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
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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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Indicator
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed

Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.