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Japan vs United Kingdom: Health & Population

This page compares Japan and United Kingdom across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Japan United Kingdom Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 50.66 30.80 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 84.04 81.39 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 64.57 90.74 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 92.19 83.24 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 51.22 50.76 Compare →
Population, male 60.48M 34.09M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 48.78 49.24 Compare →
Rural population 9.68M 11.60M Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 7.81 16.76 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) -0.32 1.17 Compare →
Urban population 114.29M 57.63M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.15 1.55 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 36.56 56.40 Compare →
Population, total 123.98M 69.23M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 29.78 19.50 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 11.44 17.19 Compare →
Net migration 140,579.00 389,911.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 1.63 7.82 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 5.70 9.89 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 13.30 9.70 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 87.13 83.33 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 81.09 79.54 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 94.87 91.60 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 90.06 87.07 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 6.90M 5.80M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 10.87 16.50 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 7.28M 6.10M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 12.03 17.90 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 14.18M 11.90M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 35.91M 22.00M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 56.55 62.61 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 36.97M 21.83M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 61.12 64.05 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 72.88M 43.83M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 58.78 63.32 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 20.69M 7.34M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 32.58 20.90 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 16.23M 6.16M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 26.84 18.06 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 36.92M 13.50M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.05 1.06 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 70.12 57.94 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 19.45 27.14 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) -0.44 1.07 Compare →
Population, female 63.50M 35.14M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 2.80 17.10 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 3.41M 11.85M Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 99.18 100.00 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 99.94 99.10 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 8.10 7.40 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) -1.80 0.57 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 165.00 701.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 55.00 417.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 1.80 4.10 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.50 0.40 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.20 1.20 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 1.90 1.90 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 2.30 4.20 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 2.50 5.20 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 0.90 3.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 1.70 3.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 1.90 4.60 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 2.40 4.70 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 356.00 277.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 489.00 383.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,387.00 1,007.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2,321.00 1,526.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 1,363.00 2,835.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 1,863.00 3,213.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 651.00 2,081.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.40 0.30 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.00 0.01 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 2.65 3.30 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 3.00 8.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 23.00 57.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 35,149.00 8,751.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 10.74 11.13 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 86.00 88.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 95.00 89.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 15.70 40.46 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 99.00 92.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 22.50 14.30 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 18.70 13.60 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 18.60 13.50 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 16.70 15.50 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 3.60 3.20 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 12.59 2.42 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 95.00 92.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 10.27 16.83 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 2.76 4.88 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 6.38 10.73 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 8.00 11.00 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.18 0.33 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.10 0.28 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.25 0.38 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 23.60 14.65 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 17.43 9.55 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 11.54 4.60 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 9.94 16.97 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 4.72 3.36 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 85.34 79.68 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 5.40 9.10 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 10.60 13.00 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 15.80 16.80 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 11.80 13.40 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 8.40 10.50 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 8.40 6.10 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.