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Kuwait
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
KUWAIT VS JAPAN

Compare Kuwait 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
Kuwait Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Kuwait KUWAIT   Japan JAPAN
      Kuwait KUWAIT   Japan JAPAN
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    58.1
    61.5
    59.8
    63
    65
    64
    		  
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
    1970
    64.8
    68.8
    66.8
    48
    51
    52
    		  
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    1980
    68.7
    72.9
    70.8
    34
    48
    34
    		  
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    1990
    73.2
    76.9
    75.0
    16
    31
    24
    		  
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    2000
    72.4
    74.4
    73.2
    36
    74
    48
    		  
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    2010
    73.2
    75.2
    74.0
    47
    91
    69
    		  
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    2019
    79.3
    83.9
    81.0
    24
    19
    29
    		  
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Kuwait KUWAIT   Japan JAPAN
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    79.3
    83.9
    24
    19
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    Age 5
    79.9
    84.5
    21
    13
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 10
    80.0
    84.6
    21
    13
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 15
    80.1
    84.7
    21
    13
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 20
    80.2
    84.7
    21
    13
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 25
    80.4
    84.8
    20
    13
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    Age 30
    80.6
    84.8
    19
    13
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    Age 35
    80.8
    84.9
    22
    14
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    Age 40
    81.0
    84.9
    23
    14
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    Age 45
    81.2
    85.1
    23
    15
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    Age 50
    81.6
    85.2
    23
    15
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    Age 55
    82.1
    85.5
    23
    15
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    Age 60
    82.8
    85.9
    23
    16
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    Age 65
    83.8
    86.5
    22
    17
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    Age 70
    85.0
    87.4
    21
    16
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    Age 75
    86.7
    88.5
    17
    15
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    Age 80
    88.7
    90.0
    17
    13
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    Age 85
    91.1
    92.0
    18
    12
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Kuwait KUWAIT   Japan JAPAN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    94.14
    119
    30.62
    181
    2. Stroke
    37.49
    140
    23.21
    161
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    26.91
    93
    16.56
    129
    4. Breast Cancer
    25.21
    27
    10.31
    155
    5. Road Traffic Accidents
    18.99
    80
    2.21
    175
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    17.42
    96
    7.87
    159
    7. Hypertension
    15.74
    106
    1.07
    183
    8. Diabetes Mellitus
    14.78
    127
    1.35
    182
    9. Kidney Disease
    12.44
    132
    7.61
    154
    10. Prostate Cancer
    10.40
    133
    6.05
    157
    11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    9.88
    77
    13.59
    37
    12. Lung Cancers
    8.20
    113
    18.06
    66
    13. Liver Disease
    6.90
    153
    4.78
    164
    14. Lung Disease
    6.49
    182
    12.69
    156
    15. Lymphomas
    6.31
    32
    4.22
    111
    16. Liver Cancer
    6.12
    72
    6.62
    62
    17. Congenital Anomalies
    5.27
    105
    2.49
    167
    18. Uterin Cancer
    4.90
    19
    2.02
    106
    19. Leukemia
    4.74
    29
    2.76
    133
    20. Pancreas Cancer
    4.60
    74
    8.87
    10
    21. Ovary Cancer
    4.56
    85
    3.30
    136
    22. Low Birth Weight
    3.94
    106
    0.32
    183
    23. Bladder Cancer
    3.76
    33
    1.86
    104
    24. Stomach Cancer
    3.19
    151
    11.47
    28
    25. Cervical Cancer
    2.99
    146
    2.73
    152
    26. Falls
    2.93
    152
    1.98
    173
    27. Parkinson's Disease
    2.84
    148
    2.33
    156
    28. Suicide
    2.66
    167
    12.24
    49
    29. Other Injuries
    2.62
    174
    4.92
    133
    30. Oral Cancer
    2.60
    100
    2.19
    124
    31. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.17
    102
    3.28
    61
    32. Violence
    1.82
    135
    0.19
    183
    33. Endocrine Disorders
    1.67
    157
    2.36
    135
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.37
    177
    2.08
    163
    35. Drug Use
    1.35
    78
    0.33
    177
    36. Skin Cancers
    1.24
    129
    0.42
    167
    37. Asthma
    1.12
    126
    0.36
    174
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.96
    150
    0.61
    169
    39. Fires
    0.80
    122
    0.33
    161
    40. Tuberculosis
    0.71
    134
    0.53
    140
    41. Epilepsy
    0.61
    169
    0.51
    176
    42. Drownings
    0.52
    169
    2.12
    109
    43. Poisonings
    0.40
    110
    0.14
    160
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.35
    169
    0.40
    162
    45. Meningitis
    0.30
    138
    0.09
    180
    46. Skin Disease
    0.28
    163
    0.47
    142
    47. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.24
    172
    0.53
    161
    48. Alcohol
    0.24
    168
    0.24
    170
    49. Other Neoplasms
    0.20
    164
    3.05
    31
    50. Birth Trauma
    0.18
    179
    0.17
    180
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Kuwait KUWAIT   Japan JAPAN
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    2,325
    30.48
    163,905
    14.84
    2. Road Traffic Accidents
    649
    8.51
    4,566
    0.41
    3. Stroke
    599
    7.85
    121,823
    11.03
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    340
    4.46
    107,899
    9.77
    5. Hypertension
    256
    3.36
    6,673
    0.60
    6. Diabetes Mellitus
    242
    3.17
    5,433
    0.49
    7. Breast Cancer
    230
    3.01
    15,805
    1.43
    8. Kidney Disease
    204
    2.67
    44,779
    4.05
    9. Congenital Anomalies
    202
    2.65
    2,473
    0.22
    10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    198
    2.60
    57,340
    5.19
    11. Liver Disease
    192
    2.52
    14,195
    1.29
    12. Lung Cancers
    161
    2.11
    79,688
    7.21
    13. Low Birth Weight
    158
    2.07
    202
    0.02
    14. Alzheimers & Dementia
    139
    1.82
    56,937
    5.15
    15. Lymphomas
    132
    1.73
    19,273
    1.74
    16. Liver Cancer
    129
    1.69
    29,384
    2.66
    17. Leukemia
    123
    1.61
    9,607
    0.87
    18. Suicide
    122
    1.60
    19,466
    1.76
    19. Falls
    102
    1.34
    9,736
    0.88
    20. Pancreas Cancer
    89
    1.17
    37,027
    3.35
    21. Lung Disease
    84
    1.10
    78,169
    7.08
    22. Other Injuries
    83
    1.09
    22,068
    2.00
    23. Violence
    75
    0.98
    266
    0.02
    24. Oral Cancer
    74
    0.97
    8,333
    0.75
    25. Stomach Cancer
    72
    0.94
    50,433
    4.57
    26. Prostate Cancer
    58
    0.76
    13,515
    1.22
    27. Bladder Cancer
    52
    0.68
    9,936
    0.90
    28. Endocrine Disorders
    44
    0.58
    11,486
    1.04
    29. Ovary Cancer
    41
    0.54
    5,061
    0.46
    30. Drug Use
    38
    0.50
    732
    0.07
    31. Inflammatory/Heart
    36
    0.47
    8,232
    0.75
    32. Oesophagus Cancer
    35
    0.46
    12,316
    1.11
    33. Cervical Cancer
    32
    0.42
    3,799
    0.34
    34. Tuberculosis
    31
    0.41
    3,459
    0.31
    35. Uterin Cancer
    31
    0.41
    3,461
    0.31
    36. Parkinson's Disease
    29
    0.38
    14,007
    1.27
    37. Skin Cancers
    28
    0.37
    1,843
    0.17
    38. Fires
    28
    0.37
    1,007
    0.09
    39. Epilepsy
    22
    0.29
    1,558
    0.14
    40. Asthma
    21
    0.28
    1,922
    0.17
    41. Drownings
    19
    0.25
    8,409
    0.76
    42. Poisonings
    16
    0.21
    255
    0.02
    43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    14
    0.18
    2,922
    0.26
    44. Alcohol
    12
    0.16
    576
    0.05
    45. Meningitis
    9
    0.12
    308
    0.03
    46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    8
    0.10
    2,555
    0.23
    47. HIV/AIDS
    7
    0.09
    48
    0.00
    48. Birth Trauma
    7
    0.09
    104
    0.01
    49. Diarrhoeal diseases
    6
    0.08
    2,731
    0.25
    50. Multiple Sclerosis
    5
    0.07
    108
    0.01
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Kuwait KUWAIT   Japan JAPAN
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    25.21
    27
    10.31
    155
    2. Prostate Cancer
    10.40
    133
    6.05
    157
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    9.88
    77
    13.59
    37
    4. Lung Cancers
    8.20
    113
    18.06
    66
    5. Lymphomas
    6.31
    32
    4.22
    111
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.12
    72
    6.62
    62
    7. Uterin Cancer
    4.90
    19
    2.02
    106
    8. Leukemia
    4.74
    29
    2.76
    133
    9. Pancreas Cancer
    4.60
    74
    8.87
    10
    10. Ovary Cancer
    4.56
    85
    3.30
    136
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.76
    33
    1.86
    104
    12. Stomach Cancer
    3.19
    151
    11.47
    28
    13. Cervical Cancer
    2.99
    146
    2.73
    152
    14. Oral Cancer
    2.60
    100
    2.19
    124
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.17
    102
    3.28
    61
    16. Skin Cancers
    1.24
    129
    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.