Life expectancy in Australia

Life expectancy in Australia: 69 years in 1950 and 83.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 83.9 years
Since 1950: +14.9 years
Rank, 2023: 10 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 92.6 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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Estimates, UNEstimates, Our World in DataUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 92.6 years in 2100, between 84.9 years and 100.2 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 83.9 years in 2023, the lowest 68.7 years in 1951.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1885: 49.1 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Australia	World
2023	83.9	73.2
2022	82.8	72.6
2021	83.6	70.9
2020	83.7	71.9
2019	83.2	72.6
2018	83.3	72.4
2017	82.7	72.1
2016	82.8	71.9
2015	82.6	71.6
2014	82.5	71.4
2013	82.6	71.1
2012	82.3	70.8
2011	82.1	70.4
2010	82	70.1
2009	81.7	69.7
2008	81.4	69.3
2007	81.2	69
2006	81.3	68.6
2005	81.1	68.1
2004	80.7	67.7
2003	80.4	67.4
2002	80.1	67.1
2001	80	66.8
2000	79.6	66.4
1999	79.3	66
1998	79	65.7
1997	78.6	65.5
1996	78.3	65.2
1995	78.3	64.9
1994	77.9	64.3
1993	78	64.4
1992	77.5	64.3
1991	77.5	64.1
1990	77	64
1989	76.2	63.8
1988	76.3	63.4
1987	76.1	63.2
1986	76.1	62.7
1985	75.4	62.2
1984	75.5	61.9
1983	75.4	61.5
1982	74.7	61.3
1981	74.8	60.9
1980	74.6	60.5
1979	74.3	60.2
1978	73.7	59.5
1977	73.5	59.2
1976	72.8	58.6
1975	72.8	58.3
1974	71.9	58.1
1973	72.1	57.7
1972	71.8	57.2
1971	71.5	56
1970	70.7	56.3
1969	71.1	56
1968	70.7	55.6
1967	71.1	55.1
1966	70.7	54.6
1965	70.8	54
1964	70.6	54.3
1963	71	53.7
1962	70.9	53.2
1961	71.1	50.4
1960	70.9	47.8
1959	70.4	49.6
1958	70.9	51.6
1957	70.3	51.1
1956	70	50.7
1955	70.2	50.2
1954	69.9	49.7
1953	69.7	48.8
1952	69.1	48.2
1951	68.7	47.1
1950	69	46.4
1949	69.1	–
1948	68.5	–
1947	68.5	–
1946	67.9	–
1945	68.4	–
1944	68	–
1943	66.3	–
1942	65.8	–
1941	66	–
1940	66.2	–
1939	65.7	–
1938	65.8	–
1937	65.7	–
1936	65.2	–
1935	65.1	–
1934	64.8	–
1933	65.4	–
1932	65.6	–
1931	65.3	–
1930	64.9	–
1929	63.1	–
1928	62.9	–
1927	62.8	–
1926	62.9	–
1925	63.2	–
1924	62.5	–
1923	61.7	–
1922	62.8	–
1921	61	–
1905	57	–
1895	53	–
1885	49.1	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Australia	World
2024	84.183.2–85	73.3
2025	84.283–85.5	73.5
2026	84.382.9–85.8	73.8
2027	84.582.9–86.3	73.9
2028	84.682.7–86.5	74.1
2029	84.882.8–86.9	74.2
2030	84.982.7–87.1	74.4
2031	8582.7–87.3	74.5
2032	85.182.7–87.8	74.7
2033	85.382.5–88	74.8
2034	85.482.4–88.3	75
2035	85.582.5–88.6	75.1
2036	85.682.6–88.9	75.3
2037	85.782.6–89.2	75.4
2038	85.982.7–89.4	75.5
2039	8682.8–89.6	75.7
2040	86.182.9–89.8	75.8
2041	86.282.9–89.9	75.9
2042	86.382.8–90	76.1
2043	86.582.8–90.2	76.2
2044	86.682.9–90.5	76.3
2045	86.783–90.9	76.5
2046	86.883.1–91	76.6
2047	86.983.1–91.2	76.7
2048	8783.2–91.4	76.8
2049	87.183.2–91.5	76.9
2050	87.383.2–91.7	77
2051	87.483.4–91.9	77.1
2052	87.583.3–92.1	77.2
2053	87.683.3–92.3	77.3
2054	87.783.3–92.5	77.4
2055	87.883.3–92.5	77.6
2056	87.983.3–92.7	77.7
2057	8883.3–92.9	77.8
2058	88.183.5–93	77.9
2059	88.283.6–93.2	78
2060	88.483.6–93.3	78.1
2061	88.583.8–93.6	78.2
2062	88.683.9–93.8	78.3
2063	88.783.7–94.1	78.4
2064	88.883.7–94.1	78.5
2065	88.983.7–94.3	78.6
2066	8983.8–94.5	78.7
2067	89.183.7–94.8	78.8
2068	89.283.8–94.8	78.9
2069	89.383.8–95	79
2070	89.484–95.3	79.1
2071	89.584.1–95.6	79.2
2072	89.684.3–95.7	79.3
2073	89.884.1–95.8	79.4
2074	89.984.3–96	79.4
2075	9084.3–96.4	79.5
2076	90.184.3–96.4	79.6
2077	90.284.3–96.7	79.7
2078	90.384.3–96.9	79.8
2079	90.484.2–97.2	79.9
2080	90.584.4–97.4	80
2081	90.684.4–97.5	80.1
2082	90.784.4–97.5	80.2
2083	90.884.6–97.8	80.3
2084	90.984.5–97.8	80.3
2085	9184.5–98.1	80.4
2086	91.184.5–98.2	80.5
2087	91.284.6–98.4	80.6
2088	91.384.6–98.6	80.7
2089	91.584.7–98.7	80.8
2090	91.684.7–98.9	80.9
2091	91.784.9–99	81
2092	91.884.8–99.1	81
2093	91.984.9–99.1	81.1
2094	9284.9–99.2	81.2
2095	92.184.8–99.4	81.3
2096	92.284.8–99.5	81.4
2097	92.385–99.6	81.5
2098	92.485–99.9	81.6
2099	92.585.1–100	81.7
2100	92.684.9–100.2	81.7

Good to know

How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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