The population in 1975, when the Portuguese left, was 680,000 - 97% Timorese (including mestizos), 2% Chinese, under 1% Portuguese. (The population today is about 800,000 - 78% Timorese, 2% Chinese, 20% Indonesian. This population compares with Guinea-Bissau 966,000, Fiji 740,000, Luxembourg 378,000, Cape Verde Is. 368,000, Iceland 251,000, Brunei 251,000, and Sao Tome and Principe 116,000. Former Portuguese colonies are in italics). East Timor has a common boundary with West Timor, which is part of Indonesia, the former Dutch East Indies.
