Japan vs Korea: Survival to age 65, male
Japan
90.1%
in 2024
Korea
90.6%
in 2024
Japan rank
19th
Korea rank
17th
Survival to age 65, male over time
- Japan
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 90.6% against 90.1% in Japan, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 19th and Korea ranks 17th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Korea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68.8% | 41.4% | 27.4% | Japan |
| 1970s | 76.2% | 51.8% | 24.4% | Japan |
| 1980s | 81.1% | 58.1% | 23.0% | Japan |
| 1990s | 83.4% | 69.4% | 14.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | 85.8% | 79.7% | 6.1% | Japan |
| 2010s | 88.4% | 87.0% | 1.5% | Japan |
| 2020s | 89.8% | 90.0% | 0.2% | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher survival to age 65, male, Japan or Korea?
- Korea, at 90.6% against 90.1% in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in survival to age 65, male between Japan and Korea?
- 0.5%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Korea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Korea rank globally for survival to age 65, male?
- Japan ranks 19th and Korea ranks 17th 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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About this data
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.