East Timor 
Facts
Population: 1,084,971
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 35.7% (male 196,825/female 190,454)
15-64 years: 61.1% (male 337,816/female 325,094)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 16,823/female 17,959) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.059% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 26.77 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 6.19 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.033 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.039 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.937 male(s)/female
total population: 1.034 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 44.46 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 50.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 38.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 66.6 years
male: 64.28 years
female: 69.04 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 3.45 children born/woman (2007 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 98%, Muslim 1%, Protestant 1% (2005).
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%
male: NA%
female: NA% (2002).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $370 million (2004 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 1.8% (2005 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $800 (2005 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 23.1%
services: 68.4% (2004).
Labor force: NA.
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%.
Population below poverty line: 42% (2003 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.4% (2005).
Unemployment rate: 50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.).
Budget: revenues: $107.7 million
expenditures: $73 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2004 est.).
Agriculture - products: coffee, rice, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans, cabbage, mangoes, bananas, vanilla.
Industries: printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth.
Industrial production growth rate: 8.5%.
Electricity - production: NA kWh.
Electricity - consumption: NA kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $10 million; note - excludes oil (2005 est.).
Exports - commodities: coffee, sandalwood, marble; note - potential for oil and vanilla exports.
Exports - partners: Indonesia 100% (2005).
Imports: $202 million (2004 est.).
Imports - commodities: food, gasoline, kerosene, machinery.
Economic aid - recipient: $153 million (2004 est.).
Currency (code): US dollar (USD).
Exchange rates: the US dollar is used.
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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