Net migration in Timor-Leste

Net migration to Timor-Leste was -2,550 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Timor-Leste, 2025 -2,550 People
Change from 2024 +0.1% 2024: -2,552 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 122nd of 217 See the full ranking

Net migration in Timor-Leste over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net migration (people), 2001 to 2025
Period Timor-LesteWorld
2025 -2,550 people 0 people
2024 -2,552 people 0 people
2023 -5,620 people 0 people
2022 -5,519 people 0 people
2021 3,111 people 0 people
2020 3,793 people 0 people
2019 3,942 people 0 people
2018 3,062 people 0 people
2017 1,666 people 0 people
2016 208 people 0 people
2015 -20 people 0 people
2014 -958 people 0 people
2013 -1,206 people 0 people
2012 -609 people 0 people
2011 -159 people 0 people
2010 470 people 0 people
2009 117 people 0 people
2008 1,009 people 0 people
2007 2,103 people 0 people
2006 2,184 people 0 people
2005 1,759 people 0 people
2004 -16,447 people 0 people
2003 -12,810 people 0 people
2002 35,935 people 0 people
2001 49,159 people 0 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1% from -2,552 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -20 people, the figure has changed by −12,650.0%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Timor-Leste has the 122nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.NETM · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Timor-Leste
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects