Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 33.2 years in 1962: 34.7 for women and 31.8 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 14,230 people died; 9.1% of them were 65 or older and 52.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

33.2

Women

34.7

Men

31.8

Life expectancy at 65

9.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

235.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

350.2

Deaths

14,230

Deaths per 1,000 people

29.5

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

602

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

533

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	252.46	306.08	34.7	31.9
1-4	41.17	41.83	43.2	41.6
5-9	8.50	8.14	46.5	44.7
10-14	6.63	5.84	43.4	41.5
15-19	8.76	8.02	39.8	37.6
20-24	11.03	11.50	36.5	34.1
25-29	12.37	12.82	33.4	30.9
30-34	14.03	14.82	30.4	27.8
35-39	15.47	17.53	27.4	24.8
40-44	16.78	21.38	24.4	21.8
45-49	18.39	25.14	21.3	19.0
50-54	24.02	32.26	18.1	16.2
55-59	31.12	40.36	15.1	13.6
60-64	46.23	56.03	12.3	11.1
65-69	63.81	76.55	9.8	8.9
70-74	95.39	108.65	7.6	6.9
75-79	141.15	160.72	5.7	5.2
80-84	206.86	229.74	4.3	3.9
85-89	288.11	321.81	3.3	3.0
90-94	383.97	429.43	2.5	2.3
95-99	490.28	545.09	2.0	1.8
100+	600.49	657.90	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 1962

Year

Country