Estonia vs Japan: Annual death rates at different ages in males

Estonia
1.97 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Japan
1.74 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Estonia rank
230th
Japan rank
232nd

Annual death rates at different ages in males over time

  • Estonia
  • Japan
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How they compare

Estonia currently reports 1.97 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.74 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.23 deaths per 1,000 people.

That makes Estonia's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Estonia ranks 230th and Japan ranks 232nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 7 and Japan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Estonia Japan Difference Ahead
1950s 40.53 deaths per 1,000 people 48.09 deaths per 1,000 people 7.56 deaths per 1,000 people Japan
1960s 26.39 deaths per 1,000 people 24.06 deaths per 1,000 people 2.33 deaths per 1,000 people Estonia
1970s 20.32 deaths per 1,000 people 11.75 deaths per 1,000 people 8.58 deaths per 1,000 people Estonia
1980s 17.94 deaths per 1,000 people 6.34 deaths per 1,000 people 11.59 deaths per 1,000 people Estonia
1990s 13.71 deaths per 1,000 people 4.44 deaths per 1,000 people 9.27 deaths per 1,000 people Estonia
2000s 6.9 deaths per 1,000 people 3.01 deaths per 1,000 people 3.89 deaths per 1,000 people Estonia
2010s 2.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2.15 deaths per 1,000 people 0.493 deaths per 1,000 people Estonia
2020s 2.09 deaths per 1,000 people 1.81 deaths per 1,000 people 0.2761 deaths per 1,000 people Estonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual death rates at different ages in males, Estonia or Japan?
Estonia, at 1.97 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.74 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages in males between Estonia and Japan?
0.23 deaths per 1,000 people, with Estonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Japan?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Estonia and Japan rank globally for annual death rates at different ages in males?
Estonia ranks 230th and Japan ranks 232nd 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 at different ages in males. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual death rates at different ages in males
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
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.