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Australia - Life Expectancy 1974

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

72.2 +0.4 from 1973 Global rank: 23rd

Australia's life expectancy was 72.2 in 1974, increased +0.4 from 71.8 in 1973. This was the 23rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1974▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1974
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Faroe Islands	75.4	0.1%
2nd	Andorra	75.3	0.3%
3rd	San Marino	75.1	0.4%
4th	Sweden	75.0	0.2%
5th	Norway	74.8	0.4%
6th	Netherlands	74.5	0.5%
7th	Iceland	74.5	0.1%
8th	Switzerland	74.3	0.5%
9th	Liechtenstein	74.0	0.5%
10th	Denmark	73.8	0.2%
11th	Japan	73.7	0.5%
12th	Monaco	73.4	0.1%
13th	Greece	73.4	0.7%
14th	Canada	73.2	0.1%
15th	Gibraltar	73.1	0.5%
16th	Spain	73.0	0.5%
17th	Italy	72.7	1.0%
18th	France	72.6	0.3%
19th	Hong Kong SAR, China	72.6	0.7%
20th	United Kingdom	72.5	0.3%
21st	Channel Islands	72.5	-0.3%
22nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.2	0.3%
23rd	Australia	72.2	0.5%
24th	Belgium	72.0	0.5%
25th	United States	72.0	0.8%
26th	St. Martin (French part)	71.9	0.2%
27th	New Zealand	71.9	0.4%
28th	Malta	71.8	0.9%
29th	European Union	71.8	0.4%
30th	Israel	71.7	0.0%
31st	Germany	71.4	0.4%
32nd	Montenegro	71.4	0.1%
33rd	Puerto Rico (US)	71.3	0.5%
34th	Lithuania	71.2	-0.1%
35th	Bulgaria	71.2	-0.2%
36th	Ireland	71.2	-0.1%
37th	Finland	71.1	-0.1%
38th	Poland	71.1	0.6%
39th	Antigua and Barbuda	71.1	0.5%
40th	Austria	71.0	0.0%
41st	Serbia	71.0	0.9%
42nd	Bermuda	70.9	0.7%
43rd	Belarus	70.9	-0.2%
44th	Ukraine	70.6	-0.3%
45th	Macao SAR, China	70.6	0.5%
46th	Croatia	70.4	0.7%
47th	Estonia	70.3	0.2%
48th	Luxembourg	70.2	-0.2%
49th	Slovak Republic	70.2	0.2%
50th	Slovenia	70.2	1.1%
51st	Czechia	70.1	0.1%
52nd	Singapore	69.9	0.5%
53rd	Cuba	69.9	0.7%
54th	Latvia	69.7	-0.1%
55th	Kuwait	69.7	0.4%
56th	Uruguay	69.5	0.3%
57th	Romania	69.5	0.7%
58th	Costa Rica	69.4	1.0%
59th	Curaçao	69.4	0.4%
60th	Barbados	69.4	0.4%
61st	Aruba	69.3	0.6%
62nd	Hungary	69.2	-0.4%
63rd	Dominica	68.6	0.7%
64th	Russian Federation	68.3	0.0%
65th	Portugal	68.0	0.7%
66th	American Samoa	68.0	0.5%
67th	Jamaica	67.9	0.5%
68th	Grenada	67.9	0.5%
69th	British Virgin Islands	67.7	0.7%
70th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67.6	1.6%
71st	Albania	67.6	0.8%
72nd	Bahrain	67.6	1.1%
73rd	Bahamas, The	67.6	0.7%
74th	Guam	67.5	0.9%
75th	Virgin Islands (US)	67.4	0.4%
76th	Qatar	67.2	0.8%
77th	North Macedonia	67.0	0.1%
78th	Panama	66.6	1.2%
79th	Cayman Islands	66.5	0.9%
80th	Seychelles	66.5	0.8%
81st	Isle of Man	66.5	0.4%
82nd	Brunei Darussalam	66.4	0.7%
83rd	Northern Mariana Islands	66.4	0.7%
84th	Lebanon	66.4	0.2%
85th	Argentina	66.4	0.3%
86th	Georgia	66.2	0.5%
87th	Trinidad and Tobago	65.5	0.2%
88th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	65.4	0.5%
89th	St. Lucia	65.4	1.3%
90th	Malaysia	65.2	0.7%
91st	Chile	65.1	1.0%
92nd	Sri Lanka	65.0	0.3%
93rd	Belize	64.9	0.7%
94th	Tonga	64.8	0.7%
95th	Turks and Caicos Islands	64.7	0.8%
96th	Mauritius	64.4	0.2%
97th	United Arab Emirates	64.4	1.3%
98th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	64.3	0.8%
99th	Korea	63.8	0.6%
100th	French Polynesia	63.8	0.6%
101st	Jordan	63.6	0.9%
102nd	Armenia	63.5	0.3%
103rd	Colombia	63.5	0.8%
104th	Syrian Arab Republic	63.4	4.3%
105th	Moldova	63.4	0.4%
106th	Paraguay	63.2	0.3%
107th	St. Kitts and Nevis	62.9	0.6%
108th	New Caledonia	62.7	1.0%
109th	Samoa	62.3	0.8%
110th	Greenland	62.0	-0.7%
111th	Uzbekistan	61.4	0.5%
112th	Micronesia, Federated States of	61.3	0.6%
113th	Fiji	61.2	0.9%
114th	Mexico	61.2	1.1%
115th	Iraq	61.0	-2.2%
116th	Kazakhstan	60.9	0.3%
117th	Philippines	60.8	0.1%
118th	Dominican Republic	60.8	0.9%
119th	Libya	60.7	1.7%
120th	Ecuador	60.7	0.7%
121st	Guyana	60.3	0.2%
122nd	China	60.2	1.3%
123rd	Marshall Islands	60.1	0.5%
124th	Suriname	59.9	0.2%
125th	Solomon Islands	59.6	1.4%
126th	Palau	59.5	0.8%
127th	Kyrgyz Republic	59.3	0.6%
128th	Brazil	59.1	0.7%
129th	Thailand	59.0	1.2%
130th	Türkiye	59.0	1.0%
131st	Botswana	58.9	1.1%
132nd	Cabo Verde	58.4	0.8%
133rd	Azerbaijan	58.3	0.7%
134th	Nauru	58.3	-0.1%
135th	São Tomé and Principe	58.3	0.6%
136th	Tunisia	58.3	2.0%
137th	Zimbabwe	58.2	0.2%
138th	Peru	57.8	0.8%
139th	Tuvalu	57.7	0.9%
140th	Tajikistan	57.7	0.4%
141st	Vanuatu	57.6	1.0%
142nd	South Africa	57.1	0.7%
143rd	Turkmenistan	57.0	0.4%
144th	Namibia	56.9	0.9%
145th	Saudi Arabia	56.8	1.8%
146th	Kosovo	56.4	0.8%
147th	Kiribati	56.1	0.6%
148th	Kenya	56.0	1.0%
149th	Indonesia	55.4	1.0%
150th	Nicaragua	55.4	0.7%
151st	Zambia	55.4	0.8%
152nd	Congo, Republic of	55.1	0.6%
153rd	Gabon	54.9	1.0%
154th	Viet Nam	54.8	-1.7%
155th	Cyprus	54.6	-20.9%
156th	Papua New Guinea	54.4	1.1%
157th	Pakistan	54.3	0.3%
158th	Mongolia	54.0	0.8%
159th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	53.9	1.7%
160th	Eswatini	53.7	1.3%
161st	Sudan	53.2	0.3%
162nd	Guatemala	53.0	0.3%
163rd	Lesotho	52.9	0.6%
164th	El Salvador	52.9	0.2%
165th	Honduras	52.5	-3.7%
166th	Myanmar	52.1	0.6%
167th	Mauritania	51.4	0.4%
168th	Oman	51.2	2.5%
169th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	51.0	1.9%
170th	Morocco	50.8	1.1%
171st	India	50.3	1.2%
172nd	Cameroon	49.7	0.4%
173rd	Bangladesh	49.6	-0.7%
174th	Djibouti	49.5	0.9%
175th	Madagascar	49.3	0.8%
176th	Ghana	48.9	0.7%
177th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	48.8	1.0%
178th	Togo	48.6	0.9%
179th	Maldives	48.5	2.3%
180th	Haiti	48.5	0.5%
181st	Tanzania	48.4	1.1%
182nd	Comoros	47.6	1.2%
183rd	Central African Republic	47.4	1.1%
184th	Côte d'Ivoire	47.2	1.8%
185th	Uganda	46.9	-0.3%
186th	Algeria	46.0	1.9%
187th	Lao PDR	45.9	2.6%
188th	Rwanda	45.6	-0.8%
189th	Nepal	44.9	1.0%
190th	Benin	44.9	1.0%
191st	Yemen, Republic of	44.5	2.2%
192nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	44.3	0.5%
193rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	44.3	-4.3%
194th	Bhutan	43.8	1.5%
195th	Burundi	43.3	15.8%
196th	Mozambique	43.2	1.1%
197th	Senegal	43.1	1.6%
198th	Chad	42.6	0.5%
199th	Nigeria	42.5	1.6%
200th	Liberia	42.1	1.1%
201st	Burkina Faso	41.7	1.9%
202nd	Gambia, The	41.7	1.4%
203rd	Guinea-Bissau	41.6	9.0%
204th	Equatorial Guinea	41.5	-7.1%
205th	Angola	41.3	1.0%
206th	Sierra Leone	40.4	1.1%
207th	Guinea	40.2	0.7%
208th	Afghanistan	39.5	1.3%
209th	Cambodia	39.3	0.6%
210th	Malawi	39.2	2.2%
211th	Eritrea	39.0	-5.2%
212th	South Sudan	36.6	0.9%
213th	Timor-Leste	36.5	-6.4%
214th	Niger	36.2	0.7%
215th	Mali	35.7	1.9%

FAQ

What was Australia's life expectancy in 1974?▾

Australia's life expectancy in 1974 was 72.2. This ranked 23rd globally.

How did Australia's life expectancy change in 1974?▾

Australia's life expectancy increased by 0.5% in 1974 compared to 1973.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1974?▾

Faroe Islands had the highest life expectancy in 1974 at 75.4.

What is the life expectancy of Australia in 1974?▾

The life expectancy of Australia in 1974 was 72.2. This ranked 23rd globally.

How does 1974 compare to 1973 for Australia's life expectancy?▾

Australia's life expectancy went from 71.8 in 1973 to 72.2 in 1974, a 0.5% increase.

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