Australia
Life expectancy at birth, male (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.

Global rank#20out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

81.377.974.471.067.6196019922024Australia · 2024: 81.10 yearsAustralia

Analytical takeaways

  • Australia records 81.10 years for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024, ranking #20 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, male (years) increased from 67.79 years in 1960 to 81.10 years in 2024, a gain of 13.31 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.

Comparison

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