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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 INDIA

Compare Japan and India 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.

India
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
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   India INDIA
      Japan JAPAN   India INDIA
           
    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
    		  
    43.2
    41.3
    42.3
    121
    145
    135
    1970
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    		  
    50.1
    48.5
    49.3
    119
    136
    124
    1980
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    		  
    55.9
    55.5
    55.7
    117
    129
    124
    1990
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    		  
    59.3
    60.0
    59.7
    125
    134
    130
    2000
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    61.7
    63.4
    62.5
    119
    130
    128
    2010
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    		  
    65.3
    67.6
    66.4
    116
    132
    126
    2019
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    69.5
    72.2
    70.8
    107
    122
    117
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   India INDIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    69.5
    72.2
    107
    122
    Age 5
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    71.9
    74.7
    98
    119
    Age 10
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    72.1
    74.9
    98
    120
    Age 15
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    72.2
    75.1
    96
    120
    Age 20
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    72.4
    75.4
    98
    118
    Age 25
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    72.8
    75.7
    97
    116
    Age 30
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    73.2
    76.0
    97
    116
    Age 35
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    73.6
    76.3
    94
    115
    Age 40
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    74.2
    76.7
    93
    115
    Age 45
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    74.9
    77.1
    91
    113
    Age 50
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    75.7
    77.7
    91
    115
    Age 55
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    76.7
    78.5
    87
    113
    Age 60
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    78.1
    79.5
    85
    110
    Age 65
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    79.7
    80.9
    84
    106
    Age 70
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    81.7
    82.6
    88
    106
    Age 75
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    84.0
    84.7
    84
    104
    Age 80
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    86.7
    87.1
    86
    109
    Age 85
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    90.1
    90.4
    77
    95
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   India INDIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30.62
    181
    140.72
    55
    2. Stroke
    23.21
    161
    64.97
    113
    3. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    7.82
    117
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.56
    129
    35.30
    77
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    7.03
    118
    6. Lung Disease
    12.69
    156
    87.90
    3
    7. Suicide
    12.24
    49
    12.91
    41
    8. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    7.07
    76
    9. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    13.62
    125
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    2.97
    113
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    7.87
    159
    14.60
    137
    12. Kidney Disease
    7.61
    154
    19.90
    107
    13. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    2.67
    175
    14. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    6.69
    147
    15. Other Injuries
    4.92
    133
    12.19
    44
    16. Liver Disease
    4.78
    164
    22.24
    83
    17. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    3.44
    136
    18. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    3.73
    120
    19. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    3.40
    57
    20. Other Neoplasms
    3.05
    31
    0.28
    145
    21. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    2.79
    129
    22. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    7.46
    100
    23. Congenital Anomalies
    2.49
    167
    4.70
    122
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    2.36
    135
    1.29
    169
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    2.33
    156
    4.57
    65
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.21
    175
    16.33
    90
    27. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    11.45
    6
    28. Drownings
    2.12
    109
    3.76
    51
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.08
    163
    1.12
    182
    30. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    1.19
    155
    31. Falls
    1.98
    173
    21.87
    1
    32. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    1.34
    140
    33. Diabetes Mellitus
    1.35
    182
    25.49
    97
    34. Hypertension
    1.07
    183
    10.68
    128
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.61
    169
    6.24
    42
    36. Tuberculosis
    0.53
    140
    32.84
    32
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.53
    161
    64.45
    20
    38. Epilepsy
    0.51
    176
    2.44
    47
    39. Hepatitis C
    0.50
    19
    0.11
    86
    40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.48
    56
    1.19
    4
    41. Skin Disease
    0.47
    142
    1.62
    92
    42. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    0.47
    164
    43. Malnutrition
    0.41
    118
    0.70
    109
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.40
    162
    10.94
    8
    45. Asthma
    0.36
    174
    18.49
    24
    46. Hepatitis B
    0.34
    77
    0.63
    56
    47. Drug Use
    0.33
    177
    0.94
    119
    48. Fires
    0.33
    161
    1.84
    79
    49. Low Birth Weight
    0.32
    183
    11.98
    19
    50. Schizophrenia
    0.31
    17
    0.00
    109
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Japan JAPAN   India INDIA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    163,905
    14.84
    1.52m
    17.94
    2. Stroke
    121,823
    11.03
    697,038
    8.23
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    107,899
    9.77
    392,425
    4.63
    4. Lung Cancers
    79,688
    7.21
    88,276
    1.04
    5. Lung Disease
    78,169
    7.08
    879,732
    10.38
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    57,340
    5.19
    77,368
    0.91
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    56,937
    5.15
    126,593
    1.49
    8. Stomach Cancer
    50,433
    4.57
    81,058
    0.96
    9. Kidney Disease
    44,779
    4.05
    222,903
    2.63
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    37,027
    3.35
    32,812
    0.39
    11. Liver Cancer
    29,384
    2.66
    30,369
    0.36
    12. Other Injuries
    22,068
    2.00
    149,570
    1.77
    13. Suicide
    19,466
    1.76
    173,347
    2.05
    14. Lymphomas
    19,273
    1.74
    40,159
    0.47
    15. Breast Cancer
    15,805
    1.43
    82,821
    0.98
    16. Other Neoplasms
    15,120
    1.37
    2,968
    0.04
    17. Liver Disease
    14,195
    1.29
    268,580
    3.17
    18. Parkinson's Disease
    14,007
    1.27
    43,398
    0.51
    19. Prostate Cancer
    13,515
    1.22
    30,945
    0.37
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    12,316
    1.11
    38,898
    0.46
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    11,486
    1.04
    15,264
    0.18
    22. Bladder Cancer
    9,936
    0.90
    14,081
    0.17
    23. Falls
    9,736
    0.88
    225,755
    2.66
    24. Leukemia
    9,607
    0.87
    33,383
    0.39
    25. Drownings
    8,409
    0.76
    48,774
    0.58
    26. Oral Cancer
    8,333
    0.75
    134,187
    1.58
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    8,232
    0.75
    12,651
    0.15
    28. Hypertension
    6,673
    0.60
    108,050
    1.28
    29. Diabetes Mellitus
    5,433
    0.49
    271,495
    3.20
    30. Ovary Cancer
    5,061
    0.46
    21,947
    0.26
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,566
    0.41
    212,596
    2.51
    32. Cervical Cancer
    3,799
    0.34
    45,319
    0.53
    33. Uterin Cancer
    3,461
    0.31
    6,841
    0.08
    34. Tuberculosis
    3,459
    0.31
    435,882
    5.15
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,922
    0.26
    68,108
    0.80
    36. Skin Disease
    2,806
    0.25
    17,857
    0.21
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2,731
    0.25
    670,315
    7.91
    38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2,618
    0.24
    11,931
    0.14
    39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2,555
    0.23
    126,079
    1.49
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    2,473
    0.22
    82,769
    0.98
    41. Hepatitis C
    2,220
    0.20
    1,364
    0.02
    42. Asthma
    1,922
    0.17
    196,051
    2.31
    43. Malnutrition
    1,910
    0.17
    8,626
    0.10
    44. Skin Cancers
    1,843
    0.17
    5,054
    0.06
    45. Epilepsy
    1,558
    0.14
    30,307
    0.36
    46. Hepatitis B
    1,423
    0.13
    8,184
    0.10
    47. Schizophrenia
    1,052
    0.10
    0
    0.00
    48. Fires
    1,007
    0.09
    23,265
    0.27
    49. Anemia
    875
    0.08
    0
    0.00
    50. Drug Use
    732
    0.07
    11,747
    0.14
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   India INDIA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    7.82
    117
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    7.03
    118
    3. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    7.07
    76
    4. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    13.62
    125
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    2.97
    113
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    2.67
    175
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    6.69
    147
    8. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    3.44
    136
    9. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    3.73
    120
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    3.40
    57
    11. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    2.79
    129
    12. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    7.46
    100
    13. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    11.45
    6
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    1.19
    155
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    1.34
    140
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    0.47
    164
    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.