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If you were born in Timor-Leste
1 in 4,344 babies · 0.02% of births · about 30,878 a year
Right now, about 0.02% of the world's babies are born in Timor-Leste — 1 in 4,344, or roughly 30,878 a year and 85 a day. Life expectancy there is 67.9 years.
How the 1 in 4,344 is calculated
This number is not based on population. It uses births: Timor-Leste has about 30,878 births a year, and the world has about 134,147,481. Divide one by the other and you get 0.02% — 1 in 4,344. Using population instead would understate young countries and overstate ageing ones, so every draw is weighted by births.
Life in Timor-Leste, in numbers
| Indicator | Value | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy women 69.7 · men 66.3 | 67.9 years | 128th highest of 172 countries |
| Chance of dying before 5 47.6 / 1,000 | 4.8% | 139th lowest of 170 countries |
| Chance of dying before 1 34.6 / 1,000 | 3.5% | 137th lowest of 170 countries |
| Mothers who die giving birth per 100,000 births | 192 | 134th lowest of 170 countries |
| Children per woman | 2.63 | 112th lowest of 172 countries |
| Expected years of schooling | 12.4 years | 95th highest of 168 countries |
| Tertiary enrollment | 31.0% | 97th highest of 168 countries |
| Income per person (PPP) GDP per capita, PPP | $4,809 | 139th highest of 170 countries |
| Income inequality closer to 0 = more equal | 28.70 | 137th highest of 157 countries |
| People living in cities | 28.8% | 159th highest of 172 countries |
| People working in farming | 46.0% | 145th lowest of 171 countries |
| People using the internet | 35.0% | 139th highest of 172 countries |
| Homicide per 100,000 people | 4.1 | 99th lowest of 155 countries |
| Health costs paid out of pocket share of health spending | 7.0% | 6th lowest of 168 countries |
| Adults living with HIV | 0.20% | 97th highest of 142 countries |
| People who smoke | 48.8% | — |
How to read these numbers
Income is shown in purchasing-power-parity dollars, so it compares what money buys locally rather than market exchange rates. The under-5 rate is the share of babies who die before their fifth birthday; the maternal mortality ratio is per 100,000 live births. A Gini index closer to 0 means a more equal income distribution, and a higher number means a more unequal one.
Each indicator uses the most recent year with a non-empty value, which can differ by country; the rank compares this country with the other 171 in the dataset, not with every country on Earth. Where a value is missing, the page shows a dash rather than an estimate.
Timor-Leste compared with East Asia & Pacific
Life expectancy in Timor-Leste is 67.9 years, against a East Asia & Pacific average of 74.8. The under-5 death rate is 4.8%, versus 1.8% across the region. Income per person is $4,809, against $34,115 regionally; expected schooling is 12.4 years against 13.2. 28.8% of people live in cities, against 59.6% in the region.
| Indicator | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.9 years old | 74.8 years old | 73.3 years old |
| Under-5 deaths | 4.8% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Income per person (PPP) | $4,809 | $34,115 | $30,311 |
| Expected schooling | 12.4 years | 13.2 years | 13.0 years |
| People in cities | 28.8% | 59.6% | 61.6% |
What a life there looks like
Put those numbers together and you get a life: about 67.9 years on average, with roughly 47.6 of every 1,000 babies dying before their fifth birthday. A child can expect 12.4 years of school, and income per person is around $4,809. These are averages — every life still lands somewhere on the distribution.
If you play as someone born in Timor-Leste
The game draws Timor-Leste in about 1 of every 4,344 births. From there the life runs year by year: 67.9 years of life expectancy on average, a 4.8% chance of dying before five, and an income of about $4,809 per person. Choices move the odds; the starting statistics do not.
Nearby and similar countries
- Chance of being born in Hong Kong — 1 in 3,651
- Chance of being born in Singapore — 1 in 2,966
- Chance of being born in Solomon Islands — 1 in 5,989
- All 172 countries
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Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, with UN World Population Prospects 2024 and UN IGME for births and mortality. Values are the most recent non-empty year for each indicator; the year is noted where it differs. Page updated Oct 24, 2026.