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Japan
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
JAPAN VS AFGHANISTAN

Compare Japan and Afghanistan health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Afghanistan
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Japan JAPAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
  
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
301.71
6
2. Stroke
23.21
161
149.10
25
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
6.90
122
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
49.80
62
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
4.09
169
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
37.01
32
7. Suicide
12.24
49
5.96
129
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
10.39
42
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
20.24
48
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
1.54
153
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
22.34
26
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
46.10
15
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
4.22
119
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
4.49
167
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
13.02
36
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
27.20
67
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
4.32
108
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
4.07
106
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
8.78
13
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.20
166
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
1.95
154
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
5.73
117
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
6.42
70
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
4.30
80
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
5.98
24
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
19.81
76
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
8.18
9
28. Drownings
2.12
109
2.78
78
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
3.32
130
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
3.66
32
31. Falls
1.98
173
5.13
99
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
1.95
98
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
40.94
58
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
65.86
4
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
10.64
9
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
41.14
24
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
9.72
68
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
2.70
37
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.16
69
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.19
133
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
0.77
121
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
1.03
138
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
1.44
89
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
5.86
17
45. Asthma
0.36
174
24.23
13
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
4.96
1
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
1.36
77
48. Fires
0.33
161
1.60
89
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
12.07
17
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
61
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
40,195
17.35
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
19,060
8.23
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
14,649
6.32
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
1,076
0.46
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
4,650
2.01
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
741
0.32
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
1,765
0.76
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
1,501
0.65
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
6,590
2.85
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
229
0.10
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
657
0.28
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
3,241
1.40
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
1,573
0.68
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
946
0.41
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
1,822
0.79
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
29
0.01
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
4,600
1.99
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
628
0.27
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
258
0.11
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
1,314
0.57
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
1,364
0.59
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
272
0.12
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
905
0.39
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
610
0.26
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
996
0.43
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
1,467
0.63
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
527
0.23
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
7,995
3.45
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
5,750
2.48
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
369
0.16
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
6,033
2.60
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
541
0.23
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
289
0.12
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
9,839
4.25
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
1,505
0.65
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
94
0.04
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
5,555
2.40
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
25
0.01
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
1,041
0.45
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
5,001
2.16
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
28
0.01
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
3,403
1.47
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
589
0.25
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
145
0.06
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
993
0.43
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
863
0.37
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
348
0.15
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
328
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
6.90
122
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
4.09
169
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
10.39
42
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
20.24
48
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
1.54
153
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
4.22
119
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
4.49
167
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
4.32
108
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
4.07
106
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
8.78
13
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
1.95
154
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
5.73
117
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
8.18
9
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
3.66
32
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
1.95
98
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
1.03
138
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.