# Population in Timor-Leste

Population in Timor-Leste was 1.42 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `tl`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/timor-leste
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/timor-leste.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=tl

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1,418,517 |
| 2024 | 1,400,638 |
| 2023 | 1,384,286 |
| 2022 | 1,369,295 |
| 2021 | 1,350,139 |
| 2020 | 1,326,053 |
| 2019 | 1,300,945 |
| 2018 | 1,275,959 |
| 2017 | 1,251,703 |
| 2016 | 1,228,312 |
| 2015 | 1,205,131 |
| 2014 | 1,181,903 |
| 2013 | 1,158,695 |
| 2012 | 1,134,885 |
| 2011 | 1,110,207 |
| 2010 | 1,084,679 |
| 2009 | 1,058,782 |
| 2008 | 1,032,429 |
| 2007 | 1,004,889 |
| 2006 | 976,597 |
| 2005 | 948,311 |
| 2004 | 929,074 |
| 2003 | 916,878 |
| 2002 | 879,159 |
| 2001 | 812,249 |
| 2000 | 745,088 |
| 1999 | 834,697 |
| 1998 | 942,530 |
| 1997 | 917,184 |
| 1996 | 892,282 |
| 1995 | 868,146 |
| 1994 | 844,493 |
| 1993 | 821,437 |
| 1992 | 799,318 |
| 1991 | 778,278 |
| 1990 | 760,345 |
| 1989 | 744,856 |
| 1988 | 730,745 |
| 1987 | 718,476 |
| 1986 | 707,185 |
| 1985 | 696,665 |
| 1984 | 686,777 |
| 1983 | 677,707 |
| 1982 | 669,149 |
| 1981 | 660,493 |
| 1980 | 649,871 |
| 1979 | 638,719 |
| 1978 | 628,775 |
| 1977 | 618,315 |
| 1976 | 607,620 |
| 1975 | 598,158 |
| 1974 | 590,827 |
| 1973 | 582,855 |
| 1972 | 572,962 |
| 1971 | 562,966 |
| 1970 | 553,069 |
| 1969 | 543,356 |
| 1968 | 533,875 |
| 1967 | 524,648 |
| 1966 | 515,696 |
| 1965 | 507,034 |
| 1964 | 498,659 |
| 1963 | 490,564 |
| 1962 | 482,774 |
| 1961 | 475,291 |
| 1960 | 468,118 |