Timor-Leste
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste · South-Eastern Asia
Updated 8 November 2026
Timor-Leste is a country in South-Eastern Asia with its capital in Dili. Its head of state is José Ramos-Horta and its head of government is Xanana Gusmão. On DiploMaps you can see Timor-Leste on the world map with its leaders, economy, trade and UN votes, and its relations with the United Arab Emirates.
Key facts
- Capital
- Dili
- Head of state
- José Ramos-Horta2nd and 5th President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate
- Head of government
- Xanana GusmãoPrime Minister and former President of East Timor
- Foreign minister
- Bendito Freitaspolitician
- Population
- 1.4 million (2025)
- Area
- 14,874 km²
- GDP
- $1.9 billion (2025)
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Official languages
- Portuguese, Tetum
- United Nations
- Member since 2002
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia · Asia
Timor-Leste and the UAE
- UAE exports to it (2025)
- $2.6 million
- UAE imports from it (2025)
- $886
- Visa for UAE citizens
- Visa on arrival
Memberships
- ASEAN
- Non-Aligned Movement
- Group of 77
- NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty)
- ICC (Rome Statute)