Japan vs Netherlands: Causes of mortality

Japan
1.58 million Deaths
in 2023
Netherlands
172,165 Deaths
in 2024
Japan rank
3rd
Netherlands rank
3rd

Causes of mortality over time

  • Japan
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 1.58 million Deaths against 172,165 Deaths in Netherlands, a difference of 1.40 million Deaths.

That makes Japan's figure about 9.2 times Netherlands's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 3rd and Netherlands ranks 3rd of 36 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Netherlands Difference Ahead
1960s 688,247 Deaths 96,908 Deaths 591,340 Deaths Japan
1970s 698,226 Deaths 111,863 Deaths 586,363 Deaths Japan
1980s 747,091 Deaths 120,791 Deaths 626,300 Deaths Japan
1990s 891,148 Deaths 134,692 Deaths 756,455 Deaths Japan
2000s 1.05 million Deaths 137,592 Deaths 914,285 Deaths Japan
2010s 1.29 million Deaths 144,467 Deaths 1.15 million Deaths Japan
2020s 1.49 million Deaths 169,821 Deaths 1.32 million Deaths Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Japan or Netherlands?
Japan, at 1.58 million Deaths against 172,165 Deaths in Netherlands as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Japan and Netherlands?
1.40 million Deaths, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Netherlands?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Japan and Netherlands rank globally for causes of mortality?
Japan ranks 3rd and Netherlands ranks 3rd of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.