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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 GHANA

Compare Japan and Ghana 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.

Ghana
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
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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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
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   Ghana GHANA
  Japan JAPAN   Ghana GHANA
       
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
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
119.93
79
2. Stroke
23.21
161
124.02
35
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
1.71
177
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
99.08
26
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
6.86
121
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
26.48
69
7. Suicide
12.24
49
10.54
64
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
6.41
86
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
19.09
60
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
2.52
128
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
17.79
85
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
30.38
56
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
17.60
10
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
24.21
50
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
10.75
58
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
36.74
35
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
5.70
55
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
8.00
7
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
2.61
87
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.41
98
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
1.38
163
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
24.53
27
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
7.03
51
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
6.88
37
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
4.48
70
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
31.33
46
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.86
86
28. Drownings
2.12
109
2.38
93
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
11.13
23
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
2.86
68
31. Falls
1.98
173
8.85
34
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
1.91
102
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
44.68
47
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
17.73
94
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
2.19
103
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
44.25
21
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
30.48
50
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
1.45
103
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.15
73
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.17
138
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
1.87
77
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
1.57
114
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
8.62
36
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
1.73
80
45. Asthma
0.36
174
13.95
42
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.55
64
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
3.31
22
48. Fires
0.33
161
3.31
41
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
9.43
38
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
102
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
14,103
8.06
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
15,163
8.67
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
16,262
9.29
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
237
0.14
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
3,120
1.78
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
803
0.46
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
1,294
0.74
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
870
0.50
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
4,161
2.38
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
334
0.19
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
2,851
1.63
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
2,433
1.39
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
1,993
1.14
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
875
0.50
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
1,937
1.11
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
48
0.03
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
6,053
3.46
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
387
0.22
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
1,031
0.59
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
285
0.16
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
1,965
1.12
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
245
0.14
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
1,168
0.67
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
340
0.19
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
740
0.42
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
483
0.28
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
1,615
0.92
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
2,231
1.28
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
5,929
3.39
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
698
0.40
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
7,808
4.46
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
2,161
1.24
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
219
0.13
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
10,214
5.84
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
321
0.18
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
264
0.15
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
6,538
3.74
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
16
0.01
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
256
0.15
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
3,935
2.25
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
28
0.02
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
1,979
1.13
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
1,868
1.07
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
214
0.12
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
329
0.19
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
101
0.06
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
729
0.42
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
630
0.36
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
1.71
177
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
6.86
121
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
6.41
86
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
19.09
60
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
2.52
128
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
17.60
10
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
24.21
50
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
5.70
55
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
8.00
7
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
2.61
87
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
1.38
163
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
24.53
27
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.86
86
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
2.86
68
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
1.91
102
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
1.57
114
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.