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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

Compare Japan and Hungary 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.

Hungary
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
Hungary Population Pyramid
8,470,232
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Hungary HUNGARY
  Japan JAPAN   Hungary HUNGARY
       
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
 
65.9
70.2
68.0
27
34
32
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
 
66.4
72.1
69.2
31
37
36
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
 
65.5
72.8
69.1
58
50
55
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
 
65.1
73.7
69.3
88
61
73
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
 
67.5
76.0
71.7
89
49
68
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
 
70.5
78.3
74.5
80
48
63
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
 
73.1
79.6
76.4
69
54
58
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Hungary HUNGARY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
73.1
79.6
69
54
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
73.1
79.6
69
54
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
73.4
79.8
78
64
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
73.4
79.9
79
65
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
73.4
79.9
81
65
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
73.5
80.0
83
65
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
73.7
80.0
85
66
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
73.8
80.1
87
67
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
74.0
80.2
88
67
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
74.3
80.3
92
68
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
74.6
80.6
95
69
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
75.2
80.9
96
70
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
76.2
81.4
98
72
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
77.7
82.3
93
69
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
79.7
83.4
86
67
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
82.0
84.6
77
63
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
84.3
86.1
74
68
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
87.0
88.0
73
73
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
90.1
90.5
76
75
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Hungary HUNGARY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
155.07
44
2. Stroke
23.21
161
50.69
127
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
43.54
1
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
7.19
174
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
24.53
2
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
30.26
52
7. Suicide
12.24
49
11.78
54
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
6.77
80
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
19.81
50
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
10.40
2
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
17.50
95
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
3.88
178
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
4.19
121
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
16.01
89
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
4.45
142
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
19.03
93
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
4.52
98
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
6.08
30
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
3.13
65
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
2.84
34
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
4.95
21
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
5.04
127
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
2.87
158
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
3.35
94
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
1.99
161
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
6.33
147
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
7.91
11
28. Drownings
2.12
109
0.78
157
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
9.17
33
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
3.32
39
31. Falls
1.98
173
7.81
56
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
4.92
11
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
11.33
139
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
29.84
45
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
3.36
81
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
0.38
144
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
1.26
123
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
0.74
162
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.36
27
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.30
93
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
0.63
129
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.81
38
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
0.14
146
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
1.04
115
45. Asthma
0.36
174
0.61
155
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.23
96
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
0.43
164
48. Fires
0.33
161
0.65
127
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
1.64
151
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.44
10
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Hungary HUNGARY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
36,766
32.00
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
11,915
10.37
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
1,528
1.33
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
8,377
7.29
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
6,436
5.60
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
5,027
4.37
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
4,595
4.00
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
1,360
1.18
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
874
0.76
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
2,098
1.83
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
848
0.74
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
703
0.61
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
1,612
1.40
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
905
0.79
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
2,259
1.97
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
615
0.54
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
3,060
2.66
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
489
0.43
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
1,324
1.15
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
565
0.49
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
568
0.49
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
1,050
0.91
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
1,746
1.52
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
908
0.79
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
97
0.08
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
1,342
1.17
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
1,627
1.42
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
7,262
6.32
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
2,515
2.19
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
656
0.57
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
750
0.65
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
466
0.41
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
418
0.36
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
62
0.05
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
686
0.60
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
133
0.12
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
281
0.24
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
66
0.06
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
243
0.21
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
254
0.22
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
64
0.06
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
122
0.11
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
21
0.02
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
579
0.50
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
93
0.08
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
39
0.03
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
79
0.07
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
103
0.09
49. Anemia
875
0.08
40
0.03
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
59
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Hungary HUNGARY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
43.54
1
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
24.53
2
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
6.77
80
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
19.81
50
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
10.40
2
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
4.19
121
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
16.01
89
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
4.52
98
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
6.08
30
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
3.13
65
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
4.95
21
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
5.04
127
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
7.91
11
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
3.32
39
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
4.92
11
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.81
38
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.