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Life expectancy: compare countries

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Life expectancy by country

Annual, Years

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Japan
Dec 31, 2001	78.3	81.4
Dec 31, 2002	78.2	81.7
Dec 31, 2003	78.4	81.8
Dec 31, 2004	78.7	82.0
Dec 31, 2005	78.9	82.0
Dec 31, 2006	79.1	82.3
Dec 31, 2007	79.5	82.5
Dec 31, 2008	79.7	82.6
Dec 31, 2009	79.8	82.9
Dec 31, 2010	80.0	82.8
Dec 31, 2011	80.4	82.6
Dec 31, 2012	80.5	83.1
Dec 31, 2013	80.5	83.3
Dec 31, 2014	81.1	83.6
Dec 31, 2015	80.6	83.8
Dec 31, 2016	81.0	84.0
Dec 31, 2017	81.0	84.1
Dec 31, 2018	80.9	84.2
Dec 31, 2019	81.3	84.4
Dec 31, 2020	81.0	84.6
Dec 31, 2021	80.8	84.4
Dec 31, 2022	80.6	84.0
Dec 31, 2023	81.0	84.0
Dec 31, 2024	80.8	84.0