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Rural population share — Timor-Leste

Rural population share in Timor-Leste in 2025 — 71.2%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 18.7 pp.

2025 71.2% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 19of 217
Period maximum 89.9%1960
Period minimum 70.4%2010

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Timor-Leste, 1960–2025707580859019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 89.9%1962: 89.8%1964: 89.5%1966: 89.1%1968: 88.5%1970: 87.8%1972: 87%1974: 86.2%1976: 85.3%1978: 84.3%1980: 83.4%1982: 82.4%1984: 81.5%1986: 80.6%1988: 79.7%1990: 79%1992: 78.3%1994: 77.7%1996: 77.1%1998: 76.5%2000: 75.9%2002: 75.1%2004: 74.3%2006: 72.9%2008: 71.2%2010: 70.4%2012: 70.4%2014: 70.5%2016: 70.6%2018: 70.8%2020: 71%2022: 71.4%2024: 71.3%2025: 71.2%
Change over the period: −18.7 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 71.2%
World 42.2%
East Asia & Pacific 35.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 45.6%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 56.6%
Rural population share — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 71.2 −0.1 pp
2024 71.3 −0.1 pp
2023 71.4 −0 pp
2022 71.4 +0.2 pp
2021 71.2 +0.2 pp
2020 71 +0.2 pp
2019 70.9 +0.1 pp
2018 70.8 +0.1 pp
2017 70.6 +0.1 pp
2016 70.6 +0.1 pp
2015 70.5 +0 pp
2014 70.5 +0 pp
2013 70.4 +0 pp
2012 70.4 +0 pp
2011 70.4 +0 pp
2010 70.4 −0.2 pp
2009 70.6 −0.6 pp
2008 71.2 −0.8 pp
2007 72 −0.9 pp
2006 72.9 −0.8 pp
2005 73.7 −0.6 pp
2004 74.3 −0.4 pp
2003 74.7 −0.4 pp
2002 75.1 −0.4 pp
2001 75.5 −0.4 pp
2000 75.9 −0.3 pp
1999 76.2 −0.3 pp
1998 76.5 −0.3 pp
1997 76.8 −0.3 pp
1996 77.1 −0.3 pp
1995 77.4 −0.3 pp
1994 77.7 −0.3 pp
1993 78 −0.3 pp
1992 78.3 −0.3 pp
1991 78.7 −0.3 pp
1990 79 −0.4 pp
1989 79.4 −0.4 pp
1988 79.7 −0.4 pp
1987 80.2 −0.4 pp
1986 80.6 −0.4 pp
1985 81 −0.5 pp
1984 81.5 −0.5 pp
1983 81.9 −0.5 pp
1982 82.4 −0.5 pp
1981 82.9 −0.5 pp
1980 83.4 −0.5 pp
1979 83.8 −0.5 pp
1978 84.3 −0.5 pp
1977 84.8 −0.5 pp
1976 85.3 −0.5 pp
1975 85.7 −0.4 pp
1974 86.2 −0.4 pp
1973 86.6 −0.4 pp
1972 87 −0.4 pp
1971 87.4 −0.4 pp
1970 87.8 −0.4 pp
1969 88.2 −0.3 pp
1968 88.5 −0.3 pp
1967 88.8 −0.3 pp
1966 89.1 −0.2 pp
1965 89.3 −0.2 pp
1964 89.5 −0.2 pp
1963 89.7 −0.1 pp
1962 89.8 −0.1 pp
1961 89.9 −0 pp
1960 89.9 —

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TL Timor-Leste 71.2 MM Myanmar 69.4 VN Vietnam 61.2 LA Laos 59.7 KH Cambodia 58.9 PH Philippines 44.2 ID Indonesia 40.6 TH Thailand 37.2 BN Brunei Darussalam 25 MY Malaysia 22.6 SG Singapore 0
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About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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