Life expectancy: Japan

84.7123 years in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 93 years from 1865 to 2023 are below.

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.

Every year

YearValue (years)
202384.7123
202284.0541
202184.55
202084.6703
201984.4177
201884.289
201784.1891
201684.0568
201583.8832
201483.6434
201383.4018
201283.1676
201182.6705
201082.916
200982.9699
200882.6332
200782.5488
200682.3699
200582.0073
200482.1275
200381.854
200281.7952
200181.5101
200081.1788
199980.6129
199880.6487
199780.5836
199680.3627
199579.6837
199479.8366
199379.4461
199279.303
199179.262
199078.9928
198978.9799
198878.5454
198778.6307
198678.2119
198577.799
198477.5068
198377.1069
198277.0723
198176.5629
198076.1408
197976.1671
197875.6571
197775.3257
197674.7611
197574.3569
197473.8494
197373.4218
197273.2584
197172.827
197072.0073
196971.9225
196871.6718
196771.401
196671.0552
196570.257
196470.1973
196369.7463
196268.6668
196168.3705
196067.718
195967.4564
195867.0429
195765.4387
195665.5598
195565.7115
195464.5367
195363.3252
195262.9959
195160.9885
195059.2548
194957.72
194856.84
194751.71
194530.537
193548.242
192745.659
192242.616
192042.044
191540.899
191039.974
190539.222
190038.6
189538.098
189037.676
188537.328
188037.036
187536.799
187036.593
186536.426