East Timor People:
Population:
1,040,880 (July 2005 est.)
note: Other estimates range as low as 800,000
Age structure:
0-14 years: 37.1% (male:196,108; female:189,753)
15-64 years: 59.9% (male:318,173; female:305,479)
65 years and over: 3% (male:15,353; female:16,014) (2005)
Median age:
total: 20.41 years
male: 20.46 years
female: 20.35 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
2.09% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
27.19 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
6.3 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 47.41 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 53.71 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 40.8 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 65.9 years (2005 est.)
male: 63.63 years
female: 68.29 years
Total fertility rate:
3.61 children born/woman (2005 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)
Languages:
Tetum official, Portuguese official, Indonesian, English
note: There are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.6% (2002)
male: NA
female: NA
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