MigrantoMigration trends in East Timor
Asia
109.6K people from East Timor have built lives abroad. That's 7.8% of the country population, spread across 8 different countries
1.4M
Population
7.2K
Immigrants
109.6K
Emigrants
−102.5K
Outflow
1 in every 14 people born in East Timor now lives abroad
The #151 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in East Timor
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
7.9K immigrants · 27.5K emigrants
2000
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 436%
- Surge of departures to Indonesia — 150.5K people left
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 179.2K
- The diaspora abroad passed 100K people
2015
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 28%
2020
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 49%
Today
- The diaspora abroad passed 100K people
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 82.1K more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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