Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 25.9 years in 1976: 32.5 for women and 21.6 for men, a gap of 10.9 years. 22,885 people died; 8.4% of them were 65 or older and 37.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

25.9

Women

32.5

Men

21.6

Life expectancy at 65

8.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

229.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

364.2

Deaths

22,885

Deaths per 1,000 people

37.7

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

883

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

559

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	252.02	289.53	32.5	21.6
1-4	49.82	48.92	40.4	27.5
5-9	11.86	11.73	44.7	28.9
10-14	8.26	8.66	42.3	25.6
15-19	8.83	22.34	39.0	21.6
20-24	11.01	48.84	35.7	18.8
25-29	12.20	50.86	32.5	18.3
30-34	13.85	47.60	29.4	17.9
35-39	16.02	45.51	26.4	17.1
40-44	18.86	45.85	23.3	15.9
45-49	21.15	48.77	20.4	14.4
50-54	26.96	53.94	17.4	12.7
55-59	34.69	64.70	14.6	10.8
60-64	49.26	80.29	11.8	9.0
65-69	68.72	105.21	9.5	7.3
70-74	100.67	142.02	7.3	5.8
75-79	142.03	189.22	5.6	4.5
80-84	219.89	291.78	4.1	3.2
85-89	311.50	420.68	3.0	2.3
90-94	427.71	581.99	2.3	1.7
95-99	568.87	843.48	1.8	1.2
100+	643.00	846.10	1.6	1.2

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 1976

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