Key demographics
- Population
- 1.4M
- Density
- 83.6/km²
- HDI
- 0.634 (Medium)
- Gini index (2014)
- 28.7
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.9 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.63
- Urban population (2025)
- 28.8%
- Literacy rate (2022)
- 69.4%
- Labor force (2025)
- 67.4%
- Gender wage gap (2021)
- -16.6%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 62.2%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 28.8%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 21.8 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 7.2 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.63
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 34.6 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 33.9%
- Tourism (2019)
- 74.8K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Português |
| Tetum | Native name not recorded |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 99.5% |
| Islam | 0.2% |
| Other | 0.2% |
- Demonym (male)
- East Timorese
- Demonym (female)
- East Timorese
- National anthem
- Pátria
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.9 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 59.5 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 9.6% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 34.6/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 48/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 0.4/1000
- Physicians (2020)
- 0.75/1000
- Nurses (2020)
- 1.74/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $144
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 7.0%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2022)
- 69.4%
- Education spending (2023)
- 5.2% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 371
- Internet users (2021)
- 35.0%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 116.4/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 0.0/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 265/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 0.0
Geography and practical
- Area
- 14,874 km²
- Continent
- Oceania
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- South-Eastern Asia
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Left
- Timezones
- UTC+09:00
- Calling codes
- +670
- TLD
- .tl
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Timor-Leste has a red field with two isosceles triangles which share a common base on the hoist end. The smaller black triangle, which bears a five-pointed white star at its center and spans one-third the width of the field, is superimposed on the larger yellow triangle that extends to the center of the field.
- National anthem
- Pátria