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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 Qatar 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.

Qatar
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
Qatar Population Pyramid
3,851,121
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Qatar QATAR
  Japan JAPAN   Qatar QATAR
       
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
 
51.9
55.0
53.4
83
84
83
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
 
59.3
63.0
61.1
75
76
77
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
 
64.7
68.9
66.7
62
74
71
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
 
67.7
72.3
70.0
56
77
64
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
 
75.3
77.8
76.2
17
39
31
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
 
76.4
79.2
77.3
28
41
34
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
 
78.0
76.6
77.2
34
93
50
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Qatar QATAR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
78.0
76.6
34
93
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
78.0
76.6
34
93
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
78.6
77.1
34
96
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
78.6
77.1
34
97
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
78.7
77.2
34
97
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
78.9
77.2
34
97
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
79.1
77.3
34
100
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
79.2
77.4
36
101
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
79.3
77.4
36
103
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
79.5
77.5
39
105
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
79.7
77.6
39
107
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
79.9
77.8
40
113
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
80.2
78.0
42
124
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
80.6
78.4
42
147
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
81.2
79.1
61
168
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
82.1
80.1
73
178
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
83.6
81.6
111
183
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
85.5
83.5
166
183
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
88.3
87.5
179
181
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Qatar QATAR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
227.64
22
2. Stroke
23.21
161
51.69
126
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
10.46
101
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
23.53
102
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
10.56
67
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
16.88
128
7. Suicide
12.24
49
4.66
145
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
5.12
104
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
15.02
117
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
3.34
102
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
22.69
22
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
43.20
18
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
4.56
113
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
6.20
153
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
5.08
131
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
27.39
65
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
4.10
116
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.90
36
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
2.64
85
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.38
108
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
3.39
104
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
3.25
143
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
3.81
138
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
4.61
72
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
8.66
4
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
8.79
128
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.20
122
28. Drownings
2.12
109
1.56
126
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
3.34
129
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
2.32
90
31. Falls
1.98
173
6.19
81
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
4.03
25
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
112.65
7
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
6.19
152
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
1.89
118
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
0.25
156
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
0.98
136
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
0.57
172
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.01
164
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.10
160
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
4.68
17
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
0.55
159
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
0.20
138
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
1.01
118
45. Asthma
0.36
174
1.41
122
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.13
117
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
0.80
131
48. Fires
0.33
161
2.19
70
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
2.36
139
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
146
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Qatar QATAR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
1,082
26.54
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
255
6.25
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
108
2.65
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
73
1.79
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
68
1.67
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
83
2.04
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
75
1.84
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
42
1.03
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
179
4.39
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
25
0.61
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
44
1.08
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
115
2.82
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
165
4.05
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
48
1.18
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
53
1.30
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
3
0.07
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
202
4.95
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
28
0.69
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
18
0.44
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
13
0.32
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
39
0.96
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
27
0.66
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
129
3.16
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
57
1.40
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
45
1.10
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
25
0.61
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
32
0.78
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
26
0.64
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
459
11.26
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
17
0.42
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
206
5.05
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
13
0.32
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
6
0.15
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
8
0.20
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
7
0.17
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
16
0.39
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
10
0.25
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
0
0.00
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
8
0.20
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
70
1.72
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
0
0.00
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
10
0.25
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
1
0.02
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
8
0.20
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
13
0.32
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
2
0.05
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
42
1.03
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
12
0.29
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Qatar QATAR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
10.46
101
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
10.56
67
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
5.12
104
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
15.02
117
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
3.34
102
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
4.56
113
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
6.20
153
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
4.10
116
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.90
36
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
2.64
85
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
3.39
104
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
3.25
143
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.20
122
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
2.32
90
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
4.03
25
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
0.55
159
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.