Population
1.4M
Unitary Semi-presidential system
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,337
in 2031
Passport power
#102
55 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
5
Top: Baucau
Country overview
- Official name
- Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
- Capital
- Dili
- Continent
- Oceania / South-Eastern Asia
- Area
- 14,874 km²
- Population
- 1.4M
- Density
- 83.6/km²
- Government
- Unitary Semi-presidential system
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .tl
- Calling code
- +670
- Timezone
- UTC+09:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #102 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 55
- Total accessible
- 85
Culture and society
- Languages
- Portuguese (Português), Tetum
- Religions
- Christianity 99.5%, Islam 0.2%, Other 0.2%
- Currencies
- $ USD — United States dollar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.634
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $6,337
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.9 yrs
- Internet users (2021)
- 35.0%
- Gini index (2014)
- 28.7
- Inflation (2031)
- 2.0%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 1.6%
- Urban population (2025)
- 28.8%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 10.8 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2015)
- 4.1/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.45