What is the difference in number of deaths between Democratic Republic of Congo and Japan?

622,581 deaths, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Japan?

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 Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Japan: Number of deaths

Democratic Republic of Congo

901,849 deaths

in 2023

Japan

1.52 million deaths

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

11th

Japan rank

8th

Number of deaths over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 1.52 million deaths against 901,849 deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 622,581 deaths.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.7 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 11th and Japan ranks 8th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1950s	334,055 deaths	789,677 deaths	455,622 deaths	Japan
1960s	392,307 deaths	718,153 deaths	325,846 deaths	Japan
1970s	457,370 deaths	721,829 deaths	264,459 deaths	Japan
1980s	559,313 deaths	765,890 deaths	206,576 deaths	Japan
1990s	690,585 deaths	912,143 deaths	221,558 deaths	Japan
2000s	769,627 deaths	1.09 million deaths	319,105 deaths	Japan
2010s	836,284 deaths	1.34 million deaths	498,747 deaths	Japan
2020s	909,990 deaths	1.51 million deaths	602,120 deaths	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Democratic Republic of Congo or Japan?: Japan, at 1.52 million deaths against 901,849 deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Democratic Republic of Congo and Japan?: 622,581 deaths, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Japan?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Japan rank globally for number of deaths?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 11th and Japan ranks 8th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of deaths
Unit: deaths
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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