | 13 |
| 1971 | 12.6 |
| 1970 | 12.2 |
| 1969 | 11.8 |
| 1968 | 11.5 |
| 1967 | 11.2 |
| 1966 | 10.9 |
| 1965 | 10.7 |
| 1964 | 10.5 |
| 1963 | 10.3 |
| 1962 | 10.2 |
| 1961 | 10.1 |
| 1960 | 10.1 |
| 1959 | 10.1 |
| 1958 | 10 |
| 1957 | 10 |
| 1956 | 10 |
| 1955 | 10 |
| 1954 | 9.9 |
| 1953 | 9.9 |
| 1952 | 9.9 |
| 1951 | 9.9 |
| 1950 | 9.9 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Timor-Leste |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 |
| 2027 | 29.2 |
| 2028 | 29.5 |
| 2029 | 29.8 |
| 2030 | 30.2 |
| 2031 | 30.6 |
| 2032 | 31.1 |
| 2033 | 31.6 |
| 2034 | 32.2 |
| 2035 | 32.8 |
| 2036 | 33.5 |
| 2037 | 34.3 |
| 2038 | 35 |
| 2039 | 35.9 |
| 2040 | 36.7 |
| 2041 | 37.7 |
| 2042 | 38.6 |
| 2043 | 39.6 |
| 2044 | 40.7 |
| 2045 | 41.8 |
| 2046 | 43 |
| 2047 | 44.2 |
| 2048 | 45.4 |
| 2049 | 46.7 |
| 2050 | 48.1 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Timor-Leste in numbers
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Military
- 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