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).
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). — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 83.05 years total (81.10 for male, 85.10 for female).
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2024)
Administrative divisions of Australia
state2019–20212020–20222021–20232022–2024malefemale overallmalefemale F overallmalefemale F overallmalefemale F 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.
Global Data Lab (2021)
region201920202020→202120212019→2021malefemale overalloverallmalefemale 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
Charts
See also
List of countries by life expectancy List of Oceanian countries by life expectancy Demographics of Australia
References