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title: "Timor-Leste — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Timor-Leste: capital Dili, area 14,874 km², population 1,418,517 (2025), currency United States dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/timor-leste/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Timor-Leste

**Timor-Leste: Capital Dili**

14,874 km² · 1,418,517 people (2025) · United States dollar

The eastern half of the island of Timor plus the Oecusse enclave on the western side. It sits in the Coral Triangle, the richest marine biodiversity on Earth, and the strait off Ataúro is a migration route for blue whales.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Dili
- **Area:** 14,874 km² — 5,743 sq mi
- **Population:** 1,418,517 (2025)
- **Density:** 95.4 people per km²
- **Currency:** United States dollar (USD, $)
- **Official languages:** Portuguese, Tetum
- **Time zone:** UTC+09:00
- **Calling code:** +670
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** TL · TLS
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 156 of 200
- **By population:** 155 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kuwait | 17,818 | 4,865,298 |
| Eswatini | 17,364 | 1,256,174 |
| Timor-Leste ← | 14,874 | 1,418,517 |
| Bahamas | 13,880 | 403,033 |
| Montenegro | 13,812 | 623,129 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Timor-Leste?

Dili

### What currency does Timor-Leste use?

The United States dollar (USD).

### How big is Timor-Leste?

14,874 km², or 5,743 square miles — 156 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Timor-Leste drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Kuwait](https://atoneplace.net/country/kuwait/)
- [Eswatini](https://atoneplace.net/country/eswatini/)
- [Bahamas](https://atoneplace.net/country/bahamas/)
- [Montenegro](https://atoneplace.net/country/montenegro/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]