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🌆 Largest Cities in Timor-Leste

Cities of Timor-Leste with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).

📅 2026📏 people10 entries🇹🇱 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 311,685 (10 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.
1
DiliDili Municipality
150,000
2
MalianaBobonaro
22,000
3
SuaiCova Lima
21,539
4
LikisáLiquiçá
19,000
5
AileuAileu
17,356
6
LospalosLautém
17,186
7
AtsabeErmera
16,304
8
MaubaraLiquiçá
16,300
9
BaukauBaucau
16,000
10
VenilaleBaucau
16,000

Highlights

Within Timor-Leste, Dili ranks first in 2026 with 150,000, followed by Maliana (22,000) and Suai (21,539).

Dili is 6.8 times higher than Maliana, the runner-up.

Across 10 entries, values run from 150,000 (Dili) to 16,000 (Venilale), with a median of 17,271.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.