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🇹🇱 Timor-Leste

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TLS
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TL
UN M49 numeric626
IOC codeTLS
Official nameDemocratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Native name(s)por: official: República Democrática de Timor-Leste; common: Timor-Leste; tet: official: Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste; common: Timór-Leste
Alt spellingsTL, East Timor, Timor, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, República Democrática de Timor-Leste, Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste, Timór Lorosa'e, Timor Lorosae
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionSouth-Eastern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalDili
Area (km²)14,874
Lat / Lng-8.8333, 125.9167
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)IDN
Top-level domain.tl
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 70

Demographics

Population (World Bank)1,418,517 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)67.904 (2024)
Languagespor: Portuguese; tet: Tetum
Demonymseng: f: East Timorese; m: East Timorese; fra: f: Est-timoraise; m: Est-timorais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)1,902,180,257.827 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,340.964 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)1.592 (2025)
CurrenciesUSD: name: United States dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950414,762
1951418,260
1952422,422
1953426,988
1954431,907
1955437,150
1956442,699
1957448,561
1958454,748
1959461,269
1960468,118
1961475,291
1962482,774
1963490,564
1964498,659
1965507,034
1966515,696
1967524,648
1968533,875
1969543,356
1970553,069
1971562,966
1972572,962
1973582,855
1974590,827
1975598,158
1976607,620
1977618,315
1978628,775
1979638,719
1980649,871
1981660,493
1982669,149
1983677,707
1984686,777
1985696,665
1986707,185
1987718,476
1988730,745
1989744,856
1990760,345
1991778,278
1992799,318
1993821,437
1994844,493
1995868,146
1996892,282
1997917,184
1998942,530
1999834,697
2000745,088
2001812,249
2002879,159
2003916,878
2004929,074
2005948,311
2006976,597
20071,004,889
20081,032,429
20091,058,782
20101,084,679
20111,110,207
20121,134,885
20131,158,695
20141,181,903
20151,205,131
20161,228,312
20171,251,703
20181,275,959
20191,300,945
20201,326,053
20211,350,139
20221,369,295
20231,384,286

Full raw record (JSON)

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        "official": "جمهورية تيمور الشرقية الديمقراطية",
        "common": "تيمور الشرقية"
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