Life expectancy: Australia

83.9228 years in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 106 years from 1885 to 2023 are below.

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.

Every year

YearValue (years)
202383.9228
202282.7662
202183.564
202083.6639
201983.2412
201883.2582
201782.7184
201682.8014
201582.605
201482.5182
201382.5511
201282.2966
201182.0911
201082.0132
200981.7283
200881.4267
200781.2324
200681.2581
200581.0923
200480.7334
200380.4396
200280.0515
200180.006
200079.6207
199979.2769
199879.0202
199778.6256
199678.3436
199578.2569
199477.8515
199378.006
199277.4731
199177.4806
199077.0414
198976.1973
198876.3443
198776.083
198676.0716
198575.4303
198475.5099
198375.4402
198274.7192
198174.7827
198074.5655
197974.327
197873.7403
197773.4719
197672.7871
197572.7834
197471.8491
197372.0579
197271.7682
197171.451
197070.6534
196971.0719
196870.6807
196771.0472
196670.6776
196570.8021
196470.5715
196370.9606
196270.9059
196171.1348
196070.8652
195970.445
195870.8606
195770.3168
195670.0366
195570.1564
195469.8595
195369.6911
195269.1125
195168.6995
195069
194969.09
194868.47
194768.52
194667.92
194568.38
194467.96
194366.33
194265.79
194166.04
194066.16
193965.73
193865.76
193765.74
193665.19
193565.05
193464.79
193365.43
193265.6
193165.32
193064.9
192963.08
192862.91
192762.84
192662.88
192563.17
192462.48
192361.68
192262.83
192160.97
190557
189552.95
188549.05