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Timor-Leste — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Timor-Leste, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.27%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -16.6% since 1961
Population growth for Timor-Leste was 1.27% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8.63% in 2001. The lowest was -12.15% in 1999 (about -9.6× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.28% per year.
Timor-Leste ranks 82 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 38%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Timor-Leste sits above it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 85% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 35%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.27%
First (1961)
1.52%
Change
-16.6%
Highest
8.63%
in 2001
Lowest
-12.15%
in 1999
Average
1.71%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.28%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.27% |
| 2024 | 1.17% |
| 2023 | 1.09% |
| 2022 | 1.41% |
| 2021 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 1.91% |
| 2019 | 1.94% |
| 2018 | 1.92% |
| 2017 | 1.89% |
| 2016 | 1.91% |
| 2015 | 1.95% |
| 2014 | 1.98% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.