Life expectancy in Timor-Leste

Life expectancy in Timor-Leste: 29.2 years in 1950 and 67.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 67.7 years
Since 1950: +38.5 years
Rank, 2023: 179 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 79 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 79 years in 2100, between 67.4 years and 88.3 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 67.7 years in 2023, the lowest 22.9 years in 1978.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Timor-Leste	World
2023	67.7	73.2
2022	67.4	72.6
2021	66.2	70.9
2020	66.9	71.9
2019	66.5	72.6
2018	66.2	72.4
2017	65.9	72.1
2016	65.6	71.9
2015	65.3	71.6
2014	65	71.4
2013	64.7	71.1
2012	64.4	70.8
2011	64	70.4
2010	63.7	70.1
2009	63.3	69.7
2008	62.9	69.3
2007	62.4	69
2006	61.9	68.6
2005	61.3	68.1
2004	60.7	67.7
2003	60.1	67.4
2002	59.5	67.1
2001	58.8	66.8
2000	58.1	66.4
1999	45.3	66
1998	48.6	65.7
1997	49	65.5
1996	48.3	65.2
1995	47.5	64.9
1994	47.9	64.3
1993	47	64.4
1992	46.2	64.3
1991	45.1	64.1
1990	45.2	64
1989	44.8	63.8
1988	36.1	63.4
1987	36	63.2
1986	34.8	62.7
1985	34.3	62.2
1984	34.5	61.9
1983	32.7	61.5
1982	32.3	61.3
1981	31.3	60.9
1980	30.2	60.5
1979	24.2	60.2
1978	22.9	59.5
1977	24.9	59.2
1976	25.9	58.6
1975	24.3	58.3
1974	36.5	58.1
1973	39	57.7
1972	38.4	57.2
1971	37.9	56
1970	37.4	56.3
1969	36.8	56
1968	36.2	55.6
1967	35.7	55.1
1966	35.2	54.6
1965	34.7	54
1964	34.2	54.3
1963	33.7	53.7
1962	33.2	53.2
1961	32.8	50.4
1960	32.4	47.8
1959	32	49.6
1958	31.7	51.6
1957	31.3	51.1
1956	31	50.7
1955	30.7	50.2
1954	30.4	49.7
1953	30.1	48.8
1952	29.8	48.2
1951	29.5	47.1
1950	29.2	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Timor-Leste	World
2024	67.966.5–69.4	73.3
2025	68.166.1–70.2	73.5
2026	68.365.7–70.8	73.8
2027	68.565.5–71.4	73.9
2028	68.765.5–71.9	74.1
2029	68.965.4–72.3	74.2
2030	69.165.5–72.7	74.4
2031	69.365.5–73.1	74.5
2032	69.565.4–73.5	74.7
2033	69.765.4–74	74.8
2034	69.865.4–74.3	75
2035	7065.4–74.7	75.1
2036	70.265.3–74.9	75.3
2037	70.465.3–75.2	75.4
2038	70.565.1–75.5	75.5
2039	70.765.2–75.8	75.7
2040	70.865.3–76	75.8
2041	7165.4–76.4	75.9
2042	71.265.1–76.7	76.1
2043	71.365.2–76.8	76.2
2044	71.565.3–77.2	76.3
2045	71.665.4–77.4	76.5
2046	71.865.3–77.8	76.6
2047	71.965.4–78	76.7
2048	72.165.2–78.3	76.8
2049	72.265.4–78.5	76.9
2050	72.465.4–78.8	77
2051	72.565.7–79.2	77.1
2052	72.766–79.4	77.2
2053	72.866–79.8	77.3
2054	7365.9–80.1	77.4
2055	73.165.8–80.4	77.6
2056	73.265.7–80.6	77.7
2057	73.465.9–80.9	77.8
2058	73.565.8–80.9	77.9
2059	73.765.9–81	78
2060	73.866–81.2	78.1
2061	73.966.1–81.5	78.2
2062	74.166.2–81.8	78.3
2063	74.266.3–82.1	78.4
2064	74.366.4–82.4	78.5
2065	74.566.3–82.5	78.6
2066	74.666.3–82.6	78.7
2067	74.766.6–82.8	78.8
2068	74.866.6–83.1	78.9
2069	7566.3–83.2	79
2070	75.166.5–83.4	79.1
2071	75.366.5–83.7	79.2
2072	75.466.7–84.1	79.3
2073	75.566.6–84.3	79.4
2074	75.766.7–84.4	79.4
2075	75.866.8–84.3	79.5
2076	75.966.9–84.8	79.6
2077	7666.8–84.9	79.7
2078	76.267.1–85.1	79.8
2079	76.367–85.4	79.9
2080	76.466.9–85.5	80
2081	76.666.9–85.6	80.1
2082	76.767–85.6	80.2
2083	76.867–85.9	80.3
2084	7767.4–86.2	80.3
2085	77.167.1–86.3	80.4
2086	77.267–86.4	80.5
2087	77.467.2–86.7	80.6
2088	77.567.3–86.7	80.7
2089	77.667.5–87	80.8
2090	77.867.3–87.2	80.9
2091	77.967.3–87.2	81
2092	7867.3–87.4	81
2093	78.167.4–87.3	81.1
2094	78.367.5–87.4	81.2
2095	78.467.6–87.7	81.3
2096	78.567.6–87.8	81.4
2097	78.667.7–87.9	81.5
2098	78.867.7–87.9	81.6
2099	78.967.8–88	81.7
2100	7967.4–88.3	81.7

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How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
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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