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China vs Japan: Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , China's Life expectancy at birth, male (years) was 75.25, compared to Japan's 81.09. That makes China's value 7.2% lower than Japan's.

China

Rank #69 of 217 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
75.25
Year-over-year
+0.1%
10-year change
+1.5%
Peak
75.49 (2021)
Trough
71.60 (2005)

Japan

Rank #22 of 217 globally

Japan trend
Latest (2024)
81.09
Year-over-year
+0.0%
10-year change
+0.7%
Peak
81.56 (2020)
Trough
78.56 (2005)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN), CC BY 4.0.