Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 34.3 years in 1985: 42.8 for women and 28.5 for men, a gap of 14.3 years. 19,977 people died; 8.5% of them were 65 or older and 39.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

34.3

Women

42.8

Men

28.5

Life expectancy at 65

9.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

160.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

250.9

Deaths

19,977

Deaths per 1,000 people

28.7

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

823

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

450

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	166.38	192.79	42.8	28.5
1-4	29.25	28.58	49.3	33.3
5-9	6.95	6.86	51.1	33.1
10-14	5.06	5.44	47.9	29.2
15-19	6.10	18.04	44.0	24.9
20-24	7.83	41.03	40.3	22.0
25-29	8.71	42.48	36.8	21.4
30-34	9.92	39.17	33.3	20.9
35-39	11.58	36.84	29.9	19.9
40-44	13.84	36.48	26.5	18.5
45-49	15.61	38.46	23.3	16.7
50-54	19.91	42.21	19.9	14.7
55-59	25.74	51.10	16.8	12.6
60-64	36.64	63.37	13.7	10.5
65-69	52.23	83.69	11.0	8.6
70-74	78.79	114.48	8.5	6.8
75-79	116.68	156.73	6.5	5.3
80-84	178.58	231.71	4.8	3.9
85-89	262.93	344.61	3.5	2.8
90-94	373.47	510.68	2.6	1.9
95-99	502.29	695.73	2.0	1.4
100+	599.66	738.55	1.7	1.4

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 1985

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