Australia vs Papua New Guinea: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Australia
40.0%
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
40.0%
in 2023
Australia rank
105th
Papua New Guinea rank
103rd
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Australia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 40.0% against 40.0% in Australia, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Australia ranks 105th and Papua New Guinea ranks 103rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 38.5% | 45.2% | 6.7% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 36.4% | 44.6% | 8.2% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 35.4% | 43.6% | 8.1% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 35.4% | 42.6% | 7.1% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 36.7% | 42.7% | 6.0% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 38.3% | 43.0% | 4.8% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 39.9% | 40.8% | 0.9% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 39.9% | 39.6% | 0.3% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Australia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 40.0% against 40.0% in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Australia ranks 105th and Papua New Guinea ranks 103rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.