Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 36.2 years in 1968: 37.7 for women and 34.9 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 14,018 people died; 9.5% of them were 65 or older and 51.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

36.2

Women

37.7

Men

34.9

Life expectancy at 65

9.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

211.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

315.4

Deaths

14,018

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.3

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

565

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

496

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	222.78	268.44	37.7	34.9
1-4	35.83	36.35	45.8	44.0
5-9	7.51	7.23	48.5	46.6
10-14	5.86	5.20	45.2	43.2
15-19	7.79	7.18	41.5	39.3
20-24	9.82	10.29	38.0	35.6
25-29	11.02	11.43	34.8	32.3
30-34	12.49	13.19	31.7	29.1
35-39	13.81	15.63	28.5	25.9
40-44	15.06	19.13	25.4	22.8
45-49	16.65	22.67	22.2	19.8
50-54	21.84	29.30	18.9	16.9
55-59	28.46	37.08	15.8	14.2
60-64	42.31	51.75	12.8	11.6
65-69	58.92	71.24	10.3	9.3
70-74	88.63	101.78	7.9	7.2
75-79	132.10	151.02	6.0	5.5
80-84	195.14	217.35	4.5	4.1
85-89	274.29	307.26	3.4	3.1
90-94	369.05	413.74	2.6	2.4
95-99	475.12	530.03	2.1	1.9
100+	587.41	645.12	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 1968

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