Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 31.7 years in 1958: 33.1 for women and 30.3 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 14,062 people died; 9.7% of them were 65 or older and 52.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

31.7

Women

33.1

Men

30.3

Life expectancy at 65

9.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

248.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

369.0

Deaths

14,062

Deaths per 1,000 people

30.9

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

622

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

552

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	269.22	327.25	33.1	30.3
1-4	44.15	45.04	41.9	40.3
5-9	9.04	8.67	45.5	43.7
10-14	7.04	6.21	42.5	40.6
15-19	9.29	8.51	38.9	36.8
20-24	11.69	12.21	35.7	33.3
25-29	13.11	13.63	32.7	30.2
30-34	14.87	15.76	29.7	27.1
35-39	16.38	18.63	26.8	24.2
40-44	17.72	22.69	23.9	21.3
45-49	19.34	26.59	20.9	18.5
50-54	25.22	33.99	17.7	15.8
55-59	32.59	42.30	14.8	13.3
60-64	48.39	58.57	12.0	10.8
65-69	66.51	79.74	9.6	8.7
70-74	99.15	112.81	7.4	6.7
75-79	146.20	166.67	5.6	5.1
80-84	213.46	237.44	4.2	3.8
85-89	295.89	331.02	3.2	2.9
90-94	392.39	439.59	2.5	2.2
95-99	498.75	555.32	2.0	1.8
100+	607.87	667.38	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 1958

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