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Japan
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
JAPAN VS NIGER

Compare Japan and Niger health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Niger
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Japan Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Niger NIGER
      Japan JAPAN   Niger NIGER
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
    		  
    41.9
    37.1
    39.6
    130
    161
    149
    1970
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    		  
    42.6
    38.6
    40.6
    150
    169
    161
    1980
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    		  
    43.7
    40.8
    42.3
    161
    172
    170
    1990
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    		  
    47.7
    45.3
    46.5
    163
    175
    173
    2000
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    49.9
    50.0
    50.0
    159
    169
    164
    2010
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    		  
    57.8
    58.8
    58.2
    153
    161
    157
    2019
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    62.1
    64.6
    63.3
    156
    167
    159
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Niger NIGER
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    62.1
    64.6
    156
    167
    Age 5
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    67.8
    69.9
    142
    159
    Age 10
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    68.7
    70.9
    137
    156
    Age 15
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    69.7
    71.7
    134
    150
    Age 20
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    70.0
    72.0
    133
    150
    Age 25
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    70.5
    72.4
    132
    149
    Age 30
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    71.0
    72.8
    132
    151
    Age 35
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    71.5
    73.3
    131
    150
    Age 40
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    72.2
    73.9
    129
    151
    Age 45
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    73.0
    74.6
    127
    153
    Age 50
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    73.9
    75.4
    127
    156
    Age 55
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    75.1
    76.5
    127
    157
    Age 60
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    76.6
    77.8
    131
    159
    Age 65
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    78.5
    79.4
    130
    158
    Age 70
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    80.7
    81.4
    128
    159
    Age 75
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    83.3
    83.9
    124
    150
    Age 80
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    86.3
    86.8
    119
    136
    Age 85
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    89.7
    90.1
    105
    118
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Niger NIGER
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30.62
    181
    118.53
    82
    2. Stroke
    23.21
    161
    114.20
    55
    3. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    0.54
    182
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.56
    129
    118.92
    14
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    5.52
    142
    6. Lung Disease
    12.69
    156
    30.61
    48
    7. Suicide
    12.24
    49
    10.15
    70
    8. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    3.59
    138
    9. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    18.52
    70
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    1.47
    155
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    7.87
    159
    20.18
    44
    12. Kidney Disease
    7.61
    154
    29.61
    61
    13. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    7.86
    47
    14. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    4.34
    169
    15. Other Injuries
    4.92
    133
    17.29
    11
    16. Liver Disease
    4.78
    164
    40.78
    24
    17. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    3.33
    139
    18. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    7.90
    8
    19. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    1.71
    119
    20. Other Neoplasms
    3.05
    31
    0.31
    135
    21. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    2.32
    145
    22. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    9.28
    88
    23. Congenital Anomalies
    2.49
    167
    7.56
    40
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    2.36
    135
    6.27
    49
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    2.33
    156
    5.13
    47
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.21
    175
    33.36
    41
    27. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    2.55
    102
    28. Drownings
    2.12
    109
    4.32
    38
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.08
    163
    7.46
    44
    30. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    1.99
    109
    31. Falls
    1.98
    173
    12.36
    12
    32. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    2.24
    79
    33. Diabetes Mellitus
    1.35
    182
    33.65
    79
    34. Hypertension
    1.07
    183
    18.25
    91
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.61
    169
    10.80
    8
    36. Tuberculosis
    0.53
    140
    26.95
    41
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.53
    161
    93.61
    7
    38. Epilepsy
    0.51
    176
    3.33
    21
    39. Hepatitis C
    0.50
    19
    0.39
    24
    40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.48
    56
    0.24
    111
    41. Skin Disease
    0.47
    142
    2.14
    57
    42. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    3.18
    25
    43. Malnutrition
    0.41
    118
    6.98
    40
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.40
    162
    4.21
    23
    45. Asthma
    0.36
    174
    20.43
    19
    46. Hepatitis B
    0.34
    77
    2.01
    8
    47. Drug Use
    0.33
    177
    1.13
    99
    48. Fires
    0.33
    161
    4.88
    12
    49. Low Birth Weight
    0.32
    183
    11.39
    23
    50. Schizophrenia
    0.31
    17
    0.00
    139
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Japan JAPAN   Niger NIGER
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    163,905
    14.84
    8,229
    5.12
    2. Stroke
    121,823
    11.03
    8,717
    5.42
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    107,899
    9.77
    21,093
    13.13
    4. Lung Cancers
    79,688
    7.21
    42
    0.03
    5. Lung Disease
    78,169
    7.08
    2,172
    1.35
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    57,340
    5.19
    522
    0.32
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    56,937
    5.15
    858
    0.53
    8. Stomach Cancer
    50,433
    4.57
    300
    0.19
    9. Kidney Disease
    44,779
    4.05
    2,732
    1.70
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    37,027
    3.35
    138
    0.09
    11. Liver Cancer
    29,384
    2.66
    745
    0.46
    12. Other Injuries
    22,068
    2.00
    3,826
    2.38
    13. Suicide
    19,466
    1.76
    1,227
    0.76
    14. Lymphomas
    19,273
    1.74
    350
    0.22
    15. Breast Cancer
    15,805
    1.43
    1,075
    0.67
    16. Other Neoplasms
    15,120
    1.37
    24
    0.01
    17. Liver Disease
    14,195
    1.29
    4,116
    2.56
    18. Parkinson's Disease
    14,007
    1.27
    275
    0.17
    19. Prostate Cancer
    13,515
    1.22
    128
    0.08
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    12,316
    1.11
    132
    0.08
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    11,486
    1.04
    1,806
    1.12
    22. Bladder Cancer
    9,936
    0.90
    161
    0.10
    23. Falls
    9,736
    0.88
    1,297
    0.81
    24. Leukemia
    9,607
    0.87
    258
    0.16
    25. Drownings
    8,409
    0.76
    1,581
    0.98
    26. Oral Cancer
    8,333
    0.75
    242
    0.15
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    8,232
    0.75
    769
    0.48
    28. Hypertension
    6,673
    0.60
    1,356
    0.84
    29. Diabetes Mellitus
    5,433
    0.49
    2,630
    1.64
    30. Ovary Cancer
    5,061
    0.46
    425
    0.26
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,566
    0.41
    5,946
    3.70
    32. Cervical Cancer
    3,799
    0.34
    487
    0.30
    33. Uterin Cancer
    3,461
    0.31
    86
    0.05
    34. Tuberculosis
    3,459
    0.31
    3,703
    2.30
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,922
    0.26
    1,044
    0.65
    36. Skin Disease
    2,806
    0.25
    213
    0.13
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2,731
    0.25
    16,030
    9.97
    38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2,618
    0.24
    18
    0.01
    39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2,555
    0.23
    467
    0.29
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    2,473
    0.22
    4,346
    2.70
    41. Hepatitis C
    2,220
    0.20
    46
    0.03
    42. Asthma
    1,922
    0.17
    1,902
    1.18
    43. Malnutrition
    1,910
    0.17
    2,170
    1.35
    44. Skin Cancers
    1,843
    0.17
    287
    0.18
    45. Epilepsy
    1,558
    0.14
    676
    0.42
    46. Hepatitis B
    1,423
    0.13
    279
    0.17
    47. Schizophrenia
    1,052
    0.10
    0
    0.00
    48. Fires
    1,007
    0.09
    1,120
    0.70
    49. Anemia
    875
    0.08
    0
    0.00
    50. Drug Use
    732
    0.07
    126
    0.08
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Niger NIGER
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    0.54
    182
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    5.52
    142
    3. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    3.59
    138
    4. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    18.52
    70
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    1.47
    155
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    7.86
    47
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    4.34
    169
    8. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    3.33
    139
    9. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    7.90
    8
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    1.71
    119
    11. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    2.32
    145
    12. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    9.28
    88
    13. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    2.55
    102
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    1.99
    109
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    2.24
    79
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    3.18
    25
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.