East Timor vs Sierra Leone Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
East Timor vs Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age
	East Timor	Sierra Leone
1960	19.3	21.1
1961	19.4	21.1
1962	19.5	21.1
1963	19.6	21
1964	19.8	21
1965	19.9	20.9
1966	20	20.9
1967	20.2	20.8
1968	20.3	20.7
1969	20.4	20.6
1970	20.5	20.4
1971	20.4	20.2
1972	20.4	20.1
1973	20.4	19.9
1974	20.3	19.8
1975	20.4	19.6
1976	20.6	19.5
1977	20.7	19.4
1978	20.9	19.3
1979	21.1	19.2
1980	21.1	19.1
1981	20.9	19.1
1982	20.5	19
1983	20.3	18.9
1984	20	18.9
1985	19.8	18.8
1986	19.7	18.7
1987	19.5	18.7
1988	19.3	18.6
1989	19.1	18.6
1990	19	18.5
1991	19	18.5
1992	19	18.4
1993	19	18.4
1994	18.9	18.3
1995	18.9	18.2
1996	18.8	18.2
1997	18.8	18.1
1998	18.7	18.1
1999	18.7	18
2000	18.6	18
2001	18.6	18
2002	18.6	17.9
2003	18.6	17.9
2004	18.7	17.9
2005	18.7	18
2006	18.7	18
2007	18.7	18
2008	18.7	18.1
2009	18.8	18.1
2010	18.9	18.2
2011	19	18.3
2012	19.2	18.4
2013	19.3	18.5
2014	19.5	18.6
2015	19.7	18.7
2016	20	18.9
2017	20.3	19.1
2018	20.6	19.2
2019	20.9	19.4
2020	21.2	19.6
2021	21.4	19.8
2022	21.7	20
2023	22.1	20.3
2024	22.4	20.5
2025	22.7	20.7
2026	23.1	20.9
2027	23.5	21.2
2028	23.9	21.4
2029	24.3	21.7
2030	24.7	21.9
2031	25.1	22.2
2032	25.5	22.4
2033	25.8	22.7
2034	26.2	23
2035	26.6	23.2
2036	26.9	23.5
2037	27.3	23.8
2038	27.6	24
2039	28	24.3
2040	28.3	24.6
2041	28.7	24.8
2042	29	25.1
2043	29.4	25.4
2044	29.8	25.7
2045	30.2	25.9
2046	30.6	26.2
2047	31	26.5
2048	31.4	26.8
2049	31.8	27.1
2050	32.2	27.3

In 1960, the median age in East Timor was 19.3 years compared to 21.1 years in Sierra Leone. As of 2024, the median age had changed to 22.4 years in East Timor and to 20.5 years in Sierra Leone.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in East Timor is expected to increased to around 32.2 years by 2050 compared to 27.3 years in Sierra Leone. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	East Timor		Sierra Leone
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	5.56%	5.3%	6.85%	6.72%
5-9	6.03%	5.88%	6.32%	6.24%
10-14	5.54%	5.35%	6.01%	5.94%
15-19	5.68%	5.55%	5.48%	5.41%
20-24	5.29%	5.2%	4.9%	4.84%
25-29	4.34%	4.32%	4.17%	4.17%
30-34	3.55%	3.6%	3.52%	3.5%
35-39	3.13%	3.13%	2.96%	2.95%
40-44	2.36%	2.33%	2.45%	2.45%
45-49	1.85%	1.76%	1.99%	2.03%
50-54	1.98%	1.79%	1.59%	1.66%
55-59	1.52%	1.41%	1.25%	1.34%
60-64	1.13%	1.11%	0.94%	1.05%
65-69	0.81%	0.83%	0.65%	0.77%
70-74	0.68%	0.78%	0.4%	0.51%
75-79	0.59%	0.77%	0.24%	0.31%
80+	0.37%	0.47%	0.15%	0.22%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. East Timor has average demographic potential with 71.2% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 74.1% and similar potential in Sierra Leone.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	East Timor			Sierra Leone
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	74.3%	69.9%	4.42%	72.5%	66%	6.59%
1961	73.1%	68.8%	4.32%	72.8%	66.1%	6.68%
1962	71.9%	67.6%	4.25%	73.1%	66.3%	6.77%
1963	71%	66.8%	4.23%	73.7%	66.9%	6.87%
1964	70.2%	66%	4.23%	74.8%	67.9%	6.97%
1965	70.1%	65.8%	4.26%	75.9%	68.8%	7.07%
1966	70.8%	66.5%	4.34%	76.7%	69.6%	7.15%
1967	71.6%	67.1%	4.43%	77.6%	70.4%	7.23%
1968	72.2%	67.7%	4.53%	78.5%	71.2%	7.31%
1969	72.8%	68.2%	4.61%	79.3%	72%	7.38%
1970	73.3%	68.6%	4.66%	80.1%	72.7%	7.44%
1971	73.6%	68.9%	4.7%	80.8%	73.3%	7.49%
1972	73.8%	69.1%	4.7%	81.5%	73.9%	7.54%
1973	73.8%	69.1%	4.7%	82.1%	74.5%	7.57%
1974	73.7%	69%	4.69%	82.7%	75.1%	7.61%
1975	72.8%	68.1%	4.62%	83.3%	75.7%	7.63%
1976	71.2%	66.7%	4.5%	83.8%	76.2%	7.65%
1977	69.7%	65.4%	4.38%	84.3%	76.6%	7.66%
1978	68.1%	63.9%	4.26%	84.7%	77%	7.67%
1979	66.8%	62.6%	4.16%	85.1%	77.4%	7.68%
1980	66.4%	62.3%	4.13%	85.4%	77.7%	7.67%
1981	67.5%	63.3%	4.18%	85.7%	78.1%	7.67%
1982	69.1%	64.9%	4.24%	86.1%	78.4%	7.66%
1983	70.5%	66.2%	4.28%	86.4%	78.7%	7.64%
1984	71.7%	67.4%	4.31%	86.7%	79.1%	7.62%
1985	73%	68.7%	4.3%	87%	79.4%	7.6%
1986	74.3%	70%	4.27%	87.3%	79.7%	7.57%
1987	75.8%	71.5%	4.21%	87.6%	80%	7.54%
1988	77.4%	73.3%	4.13%	87.9%	80.4%	7.5%
1989	78.9%	74.9%	4.03%	88.1%	80.6%	7.46%
1990	79.9%	75.9%	3.92%	88.2%	80.8%	7.41%
1991	80.4%	76.5%	3.89%	88.4%	81%	7.36%
1992	81%	77%	3.94%	88.6%	81.3%	7.3%
1993	81.6%	77.6%	3.99%	88.7%	81.5%	7.23%
1994	82.1%	78.1%	4.04%	88.9%	81.8%	7.17%
1995	82.5%	78.4%	4.08%	89.1%	82%	7.09%
1996	82.6%	78.5%	4.12%	89.3%	82.3%	7.02%
1997	82.6%	78.4%	4.17%	89.4%	82.5%	6.95%
1998	82.3%	78.1%	4.2%	89.6%	82.7%	6.87%
1999	82%	77.8%	4.24%	89.9%	83.1%	6.8%
2000	81.7%	77.4%	4.31%	90%	83.3%	6.73%
2001	81.6%	77.2%	4.4%	90.1%	83.4%	6.66%
2002	81.3%	76.8%	4.49%	90%	83.5%	6.59%
2003	81%	76.4%	4.59%	89.9%	83.4%	6.53%
2004	80.7%	76%	4.71%	89.7%	83.2%	6.46%
2005	81.2%	76.2%	4.99%	89.4%	83%	6.4%
2006	82.5%	77%	5.48%	89%	82.6%	6.34%
2007	83.7%	77.6%	6.04%	88.5%	82.2%	6.28%
2008	84.4%	77.7%	6.69%	88%	81.8%	6.22%
2009	84.9%	77.4%	7.45%	87.5%	81.3%	6.18%
2010	85.2%	77%	8.2%	86.9%	80.7%	6.14%
2011	85.1%	76.4%	8.7%	86.2%	80.1%	6.09%
2012	84.4%	75.4%	8.98%	85.4%	79.3%	6.03%
2013	83.2%	74%	9.19%	84.3%	78.4%	5.95%
2014	81.6%	72.2%	9.33%	83.1%	77.3%	5.83%
2015	79.8%	70.3%	9.46%	81.8%	76%	5.73%
2016	78%	68.5%	9.6%	80.4%	74.8%	5.67%
2017	76.3%	66.6%	9.69%	79.1%	73.5%	5.61%
2018	74.6%	64.9%	9.69%	77.7%	72.2%	5.56%
2019	72.8%	63.2%	9.61%	76.5%	70.9%	5.53%
2020	71.1%	61.6%	9.47%	75.3%	69.8%	5.51%
2021	69.3%	60%	9.28%	74.1%	68.6%	5.49%
2022	67.3%	58.3%	9.04%	72.9%	67.4%	5.49%
2023	65.5%	56.6%	8.83%	71.6%	66.1%	5.5%
2024	63.8%	55.1%	8.64%	70.4%	64.9%	5.53%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in East Timor decreased from 80.7% to 63.8% between 2004 and 2024.

In Sierra Leone, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 89.7% to 70.4% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and a decreased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	East Timor	Sierra Leone
1960	57.4%	58%
1961	57.8%	57.9%
1962	58.2%	57.8%
1963	58.5%	57.6%
1964	58.7%	57.2%
1965	58.8%	56.9%
1966	58.5%	56.6%
1967	58.3%	56.3%
1968	58.1%	56%
1969	57.9%	55.8%
1970	57.7%	55.5%
1971	57.6%	55.3%
1972	57.5%	55.1%
1973	57.5%	54.9%
1974	57.6%	54.7%
1975	57.9%	54.6%
1976	58.4%	54.4%
1977	58.9%	54.3%
1978	59.5%	54.1%
1979	60%	54%
1980	60.1%	53.9%
1981	59.7%	53.8%
1982	59.1%	53.7%
1983	58.7%	53.7%
1984	58.2%	53.6%
1985	57.8%	53.5%
1986	57.4%	53.4%
1987	56.9%	53.3%
1988	56.4%	53.2%
1989	55.9%	53.2%
1990	55.6%	53.1%
1991	55.4%	53.1%
1992	55.3%	53%
1993	55.1%	53%
1994	54.9%	52.9%
1995	54.8%	52.9%
1996	54.8%	52.8%
1997	54.8%	52.8%
1998	54.8%	52.7%
1999	54.9%	52.7%
2000	55%	52.6%
2001	55.1%	52.6%
2002	55.2%	52.6%
2003	55.3%	52.6%
2004	55.4%	52.7%
2005	55.2%	52.8%
2006	54.8%	52.9%
2007	54.4%	53%
2008	54.2%	53.2%
2009	54.1%	53.3%
2010	54%	53.5%
2011	54%	53.7%
2012	54.2%	53.9%
2013	54.6%	54.2%
2014	55.1%	54.6%
2015	55.6%	55%
2016	56.2%	55.4%
2017	56.7%	55.8%
2018	57.3%	56.3%
2019	57.9%	56.7%
2020	58.5%	57%
2021	59.1%	57.4%
2022	59.8%	57.8%
2023	60.4%	58.3%
2024	61.1%	58.7%
2025	61.7%	59.1%
2026	62.2%	59.5%
2027	62.7%	59.9%
2028	63.3%	60.2%
2029	63.9%	60.6%
2030	64.5%	60.9%
2031	65.1%	61.2%
2032	65.6%	61.6%
2033	66.2%	61.9%
2034	66.6%	62.2%
2035	67%	62.5%
2036	67.3%	62.9%
2037	67.5%	63.2%
2038	67.6%	63.5%
2039	67.7%	63.8%
2040	67.9%	64.1%
2041	68.1%	64.3%
2042	68.3%	64.6%
2043	68.6%	64.8%
2044	68.9%	65.1%
2045	69.1%	65.3%
2046	69.3%	65.5%
2047	69.5%	65.7%
2048	69.7%	65.9%
2049	69.8%	66.1%
2050	69.9%	66.3%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 55.4% to 61.1% in East Timor and from 52.7% to 58.7% in Sierra Leone.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Sierra Leone
1960	40.1%	38.2%
1961	39.7%	38.3%
1962	39.3%	38.3%
1963	39%	38.5%
1964	38.8%	38.8%
1965	38.7%	39.1%
1966	38.9%	39.4%
1967	39.1%	39.6%
1968	39.3%	39.9%
1969	39.5%	40.1%
1970	39.6%	40.3%
1971	39.7%	40.6%
1972	39.7%	40.7%
1973	39.8%	40.9%
1974	39.7%	41.1%
1975	39.4%	41.3%
1976	39%	41.4%
1977	38.5%	41.6%
1978	38%	41.7%
1979	37.5%	41.8%
1980	37.4%	41.9%
1981	37.8%	42%
1982	38.4%	42.1%
1983	38.8%	42.2%
1984	39.3%	42.3%
1985	39.7%	42.5%
1986	40.2%	42.6%
1987	40.7%	42.7%
1988	41.3%	42.8%
1989	41.9%	42.9%
1990	42.2%	42.9%
1991	42.4%	43%
1992	42.6%	43.1%
1993	42.7%	43.2%
1994	42.9%	43.3%
1995	43%	43.4%
1996	43%	43.5%
1997	43%	43.5%
1998	42.9%	43.6%
1999	42.7%	43.7%
2000	42.6%	43.8%
2001	42.5%	43.9%
2002	42.4%	43.9%
2003	42.2%	43.9%
2004	42%	43.9%
2005	42.1%	43.8%
2006	42.2%	43.7%
2007	42.3%	43.6%
2008	42.1%	43.5%
2009	41.9%	43.4%
2010	41.6%	43.2%
2011	41.3%	43%
2012	40.9%	42.8%
2013	40.4%	42.5%
2014	39.8%	42.2%
2015	39.1%	41.8%
2016	38.4%	41.4%
2017	37.8%	41%
2018	37.2%	40.6%
2019	36.6%	40.2%
2020	36%	39.8%
2021	35.4%	39.4%
2022	34.8%	39%
2023	34.2%	38.5%
2024	33.7%	38.1%
2025	33.1%	37.7%
2026	32.6%	37.2%
2027	32.1%	36.8%
2028	31.6%	36.3%
2029	31%	35.9%
2030	30.4%	35.5%
2031	29.8%	35.2%
2032	29.2%	34.8%
2033	28.7%	34.4%
2034	28.1%	34%
2035	27.6%	33.6%
2036	27.2%	33.2%
2037	26.9%	32.8%
2038	26.7%	32.4%
2039	26.4%	32%
2040	26.2%	31.6%
2041	25.9%	31.2%
2042	25.6%	30.9%
2043	25.4%	30.5%
2044	25.1%	30.2%
2045	24.8%	29.8%
2046	24.5%	29.5%
2047	24.1%	29.2%
2048	23.8%	28.8%
2049	23.5%	28.5%
2050	23.1%	28.2%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 33.7% in East Timor and 38.1% in Sierra Leone. Birth rates in East Timor compared to Sierra Leone .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	East Timor	Sierra Leone
1960	2.54%	3.82%
1961	2.49%	3.87%
1962	2.47%	3.91%
1963	2.47%	3.95%
1964	2.49%	3.99%
1965	2.51%	4.02%
1966	2.54%	4.05%
1967	2.58%	4.07%
1968	2.63%	4.09%
1969	2.67%	4.11%
1970	2.69%	4.13%
1971	2.7%	4.14%
1972	2.71%	4.15%
1973	2.7%	4.16%
1974	2.7%	4.16%
1975	2.67%	4.16%
1976	2.63%	4.16%
1977	2.58%	4.16%
1978	2.53%	4.15%
1979	2.49%	4.15%
1980	2.48%	4.14%
1981	2.49%	4.13%
1982	2.5%	4.12%
1983	2.51%	4.1%
1984	2.51%	4.08%
1985	2.49%	4.06%
1986	2.45%	4.04%
1987	2.4%	4.02%
1988	2.33%	3.99%
1989	2.25%	3.97%
1990	2.18%	3.94%
1991	2.16%	3.91%
1992	2.18%	3.87%
1993	2.19%	3.83%
1994	2.22%	3.79%
1995	2.24%	3.75%
1996	2.26%	3.71%
1997	2.28%	3.67%
1998	2.31%	3.62%
1999	2.33%	3.58%
2000	2.37%	3.54%
2001	2.42%	3.5%
2002	2.48%	3.47%
2003	2.54%	3.44%
2004	2.6%	3.41%
2005	2.76%	3.38%
2006	3%	3.35%
2007	3.29%	3.33%
2008	3.63%	3.31%
2009	4.03%	3.3%
2010	4.43%	3.28%
2011	4.7%	3.27%
2012	4.87%	3.26%
2013	5.01%	3.23%
2014	5.14%	3.19%
2015	5.26%	3.15%
2016	5.39%	3.14%
2017	5.49%	3.13%
2018	5.55%	3.13%
2019	5.56%	3.14%
2020	5.54%	3.14%
2021	5.48%	3.15%
2022	5.41%	3.18%
2023	5.33%	3.21%
2024	5.28%	3.24%
2025	5.23%	3.28%
2026	5.19%	3.33%
2027	5.15%	3.38%
2028	5.12%	3.43%
2029	5.1%	3.49%
2030	5.09%	3.56%
2031	5.1%	3.62%
2032	5.13%	3.69%
2033	5.19%	3.76%
2034	5.27%	3.83%
2035	5.37%	3.91%
2036	5.48%	3.99%
2037	5.59%	4.07%
2038	5.71%	4.15%
2039	5.84%	4.24%
2040	5.94%	4.33%
2041	6.01%	4.43%
2042	6.04%	4.53%
2043	6.05%	4.64%
2044	6.07%	4.75%
2045	6.12%	4.86%
2046	6.22%	4.98%
2047	6.36%	5.1%
2048	6.55%	5.23%
2049	6.77%	5.36%
2050	7.01%	5.5%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 5.28% in East Timor and 3.24% in Sierra Leone. Life expectancy in East Timor compared to Sierra Leone .