Refugees by country of origin — all countries

Refugees by country of origin — Timor-Leste

Refugees by country of origin in Timor-Leste in 2024 — 5 people. Ranked 10 in the world out of 200. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 100%.

2024 5 people
World rank 10of 200
Period maximum 162,472 people1999
Period minimum 0 people2023

Trend over time

1999–2024 · people

Refugees by country of origin — Timor-Leste, 1999–2024050,000100,000150,000200,0001999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 162,472 people2000: 122,202 people2001: 73,042 people2002: 28,097 people2003: 127 people2004: 221 people2005: 251 people2006: 251 people2007: 6 people2008: 7 people2009: 7 people2010: 8 people2011: 8 people2012: 8 people2013: 8 people2014: 13 people2015: 19 people2016: 19 people2017: 13 people2018: 12 people2019: 17 people2020: 11 people2021: 11 people2022: 6 people2023: 0 people2024: 5 people
Change over the period: −162,467 (−100%) Average annual rate: -34 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Timor-Leste 5 people
World computed 30.69M people
East Asia & Pacific computed 1.53M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 1.37M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 8.04M people
Refugees by country of origin — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 5 +5
2023 0 −6 −100%
2022 6 −5 −45.45%
2021 11 +0 +0%
2020 11 −6 −35.29%
2019 17 +5 +41.67%
2018 12 −1 −7.69%
2017 13 −6 −31.58%
2016 19 +0 +0%
2015 19 +6 +46.15%
2014 13 +5 +62.5%
2013 8 +0 +0%
2012 8 +0 +0%
2011 8 +0 +0%
2010 8 +1 +14.29%
2009 7 +0 +0%
2008 7 +1 +16.67%
2007 6 −245 −97.61%
2006 251 +0 +0%
2005 251 +30 +13.57%
2004 221 +94 +74.02%
2003 127 −27,970 −99.55%
2002 28,097 −44,945 −61.53%
2001 73,042 −49,160 −40.23%
2000 122,202 −40,270 −24.79%
1999 162,472

About the indicator

The number of refugees originating from a given country, wherever they are located, according to UNHCR. This is the mirror side of the indicator by country of asylum: there people are counted by the place where they found protection, here by the country they left. It is this series that shows the scale of forced exodus, and the largest displacement crises of recent decades are visible in it.

Important: The indicator counts only those who have crossed a border. People displaced inside their own country are not included, although they are usually more numerous — that is separate statistics, kept by the IDMC.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics, license CC BY 4.0.