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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 MALDIVES

Compare Japan and Maldives 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.

Maldives
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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Maldives Population Pyramid
586,102
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
  Japan JAPAN   Maldives MALDIVES
  Japan JAPAN   Maldives MALDIVES
       
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
  
45.1
42.6
43.9
111
140
124
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
51.5
48.9
50.2
109
132
120
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
57.4
54.8
56.1
110
132
123
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
61.8
59.2
60.5
112
138
128
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
68.9
70.4
69.6
71
108
96
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
75.6
78.0
76.7
34
53
36
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
78.6
80.8
79.6
28
41
33
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Maldives MALDIVES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
78.6
80.8
28
41
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
78.6
80.8
28
41
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
79.3
81.3
27
43
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
79.4
81.4
27
43
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
79.5
81.5
26
43
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
79.6
81.6
26
43
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
79.7
81.7
28
44
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
79.8
81.8
28
44
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
79.9
81.9
29
45
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
80.0
81.9
31
46
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
80.1
82.1
31
46
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
80.4
82.2
34
48
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
80.7
82.5
39
52
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
81.4
83.1
40
55
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
82.2
83.7
41
59
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
83.5
84.5
48
67
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
85.5
86.3
47
61
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
87.7
88.3
54
60
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
90.4
91.0
57
56
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Maldives MALDIVES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
103.55
102
2. Stroke
23.21
161
52.95
123
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
13.06
89
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
11.61
151
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
7.68
109
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
34.69
38
7. Suicide
12.24
49
2.76
165
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
0.39
183
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
18.52
71
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
1.42
156
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
18.30
78
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
29.04
65
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
9.20
35
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
8.38
139
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
4.22
145
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
7.83
143
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
2.62
159
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
6.77
18
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
0.03
182
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.75
66
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
2.87
126
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
15.15
53
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
4.18
130
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
6.80
39
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
4.42
73
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
1.85
177
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
4.34
52
28. Drownings
2.12
109
3.18
70
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
1.71
170
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
1.73
127
31. Falls
1.98
173
5.80
86
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
2.01
95
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
17.38
114
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
6.22
151
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
1.34
137
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
4.39
87
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
4.20
83
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
1.14
126
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.02
144
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.13
150
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
3.03
27
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
0.01
178
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
1.00
102
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
1.04
114
45. Asthma
0.36
174
3.60
99
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.08
146
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
0.46
161
48. Fires
0.33
161
0.99
114
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
2.91
126
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
128
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Maldives MALDIVES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
279
23.13
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
143
11.86
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
33
2.74
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
36
2.99
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
91
7.55
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
21
1.74
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
47
3.90
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
1
0.08
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
80
6.63
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
4
0.33
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
27
2.24
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
16
1.33
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
15
1.24
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
7
0.58
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
28
2.32
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
2
0.17
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
24
1.99
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
12
1.00
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
11
0.91
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
0
0.00
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
22
1.82
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
5
0.41
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
19
1.58
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
13
1.08
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
14
1.16
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
15
1.24
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
5
0.41
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
16
1.33
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
47
3.90
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
9
0.75
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
9
0.75
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
22
1.82
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
2
0.17
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
11
0.91
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
4
0.33
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
8
0.66
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
14
1.16
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
0
0.00
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
3
0.25
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
19
1.58
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
0
0.00
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
10
0.83
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
3
0.25
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
0
0.00
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
5
0.41
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
0
0.00
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
4
0.33
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
2
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Maldives MALDIVES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
13.06
89
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
7.68
109
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
0.39
183
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
18.52
71
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
1.42
156
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
9.20
35
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
8.38
139
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
2.62
159
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
6.77
18
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
0.03
182
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
2.87
126
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
15.15
53
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
4.34
52
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
1.73
127
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
2.01
95
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
0.01
178
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.