Australia · Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)
83.1 years2021
Unit: years. Publisher measure: Life expectancy at birth (years).
Life expectancy at birth for the country population, both sexes, under the mortality rates of the reference year.
Measurement basis: WHO modelled period life-table estimates based on sex- and age-specific mortality.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: biennial. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
Displayed values are rounded, with extra precision when needed to keep a positive estimate positive. Downloads retain the full numeric estimate and the publisher's original display text separately.
A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 22 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2000 | 79.69831946 | 79.69587122 | 79.7744521 | — |
| Australia | 2001 | 80.12984228 | 80.12076876 | 80.20419312 | — |
| Australia | 2002 | 80.19005718 | 80.18276166 | 80.26019915 | — |
| Australia | 2003 | 80.56634063 | 80.56493025 | 80.64021941 | — |
| Australia | 2004 | 80.75565777 | 80.75555789 | 80.83681032 | — |
| Australia | 2005 | 80.84134964 | 80.83212495 | 80.91709783 | — |
| Australia | 2006 | 81.04245453 | 81.03700874 | 81.11608627 | — |
| Australia | 2007 | 81.37282665 | 81.30432261 | 81.44133069 | — |
| Australia | 2008 | 81.32192176 | 81.32148914 | 81.39660047 | — |
| Australia | 2009 | 81.75260531 | 81.74366572 | 81.83069023 | — |
| Australia | 2010 | 81.91408232 | 81.91163609 | 81.98943242 | — |
| Australia | 2011 | 81.93172968 | 81.92974552 | 82.00630067 | — |
| Australia | 2012 | 82.27247326 | 82.2050984 | 82.33984813 | — |
| Australia | 2013 | 82.46342447 | 82.45834609 | 82.53191108 | — |
| Australia | 2014 | 82.36885018 | 82.36595692 | 82.4361815 | — |
| Australia | 2015 | 82.287472 | 82.28534899 | 82.34946881 | — |
| Australia | 2016 | 82.59341791 | 82.59025606 | 82.65908128 | — |
| Australia | 2017 | 82.67971308 | 82.6759171 | 82.74707243 | — |
| Australia | 2018 | 83.02313357 | 83.02141743 | 83.09115622 | — |
| Australia | 2019 | 82.64234014 | 82.62699571 | 82.72058411 | — |
| Australia | 2020 | 83.36758916 | 83.35433218 | 83.44478502 | — |
| Australia | 2021 | 83.10183853 | 83.06935939 | 83.19141596 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.