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General Information

Region		South-eastern Asia
Population (000, 2024)		1 401^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		94.2^a
Capital city		Dili
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		281.1^c
UN membership date		27 September 2002
Surface area (km2)		14 919^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.7^a
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 595	2 163	3 205^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.8	32	-20.5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 322.9	1 663.6	2 389.3^b
Economy: Agriculture^d,e (% of Gross Value Added)	17.8	13.4	10.1^b
Economy: Industry^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	18.4	37.4	53.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,g (% of GVA)	63.8	49.2	36.8^b
Employment in agriculture^h (% of employed)	52.9	42.5	39.2^b
Employment in industry^h (% of employed)	11.5	12.2	11.8^b
Employment in services^h (% employed)	35.5	45.4	49^b
Unemployment^h (% of labour force)	4.5	2.8	1.8
Labour force participation rate^h (female/male pop. %)	61.5 / 72.7	60.5 / 71.7	61.4 / 72.4
CPI: Consumer Price Index^h (2010=100)	143	146ⁱ	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	104	93	102^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	27^h	250	304^h,j
International trade: imports (million current US$)	1 018^h	497	820^h,j
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-991^h	-247	-516^h,j
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	225	269	-228^j

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.9	1.9	1.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	29.5	30.9ⁱ	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.5^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	3.8	3	2.6^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	67.0 / 63.8	68.9 / 65.1	69.7 / 66.3^a
Population age distribution^l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	39.1 / 7.7	36.0 / 7.6	33.7 / 7.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	8.5 / 0.7^m	8.4 / 0.6^m	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0ⁱ	...
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	60.9	51.8	45.1^a
Health: Current expenditureⁿ (% of GDP)	7.7	10	11.4^o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.7	0.8	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	6.3	4.2	5.5^o
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	127.9 / 125.8	111.6 / 110.0	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	88.2 / 81.2	98.7 / 88.0	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	62.9 / 58.3	84.1 / 70.6	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	4.1	...	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	38.5	38.5^p	38.5^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^h (per 100 inhabitants)	18.6	32	40.8^b
Threatened species (number)	21	41	66^j
Forested area (% of land area)	62.4	61.9	61.8^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.4 / 0.4	0.6 / 0.5	0.6 / 0.4^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	281	197	206^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	6	7	7^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (000)	62	18	6^o
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	40.7	45.6	45.6^j
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	7.6	10.49	10.74^o

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2018
d		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
g		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
h		Estimate.
i		2019
j		2023
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		Including refugees.
n		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
o		2021
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		Arrivals by air at Dili Airport.