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Jordan
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

Compare Jordan and Japan 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.

Japan
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
Jordan Population Pyramid
12,932,404
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Japan JAPAN
  Jordan JORDAN   Japan JAPAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
46.0
48.5
47.2
105
106
104
 
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
53.0
56.3
54.6
101
99
100
 
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
60.9
64.7
62.7
90
91
90
 
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
65.5
69.0
67.2
86
98
93
 
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
70.4
73.3
71.7
52
88
69
 
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
2010
71.9
75.1
73.4
61
93
80
 
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
2019
77.0
78.8
77.9
35
66
45
 
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Japan JAPAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
77.0
78.8
35
66
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age
77.0
78.8
35
66
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age 5
78.4
80.0
35
61
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 10
78.5
80.1
35
61
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 15
78.7
80.2
35
59
81.8
87.2
2
1
Age 20
78.8
80.3
35
59
81.9
87.2
2
1
Age 25
79.0
80.3
36
59
82.0
87.3
2
1
Age 30
79.1
80.4
37
61
82.1
87.4
2
1
Age 35
79.3
80.5
37
62
82.2
87.4
3
1
Age 40
79.5
80.7
38
62
82.4
87.6
3
1
Age 45
79.8
80.9
38
63
82.6
87.7
3
1
Age 50
80.2
81.1
38
67
82.9
87.9
3
1
Age 55
80.8
81.5
38
69
83.4
88.2
3
1
Age 60
81.6
82.1
38
72
84.0
88.6
3
1
Age 65
82.7
83.0
38
74
84.8
89.0
4
1
Age 70
84.2
84.2
38
74
86.0
89.6
2
1
Age 75
86.0
85.8
37
77
87.3
90.3
6
1
Age 80
88.4
87.9
23
79
89.0
91.3
8
2
Age 85
91.0
90.4
24
89
91.4
92.8
9
3
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Japan JAPAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
98.90
111
30.62
181
2. Stroke
62.96
115
23.21
161
3. Diabetes Mellitus
34.57
77
1.35
182
4. Hypertension
33.16
37
1.07
183
5. Kidney Disease
30.36
58
7.61
154
6. Breast Cancer
21.02
43
10.31
155
7. Road Traffic Accidents
19.68
78
2.21
175
8. Lung Cancers
19.34
55
18.06
66
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.53
93
7.87
159
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
136
16.56
129
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.85
63
13.59
37
12. Lung Disease
9.42
169
12.69
156
13. Liver Disease
9.16
132
4.78
164
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.89
54
2.49
167
15. Prostate Cancer
6.59
149
6.05
157
16. Stomach Cancer
6.24
89
11.47
28
17. Leukemia
6.03
8
2.76
133
18. Low Birth Weight
5.49
85
0.32
183
19. Lymphomas
5.31
70
4.22
111
20. Ovary Cancer
4.47
90
3.30
136
21. Bladder Cancer
4.28
18
1.86
104
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.20
82
8.87
10
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.88
106
2.33
156
24. Liver Cancer
3.51
152
6.62
62
25. Other Injuries
3.30
165
4.92
133
26. Violence
2.89
114
0.19
183
27. Falls
2.84
155
1.98
173
28. Uterin Cancer
2.66
74
2.02
106
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.34
138
2.36
135
30. Oral Cancer
2.26
118
2.19
124
31. Asthma
2.17
111
0.36
174
32. Cervical Cancer
2.00
166
2.73
152
33. Suicide
1.98
179
12.24
49
34. Fires
1.91
77
0.33
161
35. Birth Trauma
1.77
97
0.17
180
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.66
110
0.53
161
37. Drug Use
1.64
64
0.33
177
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
135
0.61
169
39. Inflammatory/Heart
1.25
178
2.08
163
40. Oesophagus Cancer
1.09
151
3.28
61
41. Skin Disease
0.95
113
0.47
142
42. Drownings
0.94
150
2.12
109
43. Meningitis
0.89
85
0.09
180
44. Skin Cancers
0.64
155
0.42
167
45. Epilepsy
0.55
174
0.51
176
46. Maternal Conditions
0.51
109
0.04
175
47. Poisonings
0.49
98
0.14
160
48. Pertussis
0.46
79
0.00
149
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
166
0.40
162
50. Syphilis
0.35
71
0.01
156
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Jordan JORDAN   Japan JAPAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,856
18.60
163,905
14.84
2. Stroke
2,908
11.14
121,823
11.03
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,717
6.58
4,566
0.41
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,684
6.45
5,433
0.49
5. Hypertension
1,532
5.87
6,673
0.60
6. Kidney Disease
1,494
5.72
44,779
4.05
7. Lung Cancers
1,059
4.06
79,688
7.21
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
937
3.59
107,899
9.77
9. Congenital Anomalies
934
3.58
2,473
0.22
10. Low Birth Weight
857
3.28
202
0.02
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
706
2.70
56,937
5.15
12. Breast Cancer
686
2.63
15,805
1.43
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
616
2.36
57,340
5.19
14. Liver Disease
494
1.89
14,195
1.29
15. Lung Disease
444
1.70
78,169
7.08
16. Leukemia
370
1.42
9,607
0.87
17. Stomach Cancer
365
1.40
50,433
4.57
18. Lymphomas
323
1.24
19,273
1.74
19. Other Injuries
294
1.13
22,068
2.00
20. Birth Trauma
271
1.04
104
0.01
21. Violence
269
1.03
266
0.02
22. Pancreas Cancer
245
0.94
37,027
3.35
23. Bladder Cancer
213
0.82
9,936
0.90
24. Falls
191
0.73
9,736
0.88
25. Liver Cancer
186
0.71
29,384
2.66
26. Endocrine Disorders
180
0.69
11,486
1.04
27. Parkinson's Disease
169
0.65
14,007
1.27
28. Suicide
165
0.63
19,466
1.76
29. Fires
153
0.59
1,007
0.09
30. Diarrhoeal diseases
152
0.58
2,731
0.25
31. Oral Cancer
143
0.55
8,333
0.75
32. Ovary Cancer
139
0.53
5,061
0.46
33. Prostate Cancer
131
0.50
13,515
1.22
34. Drug Use
115
0.44
732
0.07
35. Asthma
114
0.44
1,922
0.17
36. Drownings
107
0.41
8,409
0.76
37. Meningitis
78
0.30
308
0.03
38. Uterin Cancer
74
0.28
3,461
0.31
39. Inflammatory/Heart
74
0.28
8,232
0.75
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
2,922
0.26
41. Cervical Cancer
64
0.25
3,799
0.34
42. Oesophagus Cancer
63
0.24
12,316
1.11
43. Pertussis
55
0.21
1
0.00
44. Maternal Conditions
53
0.20
39
0.00
45. Syphilis
52
0.20
16
0.00
46. Epilepsy
49
0.19
1,558
0.14
47. Poisonings
47
0.18
255
0.02
48. Skin Disease
42
0.16
2,806
0.25
49. Skin Cancers
38
0.15
1,843
0.17
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
22
0.08
2,555
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Japan JAPAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
21.02
43
10.31
155
2. Lung Cancers
19.34
55
18.06
66
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.85
63
13.59
37
4. Prostate Cancer
6.59
149
6.05
157
5. Stomach Cancer
6.24
89
11.47
28
6. Leukemia
6.03
8
2.76
133
7. Lymphomas
5.31
70
4.22
111
8. Ovary Cancer
4.47
90
3.30
136
9. Bladder Cancer
4.28
18
1.86
104
10. Pancreas Cancer
4.20
82
8.87
10
11. Liver Cancer
3.51
152
6.62
62
12. Uterin Cancer
2.66
74
2.02
106
13. Oral Cancer
2.26
118
2.19
124
14. Cervical Cancer
2.00
166
2.73
152
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.09
151
3.28
61
16. Skin Cancers
0.64
155
0.42
167
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.