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List of Australian states by life expectancy

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This is a list of Australian states and territories by estimated life expectancy at birth.

Australia is administratively divided into 6 states, 3 internal territories and several external territories. However, one of the internal territories - Jervis Bay - has population less than 400 people, and is usually not included in statistics as a separate territory.

According to estimation of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, life expectancy at birth in the country in period 2022–2024 was 83.0 years (81.1 for male and 85.1 for female).[1]

According to alternative estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in Australia was 83.92 years (82.10 for male, 85.74 for female).[2]

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 83.05 years total (81.10 for male, 85.10 for female).[3]

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Australia was 82.64 years (80.72 years for male and 84.57 years for female).
And healthy life expectancy was 70.26 years (69.68 years for male and 70.84 years for female).[4]

Australian Bureau of Statistics (2024)

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Administrative divisions of Australia
state 2019–2021 Δ1 2020–2022 Δ2 2021–2023 Δ3 2022–2024 total
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overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M
Australia 83.3 81.3 85.4 4.1 −0.1 83.2 81.2 85.3 4.1 −0.2 83.0 81.1 85.1 4.0 0.0 83.0 81.1 85.1 4.0 −0.3
Capital Territory 84.5 82.7 86.3 3.6 −0.4 84.1 82.2 86.0 3.8 −0.5 83.6 81.7 85.7 4.0 0.2 83.8 82.0 85.8 3.8 −0.7
Western Australia 83.8 81.7 85.9 4.2 −0.1 83.7 81.7 85.8 4.1 −0.1 83.6 81.6 85.7 4.1 0.0 83.6 81.5 85.7 4.2 −0.2
Victoria 83.7 81.7 85.7 4.0 −0.2 83.5 81.6 85.5 3.9 −0.1 83.4 81.5 85.4 3.9 0.0 83.4 81.5 85.4 3.9 −0.3
New South Wales 83.3 81.4 85.4 4.0 0.0 83.3 81.3 85.3 4.0 −0.2 83.1 81.2 85.2 4.0 0.1 83.2 81.2 85.3 4.1 −0.1
South Australia 83.1 81.0 85.3 4.3 −0.1 83.0 81.0 85.1 4.1 −0.1 82.9 80.9 85.0 4.1 0.0 82.9 80.9 84.9 4.0 −0.2
Queensland 82.9 80.9 85.1 4.2 −0.1 82.8 80.7 85.0 4.3 −0.2 82.6 80.5 84.7 4.2 −0.1 82.5 80.5 84.7 4.2 −0.4
Tasmania 82.3 80.3 84.4 4.1 0.0 82.3 80.3 84.3 4.0 −0.2 82.1 80.2 84.0 3.8 −0.1 82.0 80.3 83.7 3.4 −0.3
Northern Territory 78.6 76.3 81.0 4.7 −0.2 78.4 76.2 80.7 4.5 −0.1 78.3 76.4 80.4 4.0 0.5 78.8 77.0 80.7 3.7 0.2

Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.[1]

Maps of Australian states by life expectancy for the periods in the table[1]

Global Data Lab (2021)

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Main article: List of Oceanian regions by life expectancy
region 2019 2019
→2020 		2020 2020
→2021 		2021 2019
→2021
overall male female F Δ M overall overall male female F Δ M
Australia on average 83.11 81.12 85.10 3.98 1.21 84.32 0.21 84.53 83.17 85.84 2.67 1.42
Capital Territory 84.17 82.44 85.90 3.46 1.23 85.40 0.21 85.61 84.53 86.65 2.12 1.44
Victoria 83.52 81.73 85.30 3.57 1.22 84.74 0.20 84.94 83.80 86.04 2.24 1.42
Western Australia 83.46 81.33 85.60 4.27 1.22 84.68 0.21 84.89 83.38 86.35 2.97 1.43
New South Wales 83.06 81.12 85.00 3.88 1.21 84.27 0.21 84.48 83.17 85.74 2.57 1.42
South Australia 83.01 81.02 85.00 3.98 1.21 84.22 0.20 84.42 83.07 85.74 2.67 1.41
Queensland 82.76 80.72 84.79 4.07 1.20 83.96 0.21 84.17 82.76 85.53 2.77 1.41
Tasmania 81.64 79.91 83.38 3.47 1.20 82.84 0.19 83.03 81.92 84.11 2.19 1.39
Northern Territory 78.30 75.84 80.76 4.92 1.15 79.45 0.19 79.64 77.76 81.46 3.70 1.34

Data source: Global Data Lab[5]

Charts

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  • Development of life expectancy in Australia according to estimation of the World Bank Group[3]
    Development of life expectancy in Australia according to estimation of the World Bank Group[3]
  • Life expectancy with calculated sex gap[3]
    Life expectancy with calculated sex gap[3]
  • Life expectancy in Australia according to estimation of Our World in Data[6]
    Life expectancy in Australia according to estimation of Our World in Data[6]
  • Development of life expectancy in Australia in comparison to some countries of South-East Asia and Oceania[3]
    Development of life expectancy in Australia in comparison to some countries of South-East Asia and Oceania[3]
  • Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) in Australia according to WHO[4]
    Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) in Australia according to WHO[4]


  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Australia on the background of other countries of the world in 2019[4]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Australia on the background of other countries of the world in 2019[4]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[4]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[4]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Australia on the background of countries of Asia and Oceania in 2019[4]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Australia on the background of countries of Asia and Oceania in 2019[4]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[4]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[4]


See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Life expectancy charts for Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Life expectancy, 2022 - 2024". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  2. ^ "World Population Prospects 2024". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 27 July 2024. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2025. — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"
  3. ^ a b c d "Life expectancy at birth, total - Australia". World Bank Group.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "The Global Health Observatory: Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy". World Health Organization. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Life expectancy 2021 - Maps | Subnational HDI (v7.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Life expectancy at birth: Australia". Our World in Data.
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