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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 BULGARIA

Compare Japan and Bulgaria 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.

Bulgaria
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Bulgaria Population Pyramid
5,385,444
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Japan JAPAN   Bulgaria BULGARIA
       
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
  
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Bulgaria BULGARIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
71.6
78.6
82
68
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
71.6
78.6
82
68
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
72.2
79.1
89
72
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
72.2
79.1
92
72
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
72.3
79.2
93
72
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
72.5
79.3
96
72
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
72.6
79.3
99
73
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
72.9
79.5
100
74
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
73.1
79.6
101
75
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
73.5
79.8
103
75
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
74.0
80.1
105
78
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
74.8
80.5
108
78
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
75.9
81.1
107
76
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
77.4
82.0
103
74
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
79.3
83.0
97
73
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
81.5
84.1
92
77
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
83.9
85.6
88
84
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
86.5
87.5
104
96
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.6
90.1
121
125
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Bulgaria BULGARIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
210.78
26
2. Stroke
23.21
161
116.86
50
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
23.63
32
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
10.70
157
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
16.50
18
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
22.97
89
7. Suicide
12.24
49
6.50
122
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
7.80
66
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
17.57
86
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
7.11
42
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
0.79
182
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
11.77
137
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
4.53
114
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
14.25
109
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
4.55
141
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
15.44
106
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
3.82
127
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.80
39
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
1.46
129
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.66
72
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
3.61
89
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
6.87
108
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
3.67
141
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
1.33
168
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
1.44
169
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
8.59
129
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
3.32
74
28. Drownings
2.12
109
1.55
128
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
4.28
100
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
4.59
23
31. Falls
1.98
173
2.99
149
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
3.82
30
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
8.11
153
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
32.82
39
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
1.76
125
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
0.95
130
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
0.40
165
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
1.03
133
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.09
92
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.04
180
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
0.39
149
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.17
72
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
0.02
175
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
0.36
168
45. Asthma
0.36
174
0.20
182
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.21
100
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
0.87
126
48. Fires
0.33
161
0.97
116
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
2.58
133
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.14
38
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
36,513
38.86
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
21,347
22.72
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
1,396
1.49
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
3,288
3.50
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
3,993
4.25
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
2,591
2.76
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
147
0.16
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
1,175
1.25
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
1,855
1.97
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
1,063
1.13
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
664
0.71
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
437
0.47
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
681
0.72
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
499
0.53
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
1,358
1.45
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
93
0.10
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
1,804
1.92
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
284
0.30
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
1,016
1.08
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
195
0.21
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
146
0.16
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
637
0.68
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
381
0.41
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
460
0.49
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
129
0.14
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
408
0.43
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
409
0.44
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
5,916
6.30
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
1,344
1.43
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
420
0.45
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
647
0.69
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
422
0.45
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
369
0.39
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
104
0.11
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
276
0.29
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
53
0.06
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
27
0.03
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
5
0.01
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
56
0.06
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
160
0.17
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
10
0.01
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
28
0.03
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
1
0.00
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
328
0.35
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
93
0.10
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
22
0.02
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
15
0.02
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
124
0.13
49. Anemia
875
0.08
25
0.03
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
76
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
23.63
32
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
16.50
18
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
7.80
66
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
17.57
86
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
7.11
42
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
4.53
114
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
14.25
109
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
3.82
127
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.80
39
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
1.46
129
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
3.61
89
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
6.87
108
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
3.32
74
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
4.59
23
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
3.82
30
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.17
72
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.