Causes of mortality in Japan
Japan: Causes of mortality was 1.58 million Deaths in 2023. ▲ Rising
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.
Causes of mortality in Japan, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 706,599 Deaths | — |
| 1961 | 695,644 Deaths | -1.6% |
| 1962 | 710,265 Deaths | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 670,770 Deaths | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 673,067 Deaths | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 700,438 Deaths | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 670,342 Deaths | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 675,006 Deaths | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 686,555 Deaths | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 693,787 Deaths | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 712,962 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 684,521 Deaths | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 683,751 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 709,416 Deaths | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 710,510 Deaths | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 702,275 Deaths | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 703,270 Deaths | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 690,074 Deaths | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 695,821 Deaths | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 689,664 Deaths | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 722,801 Deaths | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 720,262 Deaths | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 711,883 Deaths | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 740,038 Deaths | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 740,247 Deaths | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 752,283 Deaths | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 750,620 Deaths | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 751,172 Deaths | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 793,014 Deaths | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 788,594 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 820,305 Deaths | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 829,797 Deaths | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 856,643 Deaths | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 878,532 Deaths | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 875,933 Deaths | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 922,139 Deaths | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 896,211 Deaths | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 913,402 Deaths | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 936,484 Deaths | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 982,031 Deaths | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 961,653 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 970,331 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 982,379 Deaths | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 1.01 million Deaths | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 1.03 million Deaths | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 1.08 million Deaths | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 1.08 million Deaths | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1.11 million Deaths | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 1.14 million Deaths | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 1.14 million Deaths | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.20 million Deaths | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 1.25 million Deaths | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 1.26 million Deaths | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.27 million Deaths | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.27 million Deaths | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.29 million Deaths | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.31 million Deaths | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1.34 million Deaths | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 1.36 million Deaths | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.38 million Deaths | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.37 million Deaths | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.44 million Deaths | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 1.57 million Deaths | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 1.58 million Deaths | +0.4% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 1.58 million Deaths is above the median for high income countries, which is 115,390 Deaths, 13.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
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
- 1 Türkiye 525,814 Deaths compare
- 2 Russia 1.80 million Deaths compare
- 2 Poland 408,504 Deaths compare
- 3 Croatia 51,275 Deaths compare
- 3 Netherlands 172,165 Deaths compare
- 4 Lithuania 37,453 Deaths compare
- 4 Brazil 1.47 million Deaths compare
- 5 Germany 1.03 million Deaths compare
- 5 Latvia 26,316 Deaths compare
- 6 Slovenia 21,506 Deaths compare
- 6 Mexico 778,865 Deaths compare
More health data for Japan
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.73 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.2774 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,294 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 178 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0155 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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
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.