| Table 5.2 | |||
| Timor-Leste: Population in privale households, 6 years | |||
| and older by literacy in any of the official laguages | |||
| according to sex and age group | |||
| Literacy | |||
| Sex and age group | Total | Iliterate | Literate |
| Both sexes | 741,530 | 401,655 | 339,875 |
| 6-9 | 103,052 | 83,153 | 19,899 |
| 10-14 | 118,213 | 57,558 | 60,655 |
| 15-19 | 94,283 | 24,193 | 70,090 |
| 20-24 | 74,561 | 22,170 | 52,391 |
| 25-29 | 56,559 | 19,647 | 36,912 |
| 30-34 | 61,970 | 25,320 | 36,650 |
| 35-39 | 48,518 | 25,337 | 23,181 |
| 40-44 | 45,724 | 30,291 | 15,433 |
| 45-49 | 34,175 | 24,715 | 9,460 |
| 50-54 | 32,808 | 26,243 | 6,565 |
| 55-59 | 19,134 | 15,931 | 3,203 |
| 60-64 | 20,462 | 18,080 | 2,382 |
| 65 + | 32,071 | 29,017 | 3,054 |
| Male | 375,701 | 188,568 | 187,133 |
| 6-9 | 53,030 | 43,077 | 9,953 |
| 10-14 | 61,224 | 30,393 | 30,831 |
| 15-19 | 47,515 | 12,097 | 35,418 |
| 20-24 | 36,779 | 9,877 | 26,902 |
| 25-29 | 27,950 | 8,186 | 19,764 |
| 30-34 | 31,913 | 10,412 | 21,501 |
| 35-39 | 24,707 | 9,732 | 14,975 |
| 40-44 | 22,358 | 11,876 | 10,482 |
| 45-49 | 16,818 | 10,376 | 6,442 |
| 50-54 | 16,564 | 11,878 | 4,686 |
| 55-59 | 9,868 | 7,578 | 2,290 |
| 60-64 | 10,582 | 8,872 | 1,710 |
| 65 + | 16,393 | 14,214 | 2,179 |
| Female | 365,829 | 213,087 | 152,742 |
| 6-9 | 50,022 | 40,076 | 9,946 |
| 10-14 | 56,989 | 27,165 | 29,824 |
| 15-19 | 46,768 | 12,096 | 34,672 |
| 20-24 | 37,782 | 12,293 | 25,489 |
| 25-29 | 28,609 | 11,461 | 17,148 |
| 30-34 | 30,057 | 14,908 | 15,149 |
| 35-39 | 23,811 | 15,605 | 8,206 |
| 40-44 | 23,366 | 18,415 | 4,951 |
| 45-49 | 17,357 | 14,339 | 3,018 |
| 50-54 | 16,244 | 14,365 | 1,879 |
| 55-59 | 9,266 | 8,353 | 913 |
| 60-64 | 9,880 | 9,208 | 672 |
| 65 + | 15,678 | 14,803 | 875 |