Demographics of East Timor
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The following are the Demographics of East Timor from the CIA World Factbook 2002.

Demographics

Population: 952,618 (July 2002 est.)
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (2002 est.)

Age structure: NA

Population growth rate: 2.08% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 28.07 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate: 6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate: 51.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio: NA

Infant mortality rate: 51.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 64.85 years
male: 62.64 years
female: 67.17 years (2002 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.88 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS:
adult prevalence rate: NA
people living with HIV/AIDS: NA
deaths: NA

Nationality:
noun: Timorese
adjective: Timorese

Ethnic groups: Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority and a few Timorese of traceable European Portuguese descent.

Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, Animist (1992 est.) The Timorese government reports[1] that most Christians continue to practice animist traditions. A minority, called serani, do not. (Main article: Religion in East Timor).

Languages: Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian (constitutionally defined as a 'working language') and English ((constitutionally defined as a 'working language')).
note: there are a total of about 16 indigenous languages, of which Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people. The Tetum language is partially influenced by European languages introduced to the island for over 400 years.

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48% (2001)
male: NA%
female: NA%

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