Which has higher number of deaths, Japan or Russian Federation?

Russian Federation, at 1.79 million deaths against 1.52 million deaths in Japan as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of deaths between Japan and Russian Federation?

270,430 deaths, with Russian Federation ahead.

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

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.

Japan vs Russian Federation: Number of deaths

Japan

1.52 million deaths

in 2023

Russian Federation

1.79 million deaths

in 2023

Japan rank

8th

Russian Federation rank

6th

Number of deaths over time

Japan
Russian Federation

How they compare

Russian Federation currently reports 1.79 million deaths against 1.52 million deaths in Japan, a difference of 270,430 deaths.

That makes Russian Federation's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

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

Japan ranks 8th and Russian Federation ranks 6th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Russian Federation	Difference	Ahead
1950s	789,677 deaths	1.13 million deaths	337,379 deaths	Russian Federation
1960s	718,153 deaths	969,781 deaths	251,628 deaths	Russian Federation
1970s	721,829 deaths	1.28 million deaths	561,047 deaths	Russian Federation
1980s	765,890 deaths	1.55 million deaths	784,385 deaths	Russian Federation
1990s	912,143 deaths	2.04 million deaths	1.13 million deaths	Russian Federation
2000s	1.09 million deaths	2.25 million deaths	1.16 million deaths	Russian Federation
2010s	1.34 million deaths	1.88 million deaths	543,824 deaths	Russian Federation
2020s	1.51 million deaths	2.08 million deaths	563,550 deaths	Russian Federation

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Japan or Russian Federation?: Russian Federation, at 1.79 million deaths against 1.52 million deaths in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Japan and Russian Federation?: 270,430 deaths, with Russian Federation ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Russian Federation?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Japan and Russian Federation rank globally for number of deaths?: Japan ranks 8th and Russian Federation ranks 6th 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

Number of deaths in a calendar year.