Japan vs Middle income: Life expectancy at birth, male

Japan
81.09 years
in 2024
Middle income
70.59 years
in 2024
Japan rank
22nd
Middle income rank
26th

Life expectancy at birth, male over time

  • Japan
  • Middle income
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 81.09 years against 70.59 years in Middle income, a difference of 10.5 years.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Middle income's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 22nd and Middle income ranks 26th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 67.57 years 48.96 years 18.61 years Japan
1970s 71.48 years 54.91 years 16.57 years Japan
1980s 74.72 years 59.55 years 15.17 years Japan
1990s 76.58 years 62.74 years 13.84 years Japan
2000s 78.67 years 65.83 years 12.84 years Japan
2010s 80.51 years 68.76 years 11.75 years Japan
2020s 81.25 years 69.71 years 11.55 years Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy at birth, male, Japan or Middle income?
Japan, at 81.09 years against 70.59 years in Middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in life expectancy at birth, male between Japan and Middle income?
10.5 years, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Middle income?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Japan and Middle income rank globally for life expectancy at birth, male?
Japan ranks 22nd and Middle income ranks 26th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Life expectancy at birth, male (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,256 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.