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List of Australian states by life expectancy

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**Charts:**
– Development of life expectancy in Australia according to estimation of the World Bank Group
Life expectancy with calculated sex gap
Life expectancy in Australia according to estimation of Our World in Data
– Development of life expectancy in Australia in comparison to some countries of South-East Asia and Oceania
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Australia on the background of other countries of the world in 2019

**See also:**
– Wikimedia Commons has media related to Life expectancy charts for Australia
List of countries by life expectancy
List of Oceanian countries by life expectancy
– States and territories of Australia
– Demographics of Australia

**References:**
Life expectancy, 2020 – 2022. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024
Life expectancy at birth, total – Australia. World Bank Group
Life expectancy at birth: Australia. Our World in Data
Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country. World Health Organization. 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2024

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

Administrative divisions of Australia
state 2018–2020 change 2019–2021 change 2020–2022 total
change
overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M
Australia 83.2 81.2 85.3 4.1 0.1 83.3 81.3 85.4 4.1 −0.1 83.2 81.2 85.3 4.1 0.0
Capital Territory 84.0 82.1 85.9 3.8 0.5 84.5 82.7 86.3 3.6 −0.4 84.1 82.2 86.0 3.8 0.1
Western Australia 83.4 81.3 85.7 4.4 0.4 83.8 81.7 85.9 4.2 −0.1 83.7 81.7 85.8 4.1 0.3
Victoria 83.8 81.9 85.8 3.9 −0.1 83.7 81.7 85.7 4.0 −0.2 83.5 81.6 85.5 3.9 −0.3
New South Wales 83.3 81.2 85.4 4.2 0.0 83.3 81.4 85.4 4.0 0.0 83.3 81.3 85.3 4.0 0.0
South Australia 82.9 80.7 85.2 4.5 0.2 83.1 81.0 85.3 4.3 −0.1 83.0 81.0 85.1 4.1 0.1
Queensland 82.8 80.6 85.1 4.5 0.1 82.9 80.9 85.1 4.2 −0.1 82.8 80.7 85.0 4.3 0.0
Tasmania 82.0 79.9 84.3 4.4 0.3 82.3 80.3 84.4 4.1 0.0 82.3 80.3 84.3 4.0 0.3
Northern Territory 78.5 76.2 81.0 4.8 0.1 78.6 76.3 81.0 4.7 −0.2 78.4 76.2 80.7 4.5 −0.1

Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. The next release is expected 8 November 2024.

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