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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
2006 · The 2006 crisis 1 REF
26 October 2025 · ASEAN membership 2 REFS
1999 - 2002 CE · The Referendum and UN Transitional Administration
4 EVENTS
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
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
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
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
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
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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

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ABSENCE ≠ ZERO
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