Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Tetum (secondary)

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Timor-Leste

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Tetun Dili	441000	Tetun Dili	Christianity
Mambai	235000	Mambae	Christianity
Makasai	148000	Makasae	Christianity
Tetun	85000	Tetun	Christianity
Baikeno	83000	Baikeno	Christianity
Kemak	82000	Kemak	Christianity
Bunak	77000	Bunak	Ethnic Religions
Tokode	56000	Tukudede	Christianity
Dagoda	49000	Fataluku	Christianity
Waima'a	25000	Waima'a	Christianity
Kairui-Midik	22000	Kairui-Midiki	Christianity
Naueti	20000	Nauete	Christianity
Galoli	19000	Galolen	Christianity
Idate	17000	Idate	Christianity
Makalero	9500	Makalero	Christianity
Adabe	9400	Atauran	Christianity
Deaf	6100	Language unknown	Unknown
Welaun	4900	Welaun	Christianity
Lakalei	4400	Lakalei	Christianity
Habu	2600	Habun	Christianity
Maku'a	70	Fataluku	Ethnic Religions

Languages

20 languages recorded here.

Atauran

Baikeno

Bunak

Fataluku

Galolen

Habun

Idate

Kairui-Midiki

Kemak

Lakalei

Language unknown

Makalero

Makasae

Mambae

Nauete

Tetun

Tetun Dili

Tukudede

Waima'a

Welaun

All catalogue fields

144 fields recorded

rog3: TT
iso3: TLS
iso2: TL
ctry: Timor-Leste
poplpeoples: 1396000
cntpeoples: 21
cntpeopleslr: 1
poplpeopleslr: 6100
jpscalectry: 4
rol3officiallanguage: por
officiallang: Portuguese
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 90.667741032669
percentevangelical: 2.4893302392444
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 2
regionname: Asia, Southeast
workersneeded: 1
harvest_rog3: TT
harvest_iso3: TLS
harvest_iso2: TL
harvest_owcountrycode: TIMO
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: TL
harvest_countrynumber: 63
harvest_ctry: Timor-Leste
harvest_ctryshort: Timor-Leste
harvest_altname: East Timor
harvest_countrynamechinese: 东帝汶
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 东帝汶
harvest_countrynamedutch: Oost-Timor
harvest_countrynamefrench: République Démocratique du Timor-Leste
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Du Timor-Leste
harvest_countrynamegerman: Osttimor
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Osttimor
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Timor Leste
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Timor Leste
harvest_countrynameitalian: Timor Est
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Timor Est
harvest_countrynamekorean: 동티모르
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 동티모르
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Øst-Timor
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Øst-Timor
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Timor-Leste
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Timor-Leste
harvest_countrynamerussian: Восточный Тимор
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Восточный Тимор
harvest_countrynamespanish: Timor Oriental
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Timor Oriental
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Đông Timor
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Đông Timor
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de la
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: ASI
harvest_regioncode2414: 29
harvest_regioncode: 2
harvest_unsr: 035
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_capital: Dili
harvest_population: 1419000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/timor-leste.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 74938939
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-tt+kt+ck.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/timor-leste
harvest_jpscale: 4
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_owpctevang: 2.3
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 2.6058712
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 3.5999999
harvest_owcountrypage: timor-leste
harvest_literacyrate: 68
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 31
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: por
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: tdt
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 10.81
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.1
harvest_pctchinese: 0.1
harvest_pcthindu: 0.5
harvest_pctislam: 1.1
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 87.39
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 3.669999999999999
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.19
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 83.51000000000001
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.02
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A011
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.606
harvest_hdirank: 133
harvest_internetusers: 25.2
harvest_flashmapzoom: 685
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -505
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -408
harvest_googlemapzoom: 7
harvest_googlemaplat: -8.869999999999999
harvest_googlemaplng: 125.7
harvest_ctrylatitude: -8.874217
harvest_ctrylongitude: 125.727539
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/timor-leste/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 203
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.146985962014864
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=tl&joshua=tt
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-timor-leste
harvest_internetusage: 27
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=531
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 89.16
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 7.26
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .tl
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00