Which has higher population, East Timor or Trinidad and Tobago?

Trinidad and Tobago, at 1.50 million people against 1.38 million people in East Timor as of 2023.

What is the difference in population between East Timor and Trinidad and Tobago?

118,650 people, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Trinidad and Tobago?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Timor vs Trinidad and Tobago: Population

East Timor

1.38 million people

in 2023

Trinidad and Tobago

1.50 million people

in 2023

East Timor rank

155th

Trinidad and Tobago rank

154th

Population over time

East Timor
Trinidad and Tobago

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 1.50 million people against 1.38 million people in East Timor, a difference of 118,650 people.

That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was East Timor ahead.

East Timor ranks 155th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 154th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 28 and Trinidad and Tobago in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Timor	Trinidad and Tobago	Difference	Ahead
1000s	33,609 people	3 people	33,606 people	East Timor
1100s	42,012 people	7 people	42,005 people	East Timor
1200s	52,515 people	14 people	52,501 people	East Timor
1300s	65,643 people	28 people	65,615 people	East Timor
1400s	82,054 people	57 people	81,997 people	East Timor
1500s	102,568 people	115 people	102,453 people	East Timor
1600s	128,210 people	231 people	127,979 people	East Timor
1700s	160,263 people	462 people	159,801 people	East Timor
1710s	163,231 people	693 people	162,538 people	East Timor
1720s	166,254 people	1,040 people	165,214 people	East Timor
1730s	169,332 people	1,560 people	167,772 people	East Timor
1740s	172,468 people	2,341 people	170,127 people	East Timor
1750s	175,662 people	3,511 people	172,151 people	East Timor
1760s	178,915 people	5,267 people	173,648 people	East Timor
1770s	182,228 people	7,901 people	174,327 people	East Timor
1780s	185,603 people	11,851 people	173,752 people	East Timor
1790s	189,040 people	17,777 people	171,263 people	East Timor
1800s	137,262 people	25,928 people	111,334 people	East Timor
1810s	137,298 people	44,989 people	92,310 people	East Timor
1820s	145,896 people	62,468 people	83,428 people	East Timor
1830s	166,224 people	68,983 people	97,241 people	East Timor
1840s	189,571 people	75,945 people	113,626 people	East Timor
1850s	215,132 people	88,488 people	126,644 people	East Timor
1860s	242,715 people	110,485 people	132,230 people	East Timor
1870s	273,761 people	145,467 people	128,294 people	East Timor
1880s	298,864 people	193,710 people	105,154 people	East Timor
1890s	317,194 people	243,737 people	73,457 people	East Timor
1900s	339,422 people	301,462 people	37,960 people	East Timor
1910s	359,377 people	364,852 people	5,475 people	Trinidad and Tobago
1920s	399,739 people	405,902 people	6,162 people	Trinidad and Tobago
1930s	428,670 people	447,675 people	19,005 people	Trinidad and Tobago
1940s	415,199 people	557,200 people	142,002 people	Trinidad and Tobago
1950s	435,882 people	733,530 people	297,648 people	Trinidad and Tobago
1960s	504,008 people	917,562 people	413,554 people	Trinidad and Tobago
1970s	595,434 people	1.05 million people	452,366 people	Trinidad and Tobago
1980s	694,199 people	1.18 million people	487,590 people	Trinidad and Tobago
1990s	845,877 people	1.29 million people	442,301 people	Trinidad and Tobago
2000s	930,350 people	1.35 million people	418,526 people	Trinidad and Tobago
2010s	1.19 million people	1.43 million people	235,370 people	Trinidad and Tobago
2020s	1.36 million people	1.49 million people	134,458 people	Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, East Timor or Trinidad and Tobago?: Trinidad and Tobago, at 1.50 million people against 1.38 million people in East Timor as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between East Timor and Trinidad and Tobago?: 118,650 people, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Trinidad and Tobago?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do East Timor and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for population?: East Timor ranks 155th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 154th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.