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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 MYANMAR

Compare Japan and Myanmar 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.

Myanmar
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
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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Myanmar Population Pyramid
62,253,423
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   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
       
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
  
42.4
45.4
43.9
126
127
125
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
49.8
53.6
51.7
120
115
117
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
55.4
59.4
57.3
121
119
118
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
57.0
61.1
59.0
133
129
132
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
60.2
64.1
62.1
126
127
130
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
63.5
67.3
65.4
127
133
131
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
65.9
72.2
69.1
133
121
126
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
65.9
72.2
133
121
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
65.9
72.2
133
121
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
69.3
75.2
133
115
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
69.4
75.3
135
115
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
69.6
75.5
136
115
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
69.9
75.6
136
115
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
70.4
75.9
135
115
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
70.8
76.1
134
114
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
71.3
76.4
134
114
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
71.8
76.8
134
112
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
72.5
77.3
135
111
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
73.4
77.9
138
111
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
74.7
78.7
138
108
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
76.2
79.6
139
107
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
78.1
80.9
143
107
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
80.3
82.4
140
110
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
83.0
84.5
142
112
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
86.0
87.0
139
120
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.4
90.1
135
121
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
90.33
123
2. Stroke
23.21
161
185.28
7
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
16.58
74
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
40.28
67
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
6.75
122
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
73.61
9
7. Suicide
12.24
49
2.96
162
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
11.58
26
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
11.49
147
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
1.68
149
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
17.12
104
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
23.48
89
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
10.79
27
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
2.63
177
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
5.48
124
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
33.29
50
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
3.11
142
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
3.69
122
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
6.70
25
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.29
142
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
3.05
119
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
14.20
59
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
5.25
108
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
2.91
116
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
4.36
78
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
20.94
71
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
8.77
8
28. Drownings
2.12
109
4.24
40
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
4.16
110
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
0.94
163
31. Falls
1.98
173
13.85
9
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
1.46
130
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
48.14
42
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
20.51
79
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
6.05
47
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
38.12
27
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
17.00
61
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
1.02
134
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.04
117
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.18
136
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
2.02
63
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.27
64
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
2.65
78
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
2.00
71
45. Asthma
0.36
174
24.48
11
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.19
103
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
0.84
128
48. Fires
0.33
161
0.47
144
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
8.91
46
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
136
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
34,871
9.67
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
71,440
19.81
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
16,726
4.64
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
7,558
2.10
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
26,531
7.36
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
2,996
0.83
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
5,082
1.41
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
5,343
1.48
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
9,924
2.75
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
743
0.21
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
5,215
1.45
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
2,762
0.77
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
1,565
0.43
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
1,472
0.41
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
3,192
0.89
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
117
0.03
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
17,143
4.75
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
1,450
0.40
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
338
0.09
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
3,325
0.92
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
1,265
0.35
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
573
0.16
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
5,686
1.58
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
1,546
0.43
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
2,212
0.61
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
4,209
1.17
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
1,702
0.47
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
7,843
2.18
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
19,944
5.53
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
1,053
0.29
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
11,004
3.05
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
3,945
1.09
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
263
0.07
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
19,299
5.35
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
2,558
0.71
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
734
0.20
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
7,237
2.01
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
73
0.02
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
893
0.25
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
3,679
1.02
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
21
0.01
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
9,557
2.65
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
945
0.26
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
962
0.27
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
524
0.15
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
93
0.03
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
227
0.06
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
411
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
16.58
74
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
6.75
122
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
11.58
26
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
11.49
147
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
1.68
149
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
10.79
27
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
2.63
177
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
3.11
142
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
3.69
122
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
6.70
25
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
3.05
119
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
14.20
59
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
8.77
8
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
0.94
163
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
1.46
130
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.27
64
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.