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Germany
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
GERMANY VS JAPAN

Compare Germany and Japan 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.

Japan
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
Germany Population Pyramid
80,103,973
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Germany GERMANY   Japan JAPAN
  Germany GERMANY   Japan JAPAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.9
72.3
69.5
19
21
18
  
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
67.4
73.7
70.5
23
23
23
  
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
69.4
76.1
72.6
27
20
26
  
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
72.0
78.6
75.2
25
19
22
  
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
74.8
80.9
78.0
23
16
18
  
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
2010
77.5
82.6
80.1
21
22
22
  
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
2019
78.7
84.8
81.7
26
10
20
  
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Germany GERMANY   Japan JAPAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.7
84.8
26
10
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age
78.7
84.8
26
10
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age 5
79.0
85.1
29
10
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 10
79.1
85.1
29
10
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 15
79.1
85.1
29
10
81.8
87.2
2
1
Age 20
79.2
85.2
29
10
81.9
87.2
2
1
Age 25
79.3
85.2
29
10
82.0
87.3
2
1
Age 30
79.4
85.3
32
10
82.1
87.4
2
1
Age 35
79.6
85.4
33
10
82.2
87.4
3
1
Age 40
79.8
85.5
33
9
82.4
87.6
3
1
Age 45
80.0
85.7
34
9
82.6
87.7
3
1
Age 50
80.4
85.9
33
8
82.9
87.9
3
1
Age 55
81.0
86.3
35
7
83.4
88.2
3
1
Age 60
81.9
86.9
35
6
84.0
88.6
3
1
Age 65
83.1
87.7
35
6
84.8
89.0
4
1
Age 70
84.6
88.7
35
3
86.0
89.6
2
1
Age 75
86.3
90.0
30
2
87.3
90.3
6
1
Age 80
88.3
91.6
25
1
89.0
91.3
8
2
Age 85
90.9
94.1
31
1
91.4
92.8
9
3
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Germany GERMANY   Japan JAPAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
56.09
155
30.62
181
2. Lung Cancers
24.77
27
18.06
66
3. Breast Cancer
18.80
66
10.31
155
4. Stroke
18.75
173
23.21
161
5. Lung Disease
18.00
116
12.69
156
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.54
128
7.87
159
7. Prostate Cancer
14.89
102
6.05
157
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.18
48
13.59
37
9. Liver Disease
9.69
128
4.78
164
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.75
12
8.87
10
11. Hypertension
8.36
139
1.07
183
12. Suicide
8.27
93
12.24
49
13. Kidney Disease
7.81
152
7.61
154
14. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.66
170
16.56
129
15. Diabetes Mellitus
6.48
161
1.35
182
16. Falls
5.64
93
1.98
173
17. Lymphomas
5.60
60
4.22
111
18. Endocrine Disorders
5.15
62
2.36
135
19. Ovary Cancer
5.13
60
3.30
136
20. Stomach Cancer
4.80
118
11.47
28
21. Alcohol
4.32
25
0.24
170
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.30
99
2.08
163
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.25
83
2.33
156
24. Leukemia
4.20
59
2.76
133
25. Other Injuries
4.05
151
4.92
133
26. Liver Cancer
4.03
129
6.62
62
27. Oral Cancer
3.52
69
2.19
124
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.39
58
3.28
61
29. Other Neoplasms
3.28
29
3.05
31
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.98
170
2.21
175
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.95
157
2.49
167
32. Cervical Cancer
2.68
155
2.73
152
33. Bladder Cancer
2.51
70
1.86
104
34. Skin Cancers
2.02
84
0.42
167
35. Drug Use
2.00
45
0.33
177
36. Uterin Cancer
1.95
110
2.02
106
37. Epilepsy
1.72
86
0.51
176
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.39
119
0.53
161
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.34
96
0.40
162
40. Low Birth Weight
1.30
161
0.32
183
41. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
11
0.04
175
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.90
152
0.61
169
43. Violence
0.84
161
0.19
183
44. Skin Disease
0.62
130
0.47
142
45. Asthma
0.46
165
0.36
174
46. Drownings
0.42
177
2.12
109
47. Birth Trauma
0.40
160
0.17
180
48. Hepatitis C
0.33
33
0.50
19
49. Anemia
0.32
39
0.14
52
50. HIV/AIDS
0.30
135
0.03
164
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Germany GERMANY   Japan JAPAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
147,055
20.98
163,905
14.84
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
51,168
7.30
56,937
5.15
3. Stroke
49,794
7.11
121,823
11.03
4. Lung Cancers
46,560
6.64
79,688
7.21
5. Lung Disease
42,797
6.11
78,169
7.08
6. Hypertension
26,796
3.82
6,673
0.60
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
26,026
3.71
57,340
5.19
8. Kidney Disease
22,770
3.25
44,779
4.05
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
20,712
2.96
107,899
9.77
10. Breast Cancer
18,842
2.69
15,805
1.43
11. Pancreas Cancer
17,971
2.56
37,027
3.35
12. Prostate Cancer
16,487
2.35
13,515
1.22
13. Diabetes Mellitus
15,560
2.22
5,433
0.49
14. Falls
15,325
2.19
9,736
0.88
15. Liver Disease
15,194
2.17
14,195
1.29
16. Parkinson's Disease
12,594
1.80
14,007
1.27
17. Lymphomas
12,249
1.75
19,273
1.74
18. Endocrine Disorders
10,677
1.52
11,486
1.04
19. Suicide
10,284
1.47
19,466
1.76
20. Stomach Cancer
9,658
1.38
50,433
4.57
21. Inflammatory/Heart
8,891
1.27
8,232
0.75
22. Leukemia
8,737
1.25
9,607
0.87
23. Other Injuries
8,248
1.18
22,068
2.00
24. Other Neoplasms
8,161
1.16
15,120
1.37
25. Liver Cancer
8,057
1.15
29,384
2.66
26. Alcohol
6,257
0.89
576
0.05
27. Oesophagus Cancer
6,212
0.89
12,316
1.11
28. Bladder Cancer
6,193
0.88
9,936
0.90
29. Oral Cancer
6,023
0.86
8,333
0.75
30. Ovary Cancer
5,192
0.74
5,061
0.46
31. Skin Cancers
4,055
0.58
1,843
0.17
32. Diarrhoeal diseases
3,830
0.55
2,731
0.25
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,615
0.52
2,555
0.23
34. Road Traffic Accidents
3,160
0.45
4,566
0.41
35. Epilepsy
3,091
0.44
1,558
0.14
36. Congenital Anomalies
2,291
0.33
2,473
0.22
37. Uterin Cancer
2,231
0.32
3,461
0.31
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,166
0.31
2,922
0.26
39. Cervical Cancer
2,131
0.30
3,799
0.34
40. Drug Use
1,930
0.28
732
0.07
41. Multiple Sclerosis
1,571
0.22
108
0.01
42. Skin Disease
1,543
0.22
2,806
0.25
43. Anemia
994
0.14
875
0.08
44. Asthma
924
0.13
1,922
0.17
45. Low Birth Weight
770
0.11
202
0.02
46. Violence
769
0.11
266
0.02
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
543
0.08
2,618
0.24
48. Hepatitis C
507
0.07
2,220
0.20
49. Drownings
459
0.07
8,409
0.76
50. Malnutrition
450
0.06
1,910
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Germany GERMANY   Japan JAPAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.77
27
18.06
66
2. Breast Cancer
18.80
66
10.31
155
3. Prostate Cancer
14.89
102
6.05
157
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.18
48
13.59
37
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.75
12
8.87
10
6. Lymphomas
5.60
60
4.22
111
7. Ovary Cancer
5.13
60
3.30
136
8. Stomach Cancer
4.80
118
11.47
28
9. Leukemia
4.20
59
2.76
133
10. Liver Cancer
4.03
129
6.62
62
11. Oral Cancer
3.52
69
2.19
124
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.39
58
3.28
61
13. Cervical Cancer
2.68
155
2.73
152
14. Bladder Cancer
2.51
70
1.86
104
15. Skin Cancers
2.02
84
0.42
167
16. Uterin Cancer
1.95
110
2.02
106
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.