What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Germany and Japan?

490,290 deaths, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Japan?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Germany vs Japan: Births and deaths per year

Germany

1.03 million deaths

in 2023

Japan

1.52 million deaths

in 2023

Germany rank

10th

Japan rank

8th

Births and deaths per year over time

Germany
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 1.52 million deaths against 1.03 million deaths in Germany, a difference of 490,290 deaths.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Germany ranks 10th and Japan ranks 8th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 3 and Japan in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1950s	765,143 deaths	789,677 deaths	24,534 deaths	Japan
1960s	900,951 deaths	718,153 deaths	182,797 deaths	Germany
1970s	961,659 deaths	721,829 deaths	239,830 deaths	Germany
1980s	928,297 deaths	765,890 deaths	162,408 deaths	Germany
1990s	885,870 deaths	912,143 deaths	26,273 deaths	Japan
2000s	840,386 deaths	1.09 million deaths	248,346 deaths	Japan
2010s	906,070 deaths	1.34 million deaths	428,962 deaths	Japan
2020s	1.02 million deaths	1.51 million deaths	495,924 deaths	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher births and deaths per year, Germany or Japan?: Japan, at 1.52 million deaths against 1.03 million deaths in Germany as of 2023.
What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Germany and Japan?: 490,290 deaths, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Japan?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Germany and Japan rank globally for births and deaths per year?: Germany ranks 10th and Japan ranks 8th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Births and deaths per year
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year.