Timor-Leste: People & Society#
| Population | 1,261,072 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Timorese adjective: Timorese |
| Ethnic groups | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority |
| Languages | Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by a significant portion of the population |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 96.9%, Protestant/Evangelical 2.2%, Muslim 0.3%, other 0.6% (2005) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 41.43% (male 268,578/female 253,897) 15-24 years: 20.11% (male 128,678/female 124,870) 25-54 years: 29.79% (male 180,750/female 194,916) 55-64 years: 4.88% (male 31,349/female 30,194) 65 years and over: 3.79% (male 22,852/female 24,988) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 92.3% youth dependency ratio: 81.5% elderly dependency ratio: 10.7% potential support ratio: 9.3% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 18.8 years male: 18.2 years female: 19.4 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 2.39% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 33.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -3.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 32.8% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 3.75% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | DILI (capital) 228,000 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 22.1 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009/10 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 215 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 36.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 39.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 33.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 68.1 years male: 66.5 years female: 69.7 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 4.9 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 22.3% (2009/10) |
| Health expenditures | 1.5% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2011) |
| Hospital bed density | 5.9 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 95.2% of population rural: 60.5% of population total: 71.9% of population unimproved: urban: 4.8% of population rural: 39.5% of population total: 28.1% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 69% of population rural: 26.8% of population total: 40.6% of population unimproved: urban: 31% of population rural: 73.2% of population total: 59.4% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 1.8% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 37.7% (2013) |
| Education expenditures | 7.9% of GDP (2014) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.5% male: 71.5% female: 63.4% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2010) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 10,510 percentage: 4% (2002 est.) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 14.8% male: 10.4% female: 22.7% (2010 est.) |