This article is about the demographic features of the population of East Timor, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populous, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook 2002.

Population

952,618 (July 2002 est.)

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

Age structure

？

Population growth rate

4.59% (2006 est.)

Birth rate

44.07 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

7.48 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS

adult prevalence rate: NA

people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

deaths: NA

Nationality

noun: Timorese

adjective: Timorese

Ethnic groups

Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority and a few Timorese of traceable European Portuguese descent.

Religions

Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, Animist (1992 est.) The Timorese government reports[1] that most Christians continue to practice animist traditions. A minority, called serani, do not. (Main article: Religion in East Timor).

Languages

Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian (constitutionally defined as a 'working language') and English ((constitutionally defined as a 'working language')).

note: there are a total of about 16 indigenous languages, of which Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people. The Tetum language is partially influenced by European languages introduced to the island for over 400 years.

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 48% (2001)

male: NA%

female: NA%

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