Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 34.7 years in 1965: 36.1 for women and 33.3 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 14,182 people died; 9.1% of them were 65 or older and 52.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

34.7

Women

36.1

Men

33.3

Life expectancy at 65

9.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

223.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

333.4

Deaths

14,182

Deaths per 1,000 people

28.0

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

584

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

515

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	237.93	287.80	36.1	33.3
1-4	38.55	39.14	44.4	42.8
5-9	8.02	7.69	47.4	45.6
10-14	6.26	5.53	44.3	42.3
15-19	8.29	7.61	40.6	38.4
20-24	10.44	10.91	37.2	34.8
25-29	11.71	12.14	34.1	31.6
30-34	13.28	14.02	31.0	28.4
35-39	14.66	16.60	27.9	25.3
40-44	15.94	20.27	24.9	22.3
45-49	17.55	23.93	21.7	19.4
50-54	22.97	30.81	18.5	16.6
55-59	29.83	38.75	15.4	13.9
60-64	44.33	53.92	12.5	11.3
65-69	61.44	73.92	10.0	9.1
70-74	92.12	105.23	7.7	7.1
75-79	136.76	155.88	5.9	5.3
80-84	201.18	223.52	4.4	4.0
85-89	281.42	314.46	3.3	3.0
90-94	376.75	421.43	2.6	2.3
95-99	482.97	537.28	2.0	1.8
100+	594.21	651.00	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 1965

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