Australia
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- Australia records 83.05 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #22 globally out of 217 countries.
- Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 70.82 years in 1960 to 83.05 years in 2024, a gain of 12.23 years.
- The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.
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