Timor-Leste
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Asia.
Timor-Leste is the eastern half of Timor, with a small separate piece, Oecusse, to the west.
- Capital
- Dili
- Also known as
- East Timor
- Continent
- Asia
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- Southeast Asia
- Land neighbours
- Indonesia
- Population
- 1,418,517 (2025)
- Total area
- 14,870 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 8.8° S, 125.9° E
Timor-Leste at a glance
Timor-Leste is a country in Asia, in Southeast Asia. Its capital is Dili. Its only land neighbour is Indonesia.
Within Asia, Timor-Leste has the smallest economy ($1.902B in 2025, among 42 countries with data) and the lowest GDP per person ($1,341 in 2025, among 42).
Flag of Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste’s flag is drawn in the proportions 1:2 (height to width), like 51 other flags in our quizzes.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: China, Türkiye, Morocco and Vietnam.
Timor-Leste in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Asia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 1,418,517 | 152ndof 195 | 44thof 48 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 14,870 km² | 154thof 194 | 40thof 48 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $1.902B | 166thof 182 | 42ndof 42 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $1,341 | 159thof 182 | 42ndof 42 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 67.9 years | 146thof 195 | 45thof 48 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 2.63 | 68thof 195 | 12thof 48 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $144 | 133rdof 191 | 33rdof 47 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 28.8% | 177thof 195 | 45thof 48 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 61.7% | 23rdof 191 | 6thof 47 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.50 t | 150thof 181 | 45thof 47 |
No figure is published for Timor-Leste on internet users.
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Timor-Leste compared with its neighbours
| Country | Population2025 | Area2023 | GDP per person2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timor-Leste | 1,418,517 | 14,870 km² | $1,341 |
| Indonesia | 285,721,236 | 1,916,907 km² | $5,060 |
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Timor-Leste · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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