Australia vs Faroe Islands: Life expectancy at birth, total

Australia
83.05 years
in 2024
Faroe Islands
83.08 years
in 2024
Australia rank
22nd
Faroe Islands rank
20th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • Australia
  • Faroe Islands
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How they compare

Faroe Islands currently reports 83.08 years against 83.05 years in Australia, a difference of 0.032 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Faroe Islands ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 22nd and Faroe Islands ranks 20th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.