Japan · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in Japan
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
84.04years at birth
2024Observation year
-0.01% from 2023
years at birth · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not available | missing |
| 2024 | 84.0363414634146 | present |
| 2023 | 84.0412195121951 | present |
| 2022 | 83.9963414634146 | present |
| 2021 | 84.4456097560976 | present |
| 2020 | 84.56 | present |
| 2019 | 84.3563414634146 | present |
| 2018 | 84.2109756097561 | present |
| 2017 | 84.099756097561 | present |
| 2016 | 83.9848780487805 | present |
| 2015 | 83.7939024390244 | present |
| 2014 | 83.5878048780488 | present |
| 2013 | 83.3319512195122 | present |
| 2012 | 83.0960975609756 | present |
| 2011 | 82.5912195121951 | present |
| 2010 | 82.8426829268293 | present |
| 2009 | 82.9314634146342 | present |
| 2008 | 82.5875609756098 | present |
| 2007 | 82.5070731707317 | present |
| 2006 | 82.3219512195122 | present |
| 2005 | 81.9551219512195 | present |
| 2004 | 82.030243902439 | present |
| 2003 | 81.76 | present |
| 2002 | 81.6907317073171 | present |
| 2001 | 81.4163414634146 | present |
| 2000 | 81.0760975609756 | present |
Definition & method
WDI publishes period life expectancy from UN population data and national demographic sources, derived from life tables and age-specific mortality rates.
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
What to keep in mind
- This summarizes mortality conditions in a year; it does not predict how long a particular baby will live.
- It is a period life-table measure, rather than a measure of a completed birth cohort.
- Some underlying demographic estimates are interpolated and may not capture each annual event precisely.
- Missing years remain missing; the site does not extrapolate future life expectancy.