East Asia & Pacific
A life that begins in Timor-Leste
One in every 4,344 babies in the world is born here: about 30,878 a year, 0.059 a minute.
- Population
- 1,418,517
- Births a year
- 30,878
- Life expectancy
- 68
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 47.6
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
69.7
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
66.3
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
34.6
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
47.6
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
192
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.2
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
49
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
0.17
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
11.9
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
4.1
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.63
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
15
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
92
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
85
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
31
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
19.9
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$4,110
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
29
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
44
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
1.6
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
46
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
62
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
7
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
29
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
94
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
87
World: 91
Internet users (%)
35
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
≈ 6.07
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 32.5 → 2026: 68.3 → 2050: 72.4
World
1960: 450 → 2026: 45 → 2050: 20
World
1960: 6.3 → 2026: 2.6 → 2050: 1.9
World
1960: 10 → 2026: 30 → 2050: 48
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Timor-Leste comes up about once in every 4,344 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.