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People
1,154,625
country comparison to the world: 
156
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 34.7% (male 199,237/female 192,900)
15-64 years: 61.9% (male 356,772/female 344,103)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 18,403/female 20,197) (2010 est.)
total: 22.2 years
male: 22.2 years
female: 22.2 years (2010 est.)
1.999% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
25.93 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
5.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 168
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 105
urban population: 27% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 39.32 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 68
male: 45.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 33.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 67.61 years
country comparison to the world: 154
male: 65.23 years
female: 70.11 years (2010 est.)
3.2 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
NA
NA
NA
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: chikungunya, dengue fever and malaria (2009)
noun: Timorese
adjective: Timorese
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority
Roman Catholic 98%, Muslim 1%, Protestant 1% (2005)
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
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.6%
male: NA
female: NA (2002)
total: 11 years (2002)
7.1% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 20
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