Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Japan

Male life expectancy in Japan in 2024 — 81.09 years. Ranked 22 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 24.1%.

2024 81.09 years +0% vs 2023
World rank 22of 217
Period maximum 81.56 years2020
Period minimum 65.32 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Japan, 1960–2024657075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 65.32 years1962: 66.23 years1964: 67.67 years1966: 68.35 years1968: 69.05 years1970: 69.31 years1972: 70.5 years1974: 71.16 years1976: 72.15 years1978: 72.97 years1980: 73.35 years1982: 74.22 years1984: 74.54 years1986: 75.23 years1988: 75.54 years1990: 75.92 years1992: 76.09 years1994: 76.57 years1996: 77.01 years1998: 77.16 years2000: 77.72 years2002: 78.32 years2004: 78.64 years2006: 79 years2008: 79.29 years2010: 79.55 years2012: 79.94 years2014: 80.5 years2016: 80.98 years2018: 81.25 years2020: 81.56 years2022: 81.05 years2024: 81.09 years
Change over the period: +15.77 (+24.14%) Average annual rate: 0.34 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Japan

Japan 81.09 years
World 71.12 years
East Asia & Pacific 73.92 years
Eastern Asia computed 75.81 years
High-income countries computed 77.79 years
Male life expectancy — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 81.09 +0 +0%
2023 81.09 +0.04 +0.05%
2022 81.05 −0.42 −0.52%
2021 81.47 −0.09 −0.11%
2020 81.56 +0.15 +0.18%
2019 81.41 +0.16 +0.2%
2018 81.25 +0.16 +0.2%
2017 81.09 +0.11 +0.14%
2016 80.98 +0.23 +0.28%
2015 80.75 +0.25 +0.31%
2014 80.5 +0.29 +0.36%
2013 80.21 +0.27 +0.34%
2012 79.94 +0.5 +0.63%
2011 79.44 −0.11 −0.14%
2010 79.55 −0.04 −0.05%
2009 79.59 +0.3 +0.38%
2008 79.29 +0.1 +0.13%
2007 79.19 +0.19 +0.24%
2006 79 +0.44 +0.56%
2005 78.56 −0.08 −0.1%
2004 78.64 +0.28 +0.36%
2003 78.36 +0.04 +0.05%
2002 78.32 +0.25 +0.32%
2001 78.07 +0.35 +0.45%
2000 77.72 +0.62 +0.8%
1999 77.1 −0.06 −0.08%
1998 77.16 −0.03 −0.04%
1997 77.19 +0.18 +0.23%
1996 77.01 +0.63 +0.82%
1995 76.38 −0.19 −0.25%
1994 76.57 +0.32 +0.42%
1993 76.25 +0.16 +0.21%
1992 76.09 −0.02 −0.03%
1991 76.11 +0.19 +0.25%
1990 75.92 +0.01 +0.01%
1989 75.91 +0.37 +0.49%
1988 75.54 −0.07 −0.09%
1987 75.61 +0.38 +0.51%
1986 75.23 +0.45 +0.6%
1985 74.78 +0.24 +0.32%
1984 74.54 +0.34 +0.46%
1983 74.2 −0.02 −0.03%
1982 74.22 +0.43 +0.58%
1981 73.79 +0.44 +0.6%
1980 73.35 −0.11 −0.15%
1979 73.46 +0.49 +0.67%
1978 72.97 +0.28 +0.39%
1977 72.69 +0.54 +0.75%
1976 72.15 +0.42 +0.59%
1975 71.73 +0.57 +0.8%
1974 71.16 +0.46 +0.65%
1973 70.7 +0.2 +0.28%
1972 70.5 +0.33 +0.47%
1971 70.17 +0.86 +1.24%
1970 69.31 +0.13 +0.19%
1969 69.18 +0.13 +0.19%
1968 69.05 +0.14 +0.2%
1967 68.91 +0.56 +0.82%
1966 68.35 +0.61 +0.9%
1965 67.74 +0.07 +0.1%
1964 67.67 +0.46 +0.68%
1963 67.21 +0.98 +1.48%
1962 66.23 +0.2 +0.3%
1961 66.03 +0.71 +1.09%
1960 65.32

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.