Japan vs Singapore: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Japan
1.56 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Singapore
1.61 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Japan rank
226th
Singapore rank
225th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Japan
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 1.61 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.56 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Singapore ahead.
Japan ranks 226th and Singapore ranks 225th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Singapore in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 59.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.34 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
| 1960s | 19.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 26.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.49 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
| 1970s | 9.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.2 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
| 1980s | 5.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 3 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
| 1990s | 3.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2541 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
| 2000s | 2.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3543 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0695 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0561 deaths per 1,000 people | Singapore |
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 Singapore?
- Singapore, at 1.61 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.56 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Japan and Singapore?
- 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Singapore?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Singapore rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Japan ranks 226th and Singapore ranks 225th 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.