| Population |
1,019,252
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (july 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 37.8% (male 196,007; female 189,584)
15-64 years: 59.2% (male 308,254; female 295,584)
65 years and over: 2.9% (male 14,663; female 15,160) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 20 years
male: 20.1 years
female: 19.9 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
2.11% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
27.46 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
6.36 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 48.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 55.34 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 65.56 years
male: 63.31 years
female: 67.92 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
3.7 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
NA |
| Nationality |
noun: timorese
adjective: timorese |
| Ethnic groups |
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority |
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, Animist (1992 est.) |
| Languages |
Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English
note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; tetum, galole, mambae, and kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: democratic republic of timor-leste
conventional short form: east timor
local short form: timor lorosa'e [tetum]; timor-leste [portuguese]
former: portuguese timor
local long form: republika demokratika timor lorosa'e [tetum]; republica democratica de timor-leste [portuguese] |