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Timor-Leste
8.8S 125.9E · 20 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
RESTORATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE · 20 MAY 2002
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2002 - present · Asia's Youngest Nation
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
2006 · The 2006 crisis 1 REF
26 October 2025 · ASEAN membership 2 REFS
1999 - 2002 CE · The Referendum and UN Transitional Administration
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
30 August 1999 · Independence referendum 2 REFS
25 October 1999 · UN administration established 2 REFS
1976 - 1999 CE · Occupation and the Long Resistance
3 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
12 November 1991 · Santa Cruz massacre 2 REFS
20 November 1992 · Capture of Xanana Gusmao 2 REFS
1975 - 1976 CE · Declaration, Invasion, and Annexation
3 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
28 November 1975 · Declaration of independence 2 REFS
7 December 1975 · Indonesian invasion 2 REFS
c. 1515 - 1975 CE · Portuguese Timor and the Divided Island
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1769 · Capital established at Dili 2 REFS
1859 · Partition of the island 2 REFS
Before c. 1500 CE · The Liurai and the Sandalwood Trade
2 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
Pre-colonial era · Society of the liurai 2 REFS
Antiquity onward · The sandalwood trade 1 REF
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Dili
- Population
- 1.3 m
- Area
- 14,874 km²
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Languages
- Portuguese, Tetum
- Currency
- United States dollar ($)
- Demonym
- East Timorese
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$1.9 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$1,341’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
7.0%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
95.4%’24 WB-WDI
Society
Population
1.4 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
67.9 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
28.8%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.6’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
69.4%’22 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
62.9’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
74.9’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
33.9’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
43.3’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
46.2’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
40.2’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
9.6%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.75’20 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
47.6’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
72.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
69.4%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
5.2%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
119.7%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
84.7%’20 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
31.0%’23 WB-UNESCO
Technology
Internet users
35.0%’21 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
116’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
1.5%’23 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
14,870 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
61.7%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
23.0%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.5’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
11.4%’22 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
34.7%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
5.3%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
94.3%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
2.7%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$46 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
2,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($1.9 B), superseding 2024 ($1.9 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($1,341), superseding 2024 ($1,332) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (7.0%), superseding 2024 (-9.1%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (0.4%), superseding 2024 (2.1%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2024 value revised by the publisher: 95.4% → 95.4% — +0.00 points → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (94.3%), superseding 2023 (100.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (1.4 m), superseding 2024 (1.4 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (28.8%), superseding 2024 (28.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14