Japan vs Sweden: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Japan
1.56 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
1.69 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Japan rank
226th
Sweden rank
223rd
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 1.69 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.56 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.13 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 226th and Sweden ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 68.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.58 deaths per 1,000 people | 47.56 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1950s | 41.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 25.44 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1960s | 19.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.85 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1970s | 9.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.09 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1980s | 5.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.618 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 1990s | 3.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.182 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2000s | 2.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.064 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.152 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2104 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
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 Sweden?
- Sweden, at 1.69 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 Sweden?
- 0.13 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Japan ranks 226th and Sweden ranks 223rd 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.