Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 32.2 years in 1982: 40.2 for women and 26.6 for men, a gap of 13.6 years. 20,930 people died; 8.1% of them were 65 or older and 39.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

32.2

Women

40.2

Men

26.6

Life expectancy at 65

9.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

177.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

278.1

Deaths

20,930

Deaths per 1,000 people

31.3

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

843

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

480

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	186.23	216.62	40.2	26.6
1-4	33.35	32.87	47.1	31.7
5-9	7.82	7.72	49.5	31.9
10-14	5.69	6.06	46.4	28.0
15-19	6.80	19.25	42.6	23.8
20-24	8.69	43.48	39.0	21.0
25-29	9.66	45.08	35.6	20.5
30-34	11.00	41.72	32.3	20.0
35-39	12.78	39.37	29.0	19.1
40-44	15.14	39.12	25.7	17.7
45-49	16.96	41.21	22.5	16.0
50-54	21.59	45.24	19.3	14.1
55-59	27.78	54.48	16.2	12.1
60-64	39.50	67.40	13.3	10.2
65-69	55.80	88.58	10.6	8.3
70-74	83.60	120.66	8.2	6.5
75-79	122.90	165.39	6.3	5.1
80-84	185.97	240.01	4.6	3.7
85-89	272.44	356.97	3.4	2.7
90-94	378.42	502.41	2.6	1.9
95-99	489.99	827.58	2.0	1.2
100+	591.40	854.41	1.7	1.2

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 1982

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