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East Timor

Area of East Timor 14,755.3 km²
Population 1.2 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015 +78.8%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 +39.8%
Timezone East Timor Time

Map of East Timor

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 644,534 720,602 824,304 1,152,218
Population Density 43.7 / km² 48.8 / km² 55.9 / km² 78.1 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 900 to 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
900 28,408 n/a n/a
1000 35,510 2.3% 710
1100 44,388 2.3% 887
1200 55,484 2.3% 1,109
1300 69,355 2.3% 1,387
1400 86,694 2.3% 1,733
1500 108,368 2.3% 2,167
1600 135,459 2.3% 2,709
1700 169,324 2.3% 3,386
1800 205,612 2% 3,628
1900 380,912 6.4% 17,530
1910 397,895 4.5% 16,983
1920 414,905 4.3% 17,010
1930 432,632 4.3% 17,727
1940 451,105 4.3% 18,473
1950 470,355 4.3% 19,250
1960 543,687 15.6% 73,332
1970 657,128 20.9% 113,441
1990 720,602 4.7% 31,737
2000 824,304 14.4% 103,702
2020 1,266,981 24% 221,338
2030 1,515,334 19.6% 248,353
2040 1,724,762 13.8% 209,428
2050 1,883,465 9.2% 158,703
2060 1,993,341 5.8% 109,876
2070 2,079,935 4.3% 86,594
2080 2,171,410 4.4% 91,475
2090 2,267,985 4.4% 96,575
2100 2,371,617 4.6% 103,632
Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4
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