Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita was 0.2879 people per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Timor-Leste, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 0.2879 people per person for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Timor-Leste peaked at 0.2964 people per person in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.1008 people per person, in 1960.
That places Timor-Leste 197th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.1008 people per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.1012 people per person | +0.4% |
| 1962 | 0.102 people per person | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 0.1033 people per person | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 0.1049 people per person | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 0.1069 people per person | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 0.1093 people per person | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.112 people per person | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 0.115 people per person | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1183 people per person | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 0.1219 people per person | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1257 people per person | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 0.1297 people per person | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 0.1339 people per person | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 0.1382 people per person | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 0.1427 people per person | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 0.1473 people per person | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 0.152 people per person | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 0.1568 people per person | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 0.1616 people per person | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.1664 people per person | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1712 people per person | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 0.176 people per person | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 0.1807 people per person | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1853 people per person | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1898 people per person | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1942 people per person | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.1985 people per person | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.2025 people per person | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.2064 people per person | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.21 people per person | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.2134 people per person | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.2166 people per person | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 0.2197 people per person | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.2227 people per person | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.2256 people per person | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.2286 people per person | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2316 people per person | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.2346 people per person | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.2378 people per person | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2411 people per person | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.2447 people per person | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2485 people per person | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2526 people per person | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.257 people per person | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.2631 people per person | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2712 people per person | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.28 people per person | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2881 people per person | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.294 people per person | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.2964 people per person | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2963 people per person | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2961 people per person | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.2958 people per person | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2955 people per person | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.295 people per person | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.2945 people per person | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2936 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2925 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2912 people per person | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.2896 people per person | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.2879 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.2859 people per person | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.286 people per person | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2866 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.2879 people per person | +0.4% |
Timor-Leste compared with similar countries
- Timor-Leste's 0.2879 people per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5087 people per person, 57% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Timor-Leste's 0.2879 people per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6545 people per person, 44% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1074 people per person | 0.1008 people per person | 0.1183 people per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.141 people per person | 0.1219 people per person | 0.1616 people per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1871 people per person | 0.1664 people per person | 0.2064 people per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2241 people per person | 0.21 people per person | 0.2378 people per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.264 people per person | 0.2411 people per person | 0.294 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2947 people per person | 0.2912 people per person | 0.2964 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2873 people per person | 0.2859 people per person | 0.2896 people per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
More population data for Timor-Leste
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.2427 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -1.71 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.2427 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.5654 % change on previous year (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.3779 % change on previous year (2100)
- World population growth -0.2% (2100)
- Population density 132.68 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 97,537 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.2% (2100)
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Timor-Leste?
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Timor-Leste was 0.2879 people per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2964 people per person in 2010.
- What is the lowest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1008 people per person in 1960.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Timor-Leste ranks 197th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.