Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Timor-Leste fits inside Indonesia 129 times
Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024) · Timor-Leste: 14,870 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Indonesia’s coastline is 78 times as long as Timor-Leste’s
Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Timor-Leste: 706 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Indonesia’s highest peak towers 1,921 m above Timor-Leste’s
Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Timor-Leste: 2,963 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 29% of Indonesia, versus 23% of Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Timor-Leste: 23% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Indonesia has 201 times as many people as Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Timor-Leste: 1.42 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Indonesia is 58% more densely populated than Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Timor-Leste: 95 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Indonesia are 6.1 cm taller than in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019) · Timor-Leste: 160.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Indonesia are 1.7 cm taller than in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019) · Timor-Leste: 152.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Indonesia is 8.9 years older than in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Timor-Leste: 21 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Timor-Leste have 0.5 more children on average than in Indonesia
Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Timor-Leste: 2.63 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
7.5% of people in Indonesia are 65 or older, versus 5.2% in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Timor-Leste: 5.2% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Timor-Leste: no data
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Timor-Leste has produced 14.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Indonesia 0.0
Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Timor-Leste: 14.1 (2026)
How many official languages?
Timor-Leste has 2 official languages, Indonesia 1
Indonesia: 1 (2026) · Timor-Leste: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Indonesia’s economy is 760 times the size of Timor-Leste’s
Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Timor-Leste: $1.9 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Indonesia produces 3.7 times as much per person as Timor-Leste
Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Timor-Leste: Int$4,809 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Indonesia than in Timor-Leste (Gini 5.7 points higher)
Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · Timor-Leste: 28.7 (2014)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Timor-Leste: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 3.2% in Indonesia, versus 1.6% in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Timor-Leste: 1.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Timor-Leste spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Indonesia 1.0%
Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Timor-Leste: 2.3% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Indonesia: no data · Timor-Leste: 21.6% (2022)
How expensive is it?
Indonesia’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Timor-Leste’s
Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Timor-Leste: 28% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Timor-Leste spends 9% more on health per person than Indonesia
Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Timor-Leste: $144 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Indonesia live 3.4 years longer than in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024) · Timor-Leste: 67.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Timor-Leste is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Indonesia
Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Timor-Leste: 34.6 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Timor-Leste has 44% more doctors per person than Indonesia
Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Timor-Leste: 0.8 per 1,000 (2020)
How many hospital beds are there?
Indonesia has 3.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Timor-Leste: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Timor-Leste is 2.3 times that in Indonesia
Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Timor-Leste: 5 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
12% of adults in Indonesia are obese, versus 3.3% in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Timor-Leste: 3.3% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
49% of adults in Timor-Leste smoke, versus 31% in Indonesia
Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Timor-Leste: 48.8% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Timor-Leste: no data
How much do people drink?
Adults in Timor-Leste drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia
Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023) · Timor-Leste: 0.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Timor-Leste has 59% more meat per person than Indonesia
Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Timor-Leste: 31.8 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Indonesia has 624 kcal more food per person per day than Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Timor-Leste: 2,277 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Timor-Leste: no data
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Indonesia went to school 2.5 years longer than in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Timor-Leste: 6.2 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Timor-Leste welcomed 29% more tourists per resident than Indonesia (2019)
Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Timor-Leste: 0.06 (2019)
How many World Heritage sites?
Indonesia has 10 more World Heritage sites than Timor-Leste (10 against 0)
Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Timor-Leste: 0 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Indonesia has won 40 Olympic medals, Timor-Leste none
Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Timor-Leste: 0 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
73% of people in Indonesia are online, versus 35% in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Timor-Leste: 35% (2021)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Timor-Leste is 3% faster than in Indonesia
Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Timor-Leste: 84 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Indonesia have electricity, versus 94% in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Timor-Leste: 94.3% (2024)
How many live in cities?
59% of people in Indonesia live in cities, versus 29% in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Timor-Leste: 29% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Indonesia has 123 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Timor-Leste 116
Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Timor-Leste: 116 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Timor-Leste: no data
How much do they fly?
Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Timor-Leste: no data
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 71% of Timor-Leste, but only 51% of Indonesia
Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Timor-Leste: 71% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Indonesia emits 6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Timor-Leste: 0.5 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
18% of Indonesia’s electricity is renewable, versus 0% in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Timor-Leste: 0% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Indonesia carries 71% more fine dust than in Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Timor-Leste: 10.8 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 13 times as likely to be murdered in Timor-Leste as in Indonesia
Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Timor-Leste: 4.1 per 100k (2015)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Timor-Leste are 14% deadlier than in Indonesia
Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Timor-Leste: 19.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Indonesia is on average 0.7 °C warmer than Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Timor-Leste: 24.9°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Indonesia gets 89% more rain than Timor-Leste
Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Timor-Leste: 1,817 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Indonesia bigger than Timor-Leste?
Indonesia is larger. Timor-Leste fits inside Indonesia 129 times.
Which has more people, Indonesia or Timor-Leste?
Indonesia has 201 times as many people as Timor-Leste (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Indonesia or Timor-Leste?
People in Indonesia live 3.4 years longer than in Timor-Leste. Life expectancy at birth is 71.3 years in Indonesia and 67.9 in Timor-Leste.
Are people taller in Indonesia or Timor-Leste?
Men in Indonesia are 6.1 cm taller than in Timor-Leste (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
