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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 DR CONGO

Compare Japan and DR Congo 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.

DR Congo
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
105,804,023
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DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Japan JAPAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
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
  
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
108.48
92
2. Stroke
23.21
161
112.53
56
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
3.48
152
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
117.32
16
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
9.05
87
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
44.15
23
7. Suicide
12.24
49
12.41
45
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
6.55
82
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
15.42
112
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
2.92
114
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
19.83
52
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
24.38
79
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
9.59
31
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
31.05
27
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
12.62
40
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
36.25
41
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
4.48
101
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
3.08
143
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
2.18
101
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.25
151
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
3.40
102
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
22.64
30
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
7.74
35
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
10.69
18
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
3.70
117
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
39.80
25
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.21
121
28. Drownings
2.12
109
3.10
72
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
9.82
29
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
1.91
111
31. Falls
1.98
173
8.41
41
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
0.78
167
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
36.82
69
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
50.51
14
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
5.00
58
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
79.20
9
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
55.99
28
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
2.36
50
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.14
76
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.63
32
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
1.81
79
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.16
74
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
11.91
24
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
4.14
24
45. Asthma
0.36
174
20.76
18
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.96
39
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
1.25
88
48. Fires
0.33
161
3.03
48
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
11.44
22
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
89
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
34,713
5.28
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
36,596
5.56
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
73,546
11.18
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
1,158
0.18
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
13,527
2.06
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
2,966
0.45
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
4,548
0.69
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
2,579
0.39
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
9,077
1.38
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
1,017
0.15
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
3,840
0.58
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
8,272
1.26
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
5,812
0.88
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
2,061
0.31
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
3,416
0.52
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
88
0.01
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
15,044
2.29
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
1,035
0.16
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
3,948
0.60
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
790
0.12
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
7,380
1.12
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
270
0.04
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
3,483
0.53
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
1,871
0.28
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
3,454
0.52
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
1,003
0.15
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
4,045
0.61
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
15,743
2.39
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
12,902
1.96
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
656
0.10
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
30,256
4.60
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
4,823
0.73
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
352
0.05
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
43,759
6.65
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
1,923
0.29
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
781
0.12
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
41,301
6.28
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
217
0.03
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
1,728
0.26
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
16,256
2.47
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
69
0.01
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
7,733
1.18
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
8,910
1.35
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
765
0.12
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
1,727
0.26
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
456
0.07
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
2,007
0.31
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
638
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
3.48
152
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
9.05
87
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
6.55
82
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
15.42
112
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
2.92
114
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
9.59
31
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
31.05
27
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
4.48
101
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
3.08
143
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
2.18
101
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
3.40
102
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
22.64
30
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.21
121
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
1.91
111
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
0.78
167
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.16
74
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.