Japan vs Norway: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Japan
1.56 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Norway
1.53 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Japan rank
226th
Norway rank
227th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1.56 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.53 deaths per 1,000 people in Norway, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 226th and Norway ranks 227th of 236 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Norway in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 68.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 23.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 44.46 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1950s | 41.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 23.36 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1960s | 19.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.58 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1970s | 9.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.549 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1980s | 5.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.98 deaths per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 1990s | 3.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.515 deaths per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2000s | 2.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.315 deaths per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2010s | 1.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.151 deaths per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2020s | 1.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0854 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Japan or Norway?
- Japan, at 1.56 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.53 deaths per 1,000 people in Norway as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Japan and Norway?
- 0.03 deaths per 1,000 people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Japan ranks 226th and Norway ranks 227th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.