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Urban population share — Timor-Leste

Urban population share in Timor-Leste in 2025 — 28.8%. Ranked 199 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18.7 pp.

2025 28.8% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 199of 217
Period maximum 29.6%2010
Period minimum 10.1%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Timor-Leste, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.1%1962: 10.2%1964: 10.5%1966: 10.9%1968: 11.5%1970: 12.2%1972: 13%1974: 13.8%1976: 14.7%1978: 15.7%1980: 16.6%1982: 17.6%1984: 18.5%1986: 19.4%1988: 20.3%1990: 21%1992: 21.7%1994: 22.3%1996: 22.9%1998: 23.5%2000: 24.1%2002: 24.9%2004: 25.7%2006: 27.1%2008: 28.8%2010: 29.6%2012: 29.6%2014: 29.5%2016: 29.4%2018: 29.2%2020: 29%2022: 28.6%2024: 28.7%2025: 28.8%
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 28.8%
World 57.8%
East Asia & Pacific 64.8%
South-Eastern Asia computed 54.4%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 43.4%
Urban population share — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.8 +0.1 pp
2024 28.7 +0.1 pp
2023 28.6 +0 pp
2022 28.6 −0.2 pp
2021 28.8 −0.2 pp
2020 29 −0.2 pp
2019 29.1 −0.1 pp
2018 29.2 −0.1 pp
2017 29.4 −0.1 pp
2016 29.4 −0.1 pp
2015 29.5 −0 pp
2014 29.5 −0 pp
2013 29.6 −0 pp
2012 29.6 −0 pp
2011 29.6 −0 pp
2010 29.6 +0.2 pp
2009 29.4 +0.6 pp
2008 28.8 +0.8 pp
2007 28 +0.9 pp
2006 27.1 +0.8 pp
2005 26.3 +0.6 pp
2004 25.7 +0.4 pp
2003 25.3 +0.4 pp
2002 24.9 +0.4 pp
2001 24.5 +0.4 pp
2000 24.1 +0.3 pp
1999 23.8 +0.3 pp
1998 23.5 +0.3 pp
1997 23.2 +0.3 pp
1996 22.9 +0.3 pp
1995 22.6 +0.3 pp
1994 22.3 +0.3 pp
1993 22 +0.3 pp
1992 21.7 +0.3 pp
1991 21.3 +0.3 pp
1990 21 +0.4 pp
1989 20.6 +0.4 pp
1988 20.3 +0.4 pp
1987 19.8 +0.4 pp
1986 19.4 +0.4 pp
1985 19 +0.5 pp
1984 18.5 +0.5 pp
1983 18.1 +0.5 pp
1982 17.6 +0.5 pp
1981 17.1 +0.5 pp
1980 16.6 +0.5 pp
1979 16.2 +0.5 pp
1978 15.7 +0.5 pp
1977 15.2 +0.5 pp
1976 14.7 +0.5 pp
1975 14.3 +0.4 pp
1974 13.8 +0.4 pp
1973 13.4 +0.4 pp
1972 13 +0.4 pp
1971 12.6 +0.4 pp
1970 12.2 +0.4 pp
1969 11.8 +0.3 pp
1968 11.5 +0.3 pp
1967 11.2 +0.3 pp
1966 10.9 +0.2 pp
1965 10.7 +0.2 pp
1964 10.5 +0.2 pp
1963 10.3 +0.1 pp
1962 10.2 +0.1 pp
1961 10.1 +0 pp
1960 10.1 —

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

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

SG Singapore 100 MY Malaysia 77.4 BN Brunei Darussalam 75 TH Thailand 62.8 ID Indonesia 59.4 PH Philippines 55.8 KH Cambodia 41.1 LA Laos 40.3 VN Vietnam 38.8 MM Myanmar 30.6 TL Timor-Leste 28.8
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About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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

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