Japan vs Slovenia: Annual death rates at different ages
Japan
1.65 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Slovenia
1.81 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Japan rank
231st
Slovenia rank
228th
Annual death rates at different ages over time
- Japan
- Slovenia
How they compare
Slovenia currently reports 1.81 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.65 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.16 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Slovenia's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Slovenia ahead.
Japan ranks 231st and Slovenia ranks 228th of 236 countries.
Slovenia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Slovenia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 58.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.31 deaths per 1,000 people | Slovenia |
| 1960s | 21.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 29.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.47 deaths per 1,000 people | Slovenia |
| 1970s | 10.47 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.8 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.33 deaths per 1,000 people | Slovenia |
| 1980s | 5.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.5 deaths per 1,000 people | Slovenia |
| 1990s | 4.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.23 deaths per 1,000 people | Slovenia |
| 2000s | 2.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7835 deaths per 1,000 people | Slovenia |
| 2010s | 2.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0434 deaths per 1,000 people | Slovenia |
| 2020s | 1.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.302 deaths per 1,000 people | Slovenia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages, Japan or Slovenia?
- Slovenia, at 1.81 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.65 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Japan and Slovenia?
- 0.16 deaths per 1,000 people, with Slovenia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Slovenia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Slovenia rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
- Japan ranks 231st and Slovenia ranks 228th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates at different ages. 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.