Japan - Death Rate 2018
11.0
+0.2 from 2017
Japan's death rate was 11.0 in 2018, increased +0.2 from 10.8 in 2017. This was the 191st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.9 | -2.7% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 1.0 | -1.3% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 1.9 | 2.3% |
| 4th | Oman | 2.0 | -0.1% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 2.0 | 2.4% |
| 6th | Saudi Arabia | 2.2 | 2.5% |
| 7th | Maldives | 2.6 | -1.6% |
| 8th | Jordan | 3.1 | -1.5% |
| 9th | Macao SAR, China | 3.1 | -6.1% |
| 10th | West Bank and Gaza | 3.2 | 0.0% |
| 11th | French Polynesia | 3.3 | 2.1% |
| 12th | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.1 | 2.9% |
| 13th | Iraq | 4.4 | -9.2% |
| 14th | Honduras | 4.5 | 0.1% |
| 15th | St. Martin (French part) | 4.5 | -4.5% |
| 16th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.6 | 2.9% |
| 17th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.6 | 0.3% |
| 18th | Ecuador | 4.6 | -8.3% |
| 19th | Algeria | 4.7 | 0.2% |
| 20th | Panama | 4.7 | -1.3% |
| 21st | Cayman Islands | 4.8 | 0.7% |
| 22nd | Nicaragua | 4.8 | -2.4% |
| 23rd | Tajikistan | 4.9 | -1.1% |
| 24th | Malaysia | 4.9 | 0.3% |
| 25th | Israel | 5.0 | -3.8% |
| 26th | Singapore | 5.0 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Libya | 5.0 | -1.7% |
| 28th | Costa Rica | 5.1 | 1.9% |
| 29th | Belize | 5.1 | -0.5% |
| 30th | Guatemala | 5.1 | 1.1% |
| 31st | Cabo Verde | 5.2 | 0.9% |
| 32nd | Lebanon | 5.2 | 4.2% |
| 33rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.2 | -3.7% |
| 34th | Türkiye | 5.2 | -1.9% |
| 35th | British Virgin Islands | 5.3 | -5.6% |
| 36th | Colombia | 5.4 | 0.7% |
| 37th | Bangladesh | 5.4 | -1.3% |
| 38th | Solomon Islands | 5.5 | 0.6% |
| 39th | Andorra | 5.5 | 0.8% |
| 40th | Paraguay | 5.5 | 0.2% |
| 41st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.5 | -1.7% |
| 42nd | Vanuatu | 5.6 | -1.1% |
| 43rd | Kosovo | 5.6 | 3.3% |
| 44th | Mongolia | 5.6 | 1.8% |
| 45th | Uganda | 5.6 | -3.6% |
| 46th | Morocco | 5.6 | -0.2% |
| 47th | Philippines | 5.8 | 3.4% |
| 48th | Azerbaijan | 5.8 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Korea | 5.8 | 3.6% |
| 50th | Dominican Republic | 5.9 | 1.0% |
| 51st | Uzbekistan | 5.9 | -0.5% |
| 52nd | American Samoa | 6.0 | 2.8% |
| 53rd | Turkmenistan | 6.0 | -0.6% |
| 54th | New Caledonia | 6.1 | 2.3% |
| 55th | Mexico | 6.1 | 1.2% |
| 56th | Tunisia | 6.1 | 0.3% |
| 57th | Yemen, Republic of | 6.1 | 8.3% |
| 58th | Senegal | 6.1 | -2.6% |
| 59th | Cambodia | 6.1 | 1.0% |
| 60th | Samoa | 6.1 | 0.8% |
| 61st | Peru | 6.2 | 1.2% |
| 62nd | Chile | 6.2 | 2.6% |
| 63rd | Rwanda | 6.2 | -0.4% |
| 64th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.2 | -2.4% |
| 65th | Viet Nam | 6.3 | 0.4% |
| 66th | Mauritania | 6.3 | -3.5% |
| 67th | Australia | 6.3 | -3.1% |
| 68th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.3 | 1.3% |
| 69th | Brazil | 6.3 | 1.3% |
| 70th | Cyprus | 6.4 | 1.2% |
| 71st | Tanzania | 6.4 | -3.0% |
| 72nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.4 | 1.6% |
| 73rd | Ireland | 6.4 | 1.6% |
| 74th | Iceland | 6.4 | -1.5% |
| 75th | Tonga | 6.4 | 0.6% |
| 76th | Guam | 6.4 | 1.9% |
| 77th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.5 | 4.7% |
| 78th | Bhutan | 6.5 | -2.5% |
| 79th | Eritrea | 6.5 | -1.8% |
| 80th | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.5 | -9.7% |
| 81st | Malawi | 6.5 | -4.0% |
| 82nd | Sudan | 6.6 | -1.4% |
| 83rd | Papua New Guinea | 6.7 | -0.5% |
| 84th | India | 6.7 | 0.0% |
| 85th | Sri Lanka | 6.7 | 1.0% |
| 86th | Botswana | 6.7 | -5.0% |
| 87th | Aruba | 6.7 | 1.7% |
| 88th | Marshall Islands | 6.7 | 1.1% |
| 89th | Congo, Republic of | 6.8 | -1.8% |
| 90th | Lao PDR | 6.8 | -2.6% |
| 91st | Zambia | 6.8 | -3.3% |
| 92nd | New Zealand | 6.8 | -2.0% |
| 93rd | Gabon | 6.8 | -1.5% |
| 94th | Pakistan | 6.9 | -1.3% |
| 95th | Gibraltar | 6.9 | -1.4% |
| 96th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.9 | 1.8% |
| 97th | Gambia, The | 7.0 | -2.2% |
| 98th | Kazakhstan | 7.0 | -1.3% |
| 99th | Suriname | 7.1 | 0.3% |
| 100th | Nepal | 7.1 | 0.0% |
| 101st | China | 7.1 | 0.3% |
| 102nd | Luxembourg | 7.1 | 0.0% |
| 103rd | San Marino | 7.1 | -13.4% |
| 104th | Kiribati | 7.1 | 0.8% |
| 105th | Thailand | 7.2 | 2.0% |
| 106th | Kenya | 7.2 | 0.8% |
| 107th | Liechtenstein | 7.2 | 9.1% |
| 108th | Afghanistan | 7.3 | -0.6% |
| 109th | Jamaica | 7.4 | 3.5% |
| 110th | Albania | 7.4 | 0.0% |
| 111th | Guyana | 7.4 | -2.4% |
| 112th | El Salvador | 7.4 | -0.8% |
| 113th | Ghana | 7.4 | -1.5% |
| 114th | Madagascar | 7.5 | 0.1% |
| 115th | Timor-Leste | 7.5 | -0.6% |
| 116th | Burundi | 7.6 | -3.9% |
| 117th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.6 | -0.4% |
| 118th | Indonesia | 7.6 | 0.7% |
| 119th | Nauru | 7.6 | -0.4% |
| 120th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.6 | 0.7% |
| 121st | Argentina | 7.6 | -1.3% |
| 122nd | Malta | 7.6 | 0.0% |
| 123rd | Canada | 7.7 | 1.3% |
| 124th | Faroe Islands | 7.7 | -13.5% |
| 125th | Norway | 7.7 | 0.0% |
| 126th | Comoros | 7.7 | -1.2% |
| 127th | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.7 | 3.3% |
| 128th | Djibouti | 7.8 | -1.1% |
| 129th | Switzerland | 7.9 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Virgin Islands (US) | 7.9 | 2.6% |
| 131st | Haiti | 7.9 | -0.6% |
| 132nd | Angola | 7.9 | -3.2% |
| 133rd | St. Lucia | 8.1 | 0.8% |
| 134th | Guinea-Bissau | 8.1 | -3.1% |
| 135th | Namibia | 8.1 | -4.6% |
| 136th | Bahamas, The | 8.3 | 1.9% |
| 137th | Zimbabwe | 8.3 | -3.1% |
| 138th | Mozambique | 8.3 | -3.6% |
| 139th | Grenada | 8.3 | 2.0% |
| 140th | Seychelles | 8.4 | 7.7% |
| 141st | Cameroon | 8.4 | -2.5% |
| 142nd | Mauritius | 8.5 | 6.3% |
| 143rd | Togo | 8.6 | -2.5% |
| 144th | Liberia | 8.6 | -1.4% |
| 145th | United States | 8.7 | 0.5% |
| 146th | Equatorial Guinea | 8.7 | -2.6% |
| 147th | Bermuda | 8.7 | 0.0% |
| 148th | Armenia | 8.7 | -4.4% |
| 149th | Greenland | 8.7 | -2.2% |
| 150th | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.8 | -3.6% |
| 151st | Burkina Faso | 8.8 | -3.3% |
| 152nd | South Africa | 8.8 | -0.5% |
| 153rd | Curaçao | 8.8 | -1.1% |
| 154th | Myanmar | 8.8 | -0.3% |
| 155th | Netherlands | 8.9 | 1.1% |
| 156th | Fiji | 8.9 | 2.8% |
| 157th | Puerto Rico (US) | 9.1 | -1.7% |
| 158th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 9.1 | 2.8% |
| 159th | Spain | 9.1 | 0.0% |
| 160th | France | 9.1 | 0.0% |
| 161st | Sweden | 9.1 | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Tuvalu | 9.2 | -0.8% |
| 163rd | United Kingdom | 9.2 | 0.0% |
| 164th | Barbados | 9.5 | 0.3% |
| 165th | Benin | 9.5 | -1.5% |
| 166th | Austria | 9.5 | 0.0% |
| 167th | Denmark | 9.5 | 3.3% |
| 168th | North Macedonia | 9.5 | -3.1% |
| 169th | Uruguay | 9.5 | 0.4% |
| 170th | Channel Islands | 9.6 | 1.1% |
| 171st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 9.6 | -2.2% |
| 172nd | Sierra Leone | 9.7 | -6.3% |
| 173rd | Belgium | 9.7 | 1.0% |
| 174th | Niger | 9.8 | -1.9% |
| 175th | Mali | 9.8 | -2.6% |
| 176th | Eswatini | 9.8 | -4.5% |
| 177th | Cuba | 9.9 | -0.4% |
| 178th | Finland | 9.9 | 1.0% |
| 179th | Slovenia | 9.9 | 0.0% |
| 180th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 9.9 | 1.3% |
| 181st | Slovak Republic | 10.0 | 1.0% |
| 182nd | Isle of Man | 10.0 | 0.6% |
| 183rd | Guinea | 10.2 | -2.1% |
| 184th | Palau | 10.3 | 2.9% |
| 185th | Montenegro | 10.4 | 0.0% |
| 186th | Italy | 10.5 | -2.8% |
| 187th | European Union | 10.5 | 0.4% |
| 188th | Czechia | 10.6 | 1.0% |
| 189th | Poland | 10.9 | 2.8% |
| 190th | Portugal | 10.9 | 2.8% |
| 191st | Japan | 11.0 | 1.9% |
| 192nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.1 | 1.7% |
| 193rd | Greece | 11.2 | -3.4% |
| 194th | Germany | 11.5 | 1.8% |
| 195th | Estonia | 11.9 | 0.8% |
| 196th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.0 | -2.6% |
| 197th | Georgia | 12.1 | -4.6% |
| 198th | Lesotho | 12.2 | -3.7% |
| 199th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 12.4 | -12.0% |
| 200th | Central African Republic | 12.4 | -26.8% |
| 201st | South Sudan | 12.4 | -51.8% |
| 202nd | Russian Federation | 12.5 | 0.8% |
| 203rd | Dominica | 12.5 | -8.1% |
| 204th | Belarus | 12.7 | 0.8% |
| 205th | Chad | 12.9 | -3.2% |
| 206th | Croatia | 12.9 | -0.8% |
| 207th | Nigeria | 13.0 | -1.8% |
| 208th | Ukraine | 13.2 | 7.3% |
| 209th | Hungary | 13.5 | -0.7% |
| 210th | Romania | 13.6 | 1.5% |
| 211th | Moldova | 13.6 | 2.8% |
| 212th | Lithuania | 14.0 | -0.7% |
| 213th | Serbia | 14.6 | -1.4% |
| 214th | Latvia | 15.0 | 1.4% |
| 215th | Bulgaria | 16.2 | 0.6% |
| 216th | Monaco | 21.3 | 1.0% |
FAQ
What was Japan's death rate in 2018?▾
Japan's death rate in 2018 was 11.0. This ranked 191st globally.
How did Japan's death rate change in 2018?▾
Japan's death rate increased by 1.9% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2018?▾
Monaco had the highest death rate in 2018 at 21.3.
What is the death rate of Japan in 2018?▾
The death rate of Japan in 2018 was 11.0. This ranked 191st globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Japan's death rate?▾
Japan's death rate went from 10.8 in 2017 to 11.0 in 2018, a 1.9% increase.
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