Japan vs Sweden: Mortality rates at age 65

Japan
0.9657 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
0.9912 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Japan rank
218th
Sweden rank
216th

Mortality rates at age 65 over time

  • Japan
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.9912 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9657 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.0255 deaths per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 218th and Sweden ranks 216th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Sweden Difference Ahead
1950s 3.85 deaths per 1,000 people 2.42 deaths per 1,000 people 1.43 deaths per 1,000 people Japan
1960s 3.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2.42 deaths per 1,000 people 0.8851 deaths per 1,000 people Japan
1970s 2.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2.4 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0577 deaths per 1,000 people Japan
1980s 1.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2.18 deaths per 1,000 people 0.3822 deaths per 1,000 people Sweden
1990s 1.67 deaths per 1,000 people 1.78 deaths per 1,000 people 0.1079 deaths per 1,000 people Sweden
2000s 1.32 deaths per 1,000 people 1.38 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0564 deaths per 1,000 people Sweden
2010s 1.14 deaths per 1,000 people 1.07 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0641 deaths per 1,000 people Japan
2020s 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people 1 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0117 deaths per 1,000 people Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Japan or Sweden?
Sweden, at 0.9912 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9657 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Japan and Sweden?
0.0255 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
Japan ranks 218th and Sweden ranks 216th 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 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rates at age 65
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing 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

Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.