Timor Leste: cities by population
Timor Leste has a population of 1,267,972, with Dili as its capital. The 32 largest of its 32 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dili | Dili Municipality | 150,000 |
| 2 | Maliana | Bobonaro | 22,000 |
| 3 | Suai | Cova Lima | 21,539 |
| 4 | Likisá | Liquiçá | 19,000 |
| 5 | Aileu | Aileu | 17,356 |
| 6 | Lospalos | Lautém | 17,186 |
| 7 | Atsabe | Ermera | 16,304 |
| 8 | Maubara | Liquiçá | 16,300 |
| 9 | Baukau | Baucau | 16,000 |
| 10 | Venilale | Baucau | 16,000 |
| 11 | Ainaro | Ainaro | 12,000 |
| 12 | Hatoudo | Ainaro | 10,299 |
| 13 | Atauro | Dili Municipality | 9,274 |
| 14 | Gleno | Ermera | 8,133 |
| 15 | Tilomar | Cova Lima | 7,885 |
| 16 | Same | Manufahi | 7,500 |
| 17 | Bobonaro | Bobonaro | 6,110 |
| 18 | Viqueque | Viqueque | 6,078 |
| 19 | Barique | Manatuto | 5,438 |
| 20 | Pante Makasar | Oecusse | 4,730 |
| 21 | Fohorem | Cova Lima | 4,086 |
| 22 | Dare | Dili Municipality | 4,052 |
| 23 | Metinaro | Dili Municipality | 4,000 |
| 24 | Tutuala | Lautém | 3,707 |
| 25 | Lautem | Lautém | 3,157 |
| 26 | Luro | Lautém | 2,839 |
| 27 | Irabin de Baixo | Viqueque | 2,454 |
| 28 | Aissirimou | Aileu | 2,192 |
| 29 | Lifau | Oecusse | 1,938 |
| 30 | Lifau | Oecusse | 1,938 |
| 31 | Manatutu | Manatuto | 1,924 |
| 32 | Abo | Baucau | 1,118 |
Twenty years earlier: Timor Leste in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 936,053.