Japan vs Spain: Life expectancy at birth, total

Japan
84.04 years
in 2024
Spain
83.89 years
in 2024
Japan rank
10th
Spain rank
12th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • Japan
  • Spain
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 84.04 years against 83.89 years in Spain, a difference of 0.1485 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Spain ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 10th and Spain ranks 12th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.