Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 30.1 years in 1953: 31.5 for women and 28.7 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 13,923 people died; 10.6% of them were 65 or older and 52.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

30.1

Women

31.5

Men

28.7

Life expectancy at 65

8.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

263.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

389.3

Deaths

13,923

Deaths per 1,000 people

32.6

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

641

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

572

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	288.12	352.18	31.5	28.7
1-4	47.48	48.33	40.5	39.0
5-9	9.63	9.19	44.5	42.8
10-14	7.50	6.58	41.5	39.7
15-19	9.88	8.99	38.0	36.0
20-24	12.42	12.90	34.8	32.5
25-29	13.93	14.42	31.9	29.5
30-34	15.79	16.69	29.0	26.5
35-39	17.38	19.72	26.2	23.6
40-44	18.76	23.98	23.4	20.8
45-49	20.39	28.00	20.4	18.1
50-54	26.54	35.67	17.3	15.4
55-59	34.19	44.13	14.4	13.0
60-64	50.77	60.96	11.7	10.6
65-69	69.48	82.69	9.3	8.5
70-74	103.33	116.63	7.2	6.6
75-79	151.81	172.17	5.4	5.0
80-84	220.94	244.46	4.1	3.7
85-89	304.44	338.98	3.1	2.8
90-94	401.70	447.73	2.4	2.2
95-99	508.18	562.63	1.9	1.8
100+	616.11	665.87	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 1953

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