World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): Japan

Most recent: 84.04 (2024)
Earliest: 67.7 (1960)
Highest: 84.56 (2020)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Japan at the United Nations

Life expectancy at birth, total (years), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Life expectancy at birth
2024	84.04
2023	84.04
2022	84
2021	84.45
2020	84.56
2019	84.36
2018	84.21
2017	84.1
2016	83.98
2015	83.79
2014	83.59
2013	83.33
2012	83.1
2011	82.59
2010	82.84
2009	82.93
2008	82.59
2007	82.51
2006	82.32
2005	81.96
2004	82.03
2003	81.76
2002	81.69
2001	81.42
2000	81.08
1999	80.46
1998	80.5
1997	80.42
1996	80.22
1995	79.54
1994	79.7
1993	79.3
1992	79.08
1991	79.04
1990	78.84
1989	78.77
1988	78.35
1987	78.43
1986	78.01
1985	77.56
1984	77.29
1983	76.92
1982	76.87
1981	76.39
1980	75.99
1979	76.11
1978	75.58
1977	75.26
1976	74.69
1975	74.25
1974	73.67
1973	73.3
1972	73.15
1971	72.81
1970	71.92
1969	71.86
1968	71.61
1967	71.47
1966	70.92
1965	70.27
1964	70.21
1963	69.71
1962	68.63
1961	68.35
1960	67.7

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