Japan vs Upper middle income: Life expectancy at birth, total
Japan
84.04 years
in 2024
Upper middle income
76.05 years
in 2024
Japan rank
10th
Upper middle income rank
9th
Life expectancy at birth, total over time
- Japan
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Japan currently reports 84.04 years against 76.05 years in Upper middle income, a difference of 7.99 years.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 10th and Upper middle income ranks 9th of 217 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70.07 years | 52.86 years | 17.21 years | Japan |
| 1970s | 74.07 years | 60.34 years | 13.74 years | Japan |
| 1980s | 77.46 years | 65.42 years | 12.04 years | Japan |
| 1990s | 79.71 years | 68.94 years | 10.77 years | Japan |
| 2000s | 82.03 years | 72.01 years | 10.01 years | Japan |
| 2010s | 83.59 years | 74.75 years | 8.84 years | Japan |
| 2020s | 84.22 years | 75.43 years | 8.78 years | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy at birth, total, Japan or Upper middle income?
- Japan, at 84.04 years against 76.05 years in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in life expectancy at birth, total between Japan and Upper middle income?
- 7.99 years, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Upper middle income?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Upper middle income rank globally for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Japan ranks 10th and Upper middle income ranks 9th of 217 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.