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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 LATVIA

Compare Japan and Latvia 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.

Latvia
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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Latvia Population Pyramid
1,479,176
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   Latvia LATVIA
  Japan JAPAN   Latvia LATVIA
       
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
  
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Latvia LATVIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
70.9
80.1
116
61
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
71.1
80.2
118
60
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
71.3
80.3
118
61
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
71.6
80.4
119
62
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
72.2
80.6
119
61
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
72.7
80.8
121
61
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
73.5
81.2
119
61
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
74.4
81.6
118
58
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
75.7
82.2
111
57
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
77.3
83.0
108
56
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
79.1
83.9
104
56
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
81.4
85.0
95
56
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
84.0
86.4
87
59
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
86.7
88.1
85
69
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.7
90.2
108
107
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Latvia LATVIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
146.65
49
2. Stroke
23.21
161
99.14
74
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
23.52
33
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
12.01
149
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
15.41
24
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
7.50
177
7. Suicide
12.24
49
16.06
24
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
11.16
30
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
19.03
63
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
10.04
4
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
9.94
155
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
6.43
158
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
3.97
133
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
28.10
34
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
11.98
45
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
13.03
113
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
6.05
41
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
8.99
3
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
3.50
55
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
3.00
32
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
4.38
53
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
7.05
105
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
2.45
168
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
1.76
156
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
2.07
160
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
7.17
138
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
6.18
28
28. Drownings
2.12
109
5.64
21
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
30.32
3
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
4.89
20
31. Falls
1.98
173
4.77
106
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
4.46
17
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
10.89
141
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
19.91
83
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
3.17
85
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
2.34
103
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
0.26
170
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
1.76
84
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
1.99
1
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.45
63
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
1.48
97
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
3.11
29
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
0.07
164
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
0.97
124
45. Asthma
0.36
174
0.88
139
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.10
131
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
1.72
59
48. Fires
0.33
161
3.48
36
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
0.57
180
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.17
33
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Latvia LATVIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
8,099
30.00
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
5,893
21.83
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
501
1.86
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
956
3.54
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
346
1.28
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
722
2.67
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
664
2.46
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
470
1.74
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
356
1.32
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
436
1.61
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
157
0.58
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
362
1.34
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
384
1.42
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
245
0.91
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
472
1.75
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
153
0.57
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
365
1.35
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
125
0.46
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
464
1.72
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
131
0.49
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
59
0.22
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
228
0.84
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
201
0.74
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
186
0.69
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
127
0.47
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
214
0.79
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
921
3.41
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
1,194
4.42
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
529
1.96
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
196
0.73
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
154
0.57
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
128
0.47
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
148
0.55
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
71
0.26
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
142
0.53
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
76
0.28
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
14
0.05
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
20
0.07
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
41
0.15
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
46
0.17
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
53
0.20
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
42
0.16
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
2
0.01
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
144
0.53
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
44
0.16
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
3
0.01
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
7
0.03
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
103
0.38
49. Anemia
875
0.08
14
0.05
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
41
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Latvia LATVIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
23.52
33
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
15.41
24
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
11.16
30
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
19.03
63
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
10.04
4
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
3.97
133
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
28.10
34
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
6.05
41
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
8.99
3
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
3.50
55
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
4.38
53
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
7.05
105
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
6.18
28
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
4.89
20
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
4.46
17
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
3.11
29
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.