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

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

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

French Polynesia vs Japan: Life expectancy

French Polynesia

84.07 years

in 2023

Japan

84.71 years

in 2023

French Polynesia rank

7th

Japan rank

4th

Life expectancy over time

French Polynesia
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 84.71 years against 84.07 years in French Polynesia, a difference of 0.64 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

French Polynesia ranks 7th and Japan ranks 4th of 236 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	French Polynesia	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1950s	55.76 years	64.23 years	8.47 years	Japan
1960s	60.9 years	70.1 years	9.2 years	Japan
1970s	64.24 years	74.16 years	9.93 years	Japan
1980s	70.69 years	77.66 years	6.96 years	Japan
1990s	76.06 years	79.87 years	3.81 years	Japan
2000s	79.92 years	82.1 years	2.18 years	Japan
2010s	82.22 years	83.66 years	1.44 years	Japan
2020s	82.49 years	84.5 years	2.01 years	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, French Polynesia or Japan?: Japan, at 84.71 years against 84.07 years in French Polynesia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between French Polynesia and Japan?: 0.64 years, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for French Polynesia and Japan?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do French Polynesia and Japan rank globally for life expectancy?: French Polynesia ranks 7th and Japan ranks 4th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.