Australia vs Sweden: Mortality rates at age 65
Australia
1.01 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
0.9912 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Australia rank
213th
Sweden rank
216th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Australia
- Sweden
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9912 deaths per 1,000 people in Sweden, a difference of 0.0188 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 213th and Sweden ranks 216th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.34 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 1960s | 3.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.32 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 1970s | 3.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9285 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 1980s | 2.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3515 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.78 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0601 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1105 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0698 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0321 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Australia or Sweden?
- Australia, at 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9912 deaths per 1,000 people in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Australia and Sweden?
- 0.0188 deaths per 1,000 people, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Sweden rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Australia ranks 213th and Sweden ranks 216th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.