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Timor-Leste — Urban population
Urban Population (% of Total) for Timor-Leste, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
28.79%
Urban Population (% of Total) · % of total population · +185.5% since 1960
Urban population for Timor-Leste was 28.79% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 29.64% in 2010. The lowest was 10.08% in 1960 (about 2.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.63% per year.
Timor-Leste ranks 199 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 92%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 65.45%, so Timor-Leste sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
28.79%
First (1960)
10.08%
Change
+185.5%
Highest
29.64%
in 2010
Lowest
10.08%
in 1960
Average
21.07%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.63%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | % of total population |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.79% |
| 2024 | 28.66% |
| 2023 | 28.6% |
| 2022 | 28.59% |
| 2021 | 28.79% |
| 2020 | 28.96% |
| 2019 | 29.11% |
| 2018 | 29.25% |
| 2017 | 29.36% |
| 2016 | 29.45% |
| 2015 | 29.5% |
| 2014 | 29.55% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population living in urban areas, as defined by national statistical offices. Not directly comparable across countries because definitions of 'urban' differ. Figures are in % of total population. 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.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS — Urban Population (% of Total). 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.