Timor-Leste
Infant mortality in Timor-Leste
Infant mortality in Timor-Leste: 272.9 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 37.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 37.6 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −235.3 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 29 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 8.4 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 8.4 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 2.5 per 1,000 live births and 37.1 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Timor-Leste | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 37.6 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 38.7 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 40 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 41.2 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 42.4 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 43.6 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 44.9 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 46.1 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 47.2 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 48.5 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 49.8 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 51.2 | 35 |
| 2011 | 52.7 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 54.3 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 56 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 57.8 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 59.8 | 42 |
| 2006 | 62.1 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 64.7 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 67.2 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 70 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 72.9 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 76.2 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 79.4 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 120.9 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 118 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 117 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 121.5 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 125.9 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 125.5 | 62 |
| 1993 | 129.7 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 134.8 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 140.6 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 141.7 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 143.5 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 147.6 | 68 |
| 1987 | 148.5 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 157.2 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 160.6 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 160.3 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 173.7 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 177.8 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 186.2 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 194.3 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 245.8 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 257.5 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 238.7 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 229.5 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 243.7 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 203.7 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 190.8 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 194.7 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 198.6 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 202.7 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 206.9 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 211.2 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 215.4 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 219.6 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 223.8 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 228 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 231.9 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 235.6 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 239.1 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 242.5 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 245.7 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 248.9 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 252 | 120 |
| 1956 | 255 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 258 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 260.9 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 263.9 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 266.9 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 269.9 | 136 |
| 1950 | 272.9 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Timor-Leste | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.328.3–44.1 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 3524.5–46.6 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 33.922.1–48.5 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 32.819.7–49.9 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 31.818.1–49.8 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 30.716.6–49.9 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 29.815.4–49.7 | 24 |
| 2031 | 28.914.5–49.4 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 27.913.3–49.5 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 27.112.3–49.8 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 26.311.5–49.6 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 25.510.9–49.3 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 24.810.4–49.6 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 24.19.9–49.8 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 23.49.4–50.4 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 22.88.9–49.7 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 22.18.5–49.1 | 20 |
| 2041 | 21.58.1–49 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 20.97.6–49.7 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 20.37.5–48.8 | 19 |
| 2044 | 19.77.1–48.7 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 19.26.8–47.2 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 18.76.5–47.6 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 18.26.2–46.8 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 17.86.1–47.7 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 17.55.9–47.1 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 17.15.7–46.7 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 16.75.4–45.3 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 16.45.3–43.6 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 16.15.1–43.3 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 15.84.9–44.1 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 15.54.7–44.2 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 15.24.5–44.4 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 14.94.4–44.5 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 14.74.5–44.6 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 14.44.5–44.4 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 14.24.4–43.8 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 13.94.3–43.6 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 13.64.2–42.9 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 13.54–41.2 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 13.23.9–41.4 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 133.9–41.6 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 12.83.9–41.6 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 12.63.7–40.6 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 12.43.7–40.7 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 12.23.6–41.3 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 11.93.6–41 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 11.73.5–41.5 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 11.63.3–40 | 13 |
| 2073 | 11.43.3–40.3 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 11.23.3–39.9 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 11.13.3–39.4 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 10.93.2–38.8 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 10.83.1–39.4 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 10.63.1–38.1 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 10.43–38.6 | 12 |
| 2080 | 10.32.9–38.5 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 10.22.9–38.7 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 103–37.9 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 9.92.9–37.9 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 9.72.8–37.1 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 9.62.8–37.4 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 9.62.8–38.2 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 9.42.7–37.5 | 11 |
| 2088 | 9.32.8–37.1 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 9.32.7–35.8 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 9.22.6–37.4 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 9.12.6–37.6 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 92.6–37.2 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 8.92.6–36.7 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 8.82.7–37.6 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 8.82.6–36.4 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 8.72.6–36.3 | 10 |
| 2097 | 8.62.6–36.3 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 8.52.6–35.7 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 8.42.6–36 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 8.42.5–37.1 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending2.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$47.5M in 2025
- Military spending per person$34 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.36% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports14 million TIV in 2011