# Net migration in Timor-Leste

Net migration in Timor-Leste was -5,620 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `tl`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/timor-leste
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=tl

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | -5,620 |
| 2022 | -5,519 |
| 2021 | 3,111 |
| 2020 | 3,793 |
| 2019 | 3,942 |
| 2018 | 3,062 |
| 2017 | 1,666 |
| 2016 | 208 |
| 2015 | -20 |
| 2014 | -958 |
| 2013 | -1,206 |
| 2012 | -609 |
| 2011 | -159 |
| 2010 | 470 |
| 2009 | 117 |
| 2008 | 1,009 |
| 2007 | 2,103 |
| 2006 | 2,184 |
| 2005 | 1,759 |
| 2004 | -16,447 |
| 2003 | -12,810 |
| 2002 | 35,935 |
| 2001 | 49,159 |
| 2000 | 40,272 |
| 1999 | -262,940 |
| 1998 | 1,806 |
| 1997 | 1,804 |
| 1996 | 1,796 |
| 1995 | 1,806 |
| 1994 | 1,794 |
| 1993 | 1,795 |
| 1992 | 1,794 |
| 1991 | 1,803 |
| 1990 | -2,881 |
| 1989 | -2,246 |
| 1988 | 587 |
| 1987 | -106 |
| 1986 | -316 |
| 1985 | -495 |
| 1984 | -1,436 |
| 1983 | -1,032 |
| 1982 | -1,125 |
| 1981 | -482 |
| 1980 | 5,457 |
| 1979 | 8,924 |
| 1978 | 10,967 |
| 1977 | 10,657 |
| 1976 | 9,662 |
| 1975 | 9,542 |
| 1974 | -2,222 |
| 1973 | -278 |
| 1972 | 0 |
| 1971 | 0 |
| 1970 | 0 |
| 1969 | 0 |
| 1968 | 0 |
| 1967 | 0 |
| 1966 | 0 |
| 1965 | 0 |
| 1964 | 0 |
| 1963 | 0 |
| 1962 | 0 |
| 1961 | 0 |
| 1960 | 0 |