Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste was 61.3 years in 2005: 62.9 for women and 59.7 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 7,950 people died; 20.3% of them were 65 or older and 37.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

61.3

Women

62.9

Men

59.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

64.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

88.3

Deaths

7,950

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.4

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

277

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

226

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	61.83	73.92	62.9	59.7
1-4	6.37	6.47	65.9	63.2
5-9	1.72	1.88	63.5	60.8
10-14	1.36	1.43	59.0	56.4
15-19	2.03	2.28	54.4	51.8
20-24	2.71	3.24	49.9	47.3
25-29	3.13	3.41	45.6	43.1
30-34	3.63	3.85	41.3	38.8
35-39	4.30	4.79	37.0	34.5
40-44	5.26	6.38	32.7	30.2
45-49	6.85	8.86	28.5	26.1
50-54	9.61	12.88	24.4	22.2
55-59	13.70	19.01	20.5	18.5
60-64	21.11	28.61	16.8	15.1
65-69	33.06	43.05	13.4	12.0
70-74	53.95	66.20	10.3	9.3
75-79	87.55	103.03	7.7	7.0
80-84	141.40	159.22	5.6	5.2
85-89	215.78	242.68	4.1	3.7
90-94	313.04	349.61	3.0	2.7
95-99	429.06	473.48	2.3	2.1
100+	559.91	606.87	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Timor-Leste by year

Mortality in Timor-Leste, 2005

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