Population:	1,040,880 note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:	0-14 years: 37.1% (male 196,108/female 189,753) 15-64 years: 59.9% (male 318,173/female 305,479) 65 years and over: 3% (male 15,353/female 16,014) (2005 est.)
Median age:	total: 20.41 years male: 20.46 years female: 20.35 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:	2.09% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:	27.19 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:	6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:	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: 0.96 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:	total: 47.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 53.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 40.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:	total population: 65.9 years male: 63.63 years female: 68.29 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:	3.61 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:	NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:	NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:	NA
Nationality:	noun: Timorese adjective: Timorese
Ethnic groups:	Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority
Religions:	Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, Animist (1992 est.)
Languages:	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
Literacy:	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 58.6% (2002)

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