What is causes of mortality in Japan?

Causes of mortality in Japan was 1.58 million Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Japan?

The highest recorded value was 1.58 million Deaths in 2023.

What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Japan?

The lowest recorded value was 670,342 Deaths in 1966.

How does Japan rank for causes of mortality?

Japan ranks 3rd out of 36 countries with data for 2023.

Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Japan?

Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Japan data come from?

The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Causes of mortality in Japan

Name: Causes of mortality in Japan
Creator: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Japan: Causes of mortality was 1.58 million Deaths in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

1.58 million Deaths

Change on year

up 0.4%

World rank

3rd

of 36 countries

All-time high

1.58 million Deaths

in 2023

All-time low

670,342 Deaths

in 1966

Years of data

1960–2023

Causes of mortality in Japan, 1960–2023

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.

Analysis

In 2023, causes of mortality in Japan stood at 1.58 million Deaths. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Japan peaked at 1.58 million Deaths in 2023 and was at its lowest, 670,342 Deaths, in 1966.

Japan ranks 3rd of 36 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	688,247 Deaths	670,342 Deaths	710,265 Deaths	10
1970s	698,226 Deaths	683,751 Deaths	712,962 Deaths	10
1980s	747,091 Deaths	711,883 Deaths	793,014 Deaths	10
1990s	891,148 Deaths	820,305 Deaths	982,031 Deaths	10
2000s	1.05 million Deaths	961,653 Deaths	1.14 million Deaths	10
2010s	1.29 million Deaths	1.20 million Deaths	1.38 million Deaths	10
2020s	1.49 million Deaths	1.37 million Deaths	1.58 million Deaths	4

Countries ranked near Japan

1 United States 3.09 million Deaths compare
2 Russian Federation 1.80 million Deaths compare
4 Brazil 1.47 million Deaths compare
5 Germany 1.03 million Deaths compare
6 Mexico 778,865 Deaths compare

See the full ranking of 46 places →

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Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.2774 % change on previous year (2090)
Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,294 (2090)
Un projection of annual infant deaths 178 (2100)
Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 633,995 (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 607,213 (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 640,318 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 611,707 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is causes of mortality in Japan?: Causes of mortality in Japan was 1.58 million Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Japan?: The highest recorded value was 1.58 million Deaths in 2023.
What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Japan?: The lowest recorded value was 670,342 Deaths in 1966.
How does Japan rank for causes of mortality?: Japan ranks 3rd out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Japan?: Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan data come from?: The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Causes of mortality
Unit: Deaths
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 19 August 2026

This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.