Which has higher male life expectancy at birth, Japan or Liechtenstein?

Liechtenstein, at 81.84 years against 81.69 years in Japan as of 2023.

What is the difference in male life expectancy at birth between Japan and Liechtenstein?

0.15 years, with Liechtenstein ahead.

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

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 Male life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Liechtenstein: Male life expectancy at birth

Japan

81.69 years

in 2023

Liechtenstein

81.84 years

in 2023

Japan rank

11th

Liechtenstein rank

8th

Male life expectancy at birth over time

Japan
Liechtenstein

How they compare

Liechtenstein currently reports 81.84 years against 81.69 years in Japan, a difference of 0.15 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Liechtenstein ahead.

Japan ranks 11th and Liechtenstein ranks 8th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Liechtenstein	Difference	Ahead
1950s	62.23 years	64.75 years	2.51 years	Liechtenstein
1960s	67.54 years	67.96 years	0.4232 years	Liechtenstein
1970s	71.49 years	70.54 years	0.9481 years	Japan
1980s	74.77 years	72.92 years	1.84 years	Japan
1990s	76.62 years	74.64 years	1.97 years	Japan
2000s	78.61 years	77.85 years	0.7633 years	Japan
2010s	80.47 years	80.64 years	0.1694 years	Liechtenstein
2020s	81.46 years	81.03 years	0.4262 years	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher male life expectancy at birth, Japan or Liechtenstein?: Liechtenstein, at 81.84 years against 81.69 years in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in male life expectancy at birth between Japan and Liechtenstein?: 0.15 years, with Liechtenstein ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Liechtenstein?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Japan and Liechtenstein rank globally for male life expectancy at birth?: Japan ranks 11th and Liechtenstein ranks 8th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Male life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Male life expectancy at birth
Unit: years
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

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