Nationality:
noun: Timorese
adjective:
Timorese
Ethnic groups:
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority
Languages:
Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English
note:
there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by a significant portion of the population
Religions:
Roman Catholic 96.9%, Protestant / Evangelical 2.2%, Muslim 0.3%, other 0.6% (2005)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
1,201,542
country comparison to the world: 160
note:
other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
42.4% (male 261,794/female 247,486)
15-24 years:
19.8% (male 120,256/female 117,268)
25-54 years:
29.3% (male 170,179/female 182,278)
55-64 years:
4.8% (male 29,867/female 28,156)
65 years and over:
3.6% (male 21,214/female 23,044) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
94.3 %
youth dependency ratio:
87.8 %
elderly dependency ratio:
6.5 %
potential support ratio:
15.4 (2014 est.)
total:
18.5 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
19.1 years (2014 est.)
2.44% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
34.48 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
6.18 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-3.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
28.3% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
4.25% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
DILI (capital) 180,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.93 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.96 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
22.1
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009-10 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
300 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
38.79 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 56
male:
41.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
35.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
67.39 years
country comparison to the world: 164
male:
65.87 years
female:
69.01 years (2014 est.)
5.11 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 15
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
22.3% (2009/10)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
5.1% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 140
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2004)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
5.9 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 95.2% of population
rural: 60.5% of population
total: 70.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4.8% of population
rural: 39.5% of population
total: 29.5% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 69% of population
rural: 26.8% of population
total: 38.9% of population
unimproved:
urban: 31% of population
rural: 73.2% of population
total: 61.1% of population (2012 est.)
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever and malaria (2013)
2.7% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 178
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
45.3% (2010)
country comparison to the world: 1
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
9.4% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 7
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
58.3%
male:
63.6%
female:
53% (2010 est.)
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
11 years (2010)
total number:
10,510
percentage:
4 % (2002 est.)
total:
14.8%
country comparison to the world: 85
male:
10.4%
female:
22.7% (2010)