Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 31.2 years in 1981: 38.8 for women and 25.7 for men, a gap of 13.1 years. 21,222 people died; 8.0% of them were 65 or older and 38.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

31.2

Women

38.8

Men

25.7

Life expectancy at 65

9.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

186.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

292.2

Deaths

21,222

Deaths per 1,000 people

32.1

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

849

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

493

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	196.44	228.28	38.8	25.8
1-4	35.83	35.28	45.9	31.0
5-9	8.42	8.30	48.7	31.4
10-14	6.07	6.44	45.7	27.7
15-19	7.13	19.68	42.0	23.5
20-24	9.08	44.19	38.4	20.6
25-29	10.09	45.85	35.1	20.1
30-34	11.48	42.53	31.8	19.7
35-39	13.32	40.24	28.5	18.8
40-44	15.75	40.10	25.3	17.4
45-49	17.63	42.31	22.2	15.8
50-54	22.44	46.52	19.0	13.9
55-59	28.87	55.97	15.9	11.9
60-64	41.05	69.30	13.0	10.0
65-69	57.84	91.00	10.4	8.1
70-74	86.32	123.79	8.1	6.4
75-79	126.11	169.25	6.2	5.0
80-84	190.84	245.78	4.5	3.7
85-89	278.12	364.75	3.4	2.6
90-94	382.16	507.42	2.5	1.9
95-99	495.64	839.14	2.0	1.2
100+	595.95	864.38	1.7	1.2

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 1981

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