East Timor Demographics Profile 2002

Population

952,618 (July 2002 est.)
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (2002 est.)

Age structure

NA

Population growth rate

7.26% (2002 est.)

Birth rate

28.07 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate

6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate

51.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio

NA

Infant mortality rate

51.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 64.85 years
male: 62.64 years
female: 67.17 years (2002 est.)

Total fertility rate

3.88 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

Nationality

noun: Timorese
adjective: Timorese

Ethnic groups

Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority

Religions

Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, Animist (1992 est.)

Languages

Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English
note: there are a total of about 16 indigenous languages, of which Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48% (2001)
male: NA%
female: NA%