Japan
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
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.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- Japan records 87.13 years for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024, ranking #4 globally out of 217 countries.
- Life expectancy at birth, female (years) increased from 70.19 years in 1960 to 87.13 years in 2024, a gain of 16.94 years.
- The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.
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