China vs Japan: Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , China's Life expectancy at birth, total (years) was 78.02, compared to Japan's 84.04. That makes China's value 7.2% lower than Japan's.
China
Rank #70 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 78.02
- Year-over-year
- +0.1%
- 10-year change
- +1.7%
- Peak
- 78.20 (2022)
- Trough
- 74.09 (2005)
Japan
Rank #10 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 84.04
- Year-over-year
- 0.0%
- 10-year change
- +0.5%
- Peak
- 84.56 (2020)
- Trough
- 81.96 (2005)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.LE00.IN), CC BY 4.0.