Japan vs Norway: Mortality rates at age 25
Japan
0.0435 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Norway
0.0436 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Japan rank
202nd
Norway rank
201st
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.0436 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0435 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.0001 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 202nd and Norway ranks 201st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Norway in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3287 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1393 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1894 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.1794 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1149 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0645 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.1103 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1027 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0076 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.0805 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1054 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0249 deaths per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.0713 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.095 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0237 deaths per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.0622 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0929 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0307 deaths per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.0568 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0638 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.007 deaths per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.0467 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0524 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0057 deaths per 1,000 people | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Japan or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.0436 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0435 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Japan and Norway?
- 0.0001 deaths per 1,000 people, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Japan ranks 202nd and Norway ranks 201st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.