Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 31.0 years in 1956: 32.5 for women and 29.6 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 13,956 people died; 10.3% 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, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

31.0

Women

32.5

Men

29.6

Life expectancy at 65

9.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

255.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

377.4

Deaths

13,956

Deaths per 1,000 people

31.5

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

631

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

560

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	277.00	337.22	32.5	29.6
1-4	45.54	46.42	41.3	39.7
5-9	9.29	8.89	45.1	43.3
10-14	7.23	6.37	42.1	40.2
15-19	9.54	8.72	38.6	36.4
20-24	11.99	12.50	35.3	32.9
25-29	13.45	13.97	32.3	29.9
30-34	15.25	16.16	29.4	26.9
35-39	16.80	19.09	26.6	23.9
40-44	18.16	23.24	23.7	21.1
45-49	19.78	27.19	20.7	18.3
50-54	25.77	34.71	17.6	15.6
55-59	33.26	43.09	14.6	13.1
60-64	49.38	59.61	11.8	10.7
65-69	67.74	81.02	9.5	8.6
70-74	100.86	114.48	7.3	6.7
75-79	148.50	169.06	5.5	5.0
80-84	216.47	240.51	4.1	3.8
85-89	299.41	334.57	3.2	2.9
90-94	396.20	443.33	2.5	2.2
95-99	502.58	558.85	2.0	1.8
100+	611.17	668.41	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 1956

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