Japan vs Pakistan: Number of deaths
Japan
1.52 million deaths
in 2023
Pakistan
1.60 million deaths
in 2023
Japan rank
8th
Pakistan rank
7th
Number of deaths over time
- Japan
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 1.60 million deaths against 1.52 million deaths in Japan, a difference of 75,890 deaths.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Pakistan ahead.
Japan ranks 8th and Pakistan ranks 7th of 236 countries.
Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 789,677 deaths | 942,151 deaths | 152,474 deaths | Pakistan |
| 1960s | 718,153 deaths | 886,789 deaths | 168,636 deaths | Pakistan |
| 1970s | 721,829 deaths | 930,616 deaths | 208,787 deaths | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 765,890 deaths | 1.11 million deaths | 342,264 deaths | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 912,143 deaths | 1.33 million deaths | 418,188 deaths | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 1.09 million deaths | 1.43 million deaths | 336,961 deaths | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 1.34 million deaths | 1.55 million deaths | 216,802 deaths | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 1.51 million deaths | 1.66 million deaths | 146,558 deaths | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of deaths, Japan or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 1.60 million deaths against 1.52 million deaths in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of deaths between Japan and Pakistan?
- 75,890 deaths, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Pakistan?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Pakistan rank globally for number of deaths?
- Japan ranks 8th and Pakistan ranks 7th 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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About this data
Number of deaths in a calendar year.