Editing Demographics of Timor-Leste (section)

==Population size and structure==
[[File:East Timor demographic change.png|thumb|500px|left|alt=Timor-Leste demographic change|Timor-Leste's population (1861-2011).]]
[[File:Timor-Leste (East Timor)  Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|left|350px|[[Population]], [[fertility rate]] and [[net reproduction rate]], United Nations estimates]]
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1,242,000 (2017)
{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| source = <ref>{{cite report| title= Issue on East Timor|url=https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/sites/www.un.org.dppa.decolonization/files/decon_num_7-1.pdf|publisher=United Nations|date=1976}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |title = Penduduk Indonesia Hasil Sensus Penduduk 1990 |trans-title= Indonesian Population - 1990 Population Census Results|language=Indonesian |url=https://web-api.bps.go.id/download.php?f=lPa907863yGkGImIGK1WtEpWMFZMOFRHS2UrQmpIUkVoaVI5QTlCWjVHVXVNcy9SR05pVkR1cjB6RDFPWjd1KzU2Vk5RbTdSTW9yY3d3bzFBUm8wVEtiZStxQ29ZdkRvcGtPbFRKSHRIZDFQOEc3YlJkbG9WdXZ2d1FaRXhvVmE3dmxRV3ZuckJxQ2d1VkJNTzBMUG1TN2N5VEtmVXVEVjd4RG84dkdXK1BkQkhRN2RUNDliQnV0WWVvZXZ4Y0I4REhHblpHRWZONjIrTVR2cHNGaTlFaFFlU3RVbDBvKzgxUlFzL2JDQ0Mwb1BmVEliTzgreDZyUFVHODhaVmZJYU9IM2NoREU5b0VqWENFeDd4TTY4WHlSU2NhaVU1QzlMWjNFaDRBPT0=&_gl=1*1tpd99q*_ga*ODYzNTQ0ODc0LjE3NDE5MjMwMzk.*_ga_XXTTVXWHDB*MTc0MjM2NzQ2Ny4yLjEuMTc0MjM2Nzk1Mi4wLjAuMA.. |date=1990 | publisher= Statistics Indonesia}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|title= Population and Housing Census 2022|url=https://inetl-ip.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Final-Main-Report_TLPHC-Census_18052023.pdf|date=2022|publisher=National Institute Of Statistics Timor-Leste}}</ref>
| percentages = pagr
|1970 |609,477
|1980 |555,350
|1990 |747,557
|2004 |923,198
|2010 |1,066,409
|2015 |1,183,643
|2022 |1,341,737
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===Age groups===
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|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 11.VII.2015) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2_2015-V2-Population-by-Age-Sex.xls |title=Population by Age & Sex |website=Statistics Timor-Leste General Directorate of Statistics |publisher=Statistics Timor-Leste |access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 601 112
| align="right" | 582 531
| align="right" | 1 183 643
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 77 896
| align="right" | 72 410
| align="right" | 150 306
| align="right" | 12.70
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 80 377
| align="right" | 75 705
| align="right" | 156 082
| align="right" | 13.19
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 80 721
| align="right" | 75 548
| align="right" | 156 269
| align="right" | 13.20
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 69 839
| align="right" | 67 033
| align="right" | 136 872 
| align="right" | 11.56
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 52 759
| align="right" | 54 244
| align="right" | 107 003
| align="right" | 9.04
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 45 486
| align="right" | 47 464
| align="right" | 92 950
| align="right" | 7.85
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 35 934
| align="right" | 36 461
| align="right" | 72 395
| align="right" | 6.12
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 24 245
| align="right" | 24 645
| align="right" | 48 890
| align="right" | 4.13
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 29 097
| align="right" | 26 779
| align="right" | 55 876
| align="right" | 4.72
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 25 044
| align="right" | 22 274
| align="right" | 47 318
| align="right" | 4.00
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 18 661
| align="right" | 16 776
| align="right" | 35 437
| align="right" | 2.99
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 14 436
| align="right" | 12 867
| align="right" | 27 303
| align="right" | 2.31
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 13 864
| align="right" | 14 516
| align="right" | 28 380
| align="right" | 2.40
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 14 611
| align="right" | 16 427
| align="right" | 31 038
| align="right" | 2.62
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 8 949
| align="right" | 9 204
| align="right" | 18 153
| align="right" | 1.53
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 4 862
| align="right" | 5 009
| align="right" | 9 961
| align="right" | 0.84
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 2 399
| align="right" | 2 798
| align="right" | 5 197
| align="right" | 0.44
|-
| align="right" | 85+
| align="right" | 1 932
| align="right" | 2 281
| align="right" | 4 213
| align="right" | 0.36
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 238 994
| align="right" | 223 663
| align="right" | 462 657
| align="right" | 39.09
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 329 365
| align="right" | 323 059
| align="right" | 652 334
| align="right" | 55.11
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 32 753
| align="right" | 35 809
| align="right" | 68 562
| align="right" | 5.79
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|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2018) (Data refer to national projections.): <ref>{{cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ | title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics }}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 642 639
| align="right" | 618 768
| align="right" | 1 261 407
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 86 042
| align="right" | 78 681
| align="right" | 164 723
| align="right" | 13.06
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 84 950
| align="right" | 76 259
| align="right" | 161 209
| align="right" | 12.78
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 82 088
| align="right" | 75 015
| align="right" | 157 103
| align="right" | 12.45
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 75 602
| align="right" | 71 942
| align="right" | 147 544
| align="right" | 11.70
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 60 513
| align="right" | 60 703
| align="right" | 121 216
| align="right" | 9.61
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 46 777
| align="right" | 50 239
| align="right" | 97 016
| align="right" | 7.69
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 40 344
| align="right" | 42 718
| align="right" | 83 062
| align="right" | 6.58
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 28 909
| align="right" | 30 013
| align="right" | 58 922
| align="right" | 4.67
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 24 228
| align="right" | 23 965
| align="right" | 48 193
| align="right" | 3.82
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 27 718
| align="right" | 25 146
| align="right" | 52 864
| align="right" | 4.19
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 21 620
| align="right" | 19 325
| align="right" | 40 945
| align="right" | 3.25
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 16 674
| align="right" | 15 419
| align="right" | 32 093
| align="right" | 2.54
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 14 583
| align="right" | 14 712
| align="right" | 29 295
| align="right" | 2.32
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 11 764
| align="right" | 12 441
| align="right" | 24 205
| align="right" | 1.92
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 9 187
| align="right" | 9 388
| align="right" | 18 575
| align="right" | 1.47
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 6 452
| align="right" | 6 789
| align="right" | 13 241
| align="right" | 1.05
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 5 188
| align="right" | 6 013
| align="right" | 11 201
| align="right" | 0.89
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 253 080
| align="right" | 229 955
| align="right" | 483 035
| align="right" | 38.29
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 356 968
| align="right" | 354 182
| align="right" | 711 150
| align="right" | 56.38
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 32 591
| align="right" | 34 631
| align="right" | 67 222
| align="right" | 5.33
|-
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===Median age===
In 2015 the [[median age]] of the population was 19.6 years old. The population living in rural areas is slightly younger (19.0) compared to the population living in urban areas (20.6).
[[Ainaro Municipality]] has the lowest median age with 17.3 years, while [[Dili Municipality]] has the highest median age with 21.2 years.<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Wall-Chart-Poster-Landscape-Final-English-rev.pdf 2015 Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census – Data Sheet]</ref>