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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 ICELAND

Compare Japan and Iceland 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.

Iceland
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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Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
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   Iceland ICELAND
  Japan JAPAN   Iceland ICELAND
       
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
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Iceland ICELAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
81.0
84.0
10
23
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
81.0
84.1
10
22
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
81.1
84.1
10
23
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
81.2
84.1
9
23
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
81.4
84.2
10
23
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
81.6
84.3
9
23
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
81.9
84.4
4
23
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
82.1
84.5
4
22
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
82.4
84.6
4
25
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
82.7
84.8
5
26
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
83.1
85.1
7
26
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
83.7
85.5
7
27
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
84.4
86.1
11
28
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
85.4
86.7
12
34
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
86.7
87.7
15
36
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
88.4
89.2
24
39
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
90.7
91.3
39
42
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Iceland ICELAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
54.46
157
2. Stroke
23.21
161
18.39
176
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
21.77
41
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
9.67
161
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
12.15
49
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
17.98
117
7. Suicide
12.24
49
11.15
59
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
3.12
154
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
18.02
78
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
7.25
37
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
35.59
5
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
4.00
177
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
3.82
140
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
18.78
71
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
7.88
87
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
1.72
183
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
5.87
49
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.09
62
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
3.70
50
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
1.53
57
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
2.88
125
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
3.29
142
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
1.96
177
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
2.31
139
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
7.15
12
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
1.78
178
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
1.55
158
28. Drownings
2.12
109
0.36
179
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
3.42
124
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
2.12
102
31. Falls
1.98
173
3.23
143
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
3.04
53
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
4.22
176
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
2.87
168
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
0.47
178
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
0.00
183
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
0.16
176
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
1.27
116
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.22
49
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.61
35
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
0.39
150
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.01
85
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
0.06
166
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
0.19
180
45. Asthma
0.36
174
0.26
178
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.00
179
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
4.41
12
48. Fires
0.33
161
0.09
181
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
1.13
164
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.31
16
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Iceland ICELAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
403
20.10
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
141
7.03
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
82
4.09
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
134
6.68
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
129
6.43
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
73
3.64
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
295
14.71
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
18
0.90
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
33
1.65
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
43
2.14
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
22
1.10
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
50
2.49
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
40
2.00
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
37
1.85
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
53
2.64
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
10
0.50
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
9
0.45
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
53
2.64
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
61
3.04
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
23
1.15
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
16
0.80
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
20
1.00
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
24
1.20
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
19
0.95
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
1
0.05
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
9
0.45
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
16
0.80
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
24
1.20
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
30
1.50
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
16
0.80
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
7
0.35
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
9
0.45
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
7
0.35
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
0
0.00
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
3
0.15
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
3
0.15
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
1
0.05
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
4
0.20
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
1
0.05
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
7
0.35
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
1
0.05
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
2
0.10
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
1
0.05
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
13
0.65
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
5
0.25
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
0
0.00
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
1
0.05
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
1
0.05
49. Anemia
875
0.08
4
0.20
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
17
0.85
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Iceland ICELAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
21.77
41
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
12.15
49
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
3.12
154
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
18.02
78
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
7.25
37
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
3.82
140
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
18.78
71
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
5.87
49
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.09
62
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
3.70
50
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
2.88
125
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
3.29
142
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
1.55
158
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
2.12
102
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
3.04
53
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.01
85
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.