Australia vs Japan: Survival to age 65, male

Australia
90.0%
in 2024
Japan
90.1%
in 2024
Australia rank
21st
Japan rank
19th

Survival to age 65, male over time

  • Australia
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 90.1% against 90.0% in Australia, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 21st and Japan ranks 19th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 67.1% 68.8% 1.7% Japan
1970s 70.0% 76.2% 6.2% Japan
1980s 76.6% 81.1% 4.5% Japan
1990s 82.2% 83.4% 1.2% Japan
2000s 86.4% 85.8% 0.6% Australia
2010s 88.3% 88.4% 0.1% Japan
2020s 88.6% 89.8% 1.2% Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher survival to age 65, male, Australia or Japan?
Japan, at 90.1% against 90.0% in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in survival to age 65, male between Australia and Japan?
0.1%, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Japan?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Australia and Japan rank globally for survival to age 65, male?
Australia ranks 21st and Japan ranks 19th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
Unit
% of cohort
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,290 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Survival to age 65 refers to the percentage of a cohort of newborn infants that would survive to age 65, if subject to age specific mortality rates of the specified year.