List of Japanese prefectures by life expectancy

  1. Home
  2. Wiki

This is a list of Japanese prefectures by life expectancy.

The Japanese Mortality Database (2023)

[edit]

Japan had peak of life expectancy in 2020. So this year is emphasized in the table below.

prefecture 2020 historical data 2023 2013
→2023
overall male female sex gap 2013 2013
→2018 		2018 2018
→2019 		2019 2019
→2020 		2020 2020
→2021 		2021 2021
→2022 		2022 2022
→2023 		overall male female sex gap
Japan 84.71 81.58 87.73 6.15 83.43 0.89 84.32 0.14 84.46 0.25 84.71 −0.13 84.58 −0.48 84.10 0.04 84.14 81.10 87.16 6.06 0.71
Shiga 85.71 82.88 88.39 5.51 84.20 0.95 85.15 0.20 85.35 0.36 85.71 −0.11 85.60 −0.51 85.09 0.10 85.19 82.31 88.06 5.75 0.99
Kyoto 85.54 82.34 88.49 6.15 83.88 1.19 85.07 0.13 85.20 0.34 85.54 −0.15 85.39 −0.75 84.64 0.25 84.89 81.71 87.92 6.21 1.01
Nagano 85.51 82.54 88.39 5.85 84.47 0.81 85.28 0.06 85.34 0.17 85.51 0.16 85.67 −0.51 85.16 0.12 85.28 82.58 87.96 5.38 0.81
Nara 85.45 82.45 88.18 5.73 83.77 1.12 84.89 0.33 85.22 0.23 85.45 −0.25 85.20 −0.55 84.65 0.44 85.09 82.38 87.61 5.23 1.32
Okayama 85.39 82.08 88.53 6.45 83.67 1.00 84.67 0.34 85.01 0.38 85.39 −0.22 85.17 −0.49 84.68 −0.09 84.59 81.45 87.67 6.22 0.92
Kumamoto 85.37 81.96 88.51 6.55 84.24 0.84 85.08 −0.07 85.01 0.36 85.37 −0.16 85.21 −0.74 84.47 0.24 84.71 81.55 87.71 6.16 0.47
Hiroshima 85.37 82.17 88.39 6.22 83.81 0.73 84.54 0.33 84.87 0.50 85.37 −0.18 85.19 −0.56 84.63 −0.09 84.54 81.45 87.58 6.13 0.73
Tottori 85.31 81.76 88.68 6.92 83.30 1.38 84.68 −0.56 84.12 1.19 85.31 −0.54 84.77 −0.26 84.51 −0.30 84.21 80.97 87.37 6.40 0.91
Ishikawa 85.25 81.97 88.34 6.37 83.96 1.01 84.97 −0.01 84.96 0.29 85.25 0.04 85.29 −0.63 84.66 −0.16 84.50 81.40 87.50 6.10 0.54
Ōita 85.22 81.84 88.37 6.53 83.84 0.99 84.83 0.20 85.03 0.19 85.22 −0.25 84.97 −0.33 84.64 −0.18 84.46 81.37 87.37 6.00 0.62
Toyama 85.22 82.08 88.15 6.07 83.75 0.93 84.68 0.16 84.84 0.38 85.22 −0.39 84.83 −0.56 84.27 −0.03 84.24 81.29 87.11 5.82 0.49
Kanagawa 85.04 82.06 87.99 5.93 83.87 0.80 84.67 0.19 84.86 0.18 85.04 −0.12 84.92 −0.55 84.37 0.16 84.53 81.58 87.52 5.94 0.66
Gifu 85.03 82.24 87.68 5.44 83.48 0.89 84.37 0.12 84.49 0.54 85.03 −0.32 84.71 −0.46 84.25 0.11 84.36 81.59 87.08 5.49 0.88
Hyōgo 85.02 81.78 88.05 6.27 83.52 1.16 84.68 0.20 84.88 0.14 85.02 −0.22 84.80 −0.23 84.57 0.14 84.71 81.68 87.59 5.91 1.19
Yamanashi 85.01 81.76 88.24 6.48 83.80 0.85 84.65 −0.16 84.49 0.52 85.01 0.00 85.01 −0.59 84.42 −0.07 84.35 81.31 87.46 6.15 0.55
Shimane 84.98 81.71 88.12 6.41 83.53 1.27 84.80 0.09 84.89 0.09 84.98 0.13 85.11 −0.45 84.66 0.07 84.73 81.32 88.14 6.82 1.20
Tokyo 84.97 81.86 87.96 6.10 83.58 0.99 84.57 0.21 84.78 0.19 84.97 −0.17 84.80 −0.42 84.38 0.24 84.62 81.59 87.60 6.01 1.04
Fukui 84.92 81.85 87.88 6.03 84.07 0.94 85.01 −0.18 84.83 0.09 84.92 0.29 85.21 −0.69 84.52 0.33 84.85 81.98 87.67 5.69 0.78
Fukuoka 84.90 81.55 87.91 6.36 83.54 0.92 84.46 0.06 84.52 0.38 84.90 −0.24 84.66 −0.51 84.15 −0.03 84.12 80.80 87.23 6.43 0.58
Saga 84.89 81.42 88.11 6.69 83.50 0.77 84.27 0.31 84.58 0.31 84.89 −0.14 84.75 −0.43 84.32 −0.12 84.20 80.91 87.35 6.44 0.70
Miyagi 84.86 81.90 87.70 5.80 83.80 0.54 84.34 0.07 84.41 0.45 84.86 −0.12 84.74 −0.54 84.20 −0.10 84.10 81.08 87.13 6.05 0.30
Niigata 84.72 81.55 87.81 6.26 83.55 0.66 84.21 0.05 84.26 0.46 84.72 −0.29 84.43 −0.22 84.21 −0.16 84.05 80.87 87.29 6.42 0.50
Aichi 84.69 81.75 87.61 5.86 83.44 0.92 84.36 0.18 84.54 0.15 84.69 −0.04 84.65 −0.49 84.16 0.16 84.32 81.46 87.24 5.78 0.88
Mie 84.67 81.70 87.54 5.84 83.34 1.00 84.34 0.26 84.60 0.07 84.67 0.07 84.74 −0.34 84.40 −0.22 84.18 81.33 87.03 5.70 0.84
Yamaguchi 84.63 81.19 87.85 6.66 83.16 1.08 84.24 −0.06 84.18 0.45 84.63 −0.22 84.41 −0.17 84.24 −0.28 83.96 80.70 87.13 6.43 0.80
Kōchi 84.61 81.16 87.84 6.68 83.15 1.00 84.15 −0.03 84.12 0.49 84.61 −0.13 84.48 −0.69 83.79 0.36 84.15 80.66 87.56 6.90 1.00
Kagawa 84.60 81.48 87.62 6.14 83.44 0.93 84.37 0.24 84.61 −0.01 84.60 0.20 84.80 −0.45 84.35 −0.17 84.18 81.28 87.04 5.76 0.74
Ehime 84.56 81.48 87.38 5.90 83.13 1.00 84.13 0.03 84.16 0.40 84.56 −0.26 84.30 −0.20 84.10 −0.05 84.05 80.68 87.34 6.66 0.92
Shizuoka 84.55 81.59 87.47 5.88 83.55 0.79 84.34 0.05 84.39 0.16 84.55 0.12 84.67 −0.50 84.17 0.02 84.19 81.36 87.05 5.69 0.64
Chiba 84.55 81.53 87.62 6.09 83.48 0.85 84.33 −0.08 84.25 0.30 84.55 −0.09 84.46 −0.61 83.85 0.09 83.94 81.04 86.95 5.91 0.46
Okinawa 84.52 80.92 88.17 7.25 83.65 0.67 84.32 −0.06 84.26 0.26 84.52 −0.53 83.99 −0.73 83.26 0.13 83.39 79.94 87.07 7.13 −0.26
Wakayama 84.49 81.23 87.52 6.29 82.86 0.92 83.78 0.37 84.15 0.34 84.49 −0.21 84.28 −0.54 83.74 −0.29 83.45 80.30 86.49 6.19 0.59
Yamagata 84.42 81.53 87.18 5.65 83.20 1.12 84.32 0.04 84.36 0.06 84.42 0.14 84.56 −0.56 84.00 0.21 84.21 81.25 87.17 5.92 1.01
Tokushima 84.42 81.32 87.33 6.01 82.57 1.60 84.17 0.18 84.35 0.07 84.42 0.07 84.49 −0.33 84.16 −0.14 84.02 80.97 87.00 6.03 1.45
Saitama 84.39 81.49 87.32 5.83 83.22 0.91 84.13 0.12 84.25 0.14 84.39 −0.10 84.29 −0.50 83.79 0.01 83.80 80.87 86.86 5.99 0.58
Miyazaki 84.39 81.09 87.48 6.39 83.51 0.76 84.27 0.36 84.63 −0.24 84.39 0.03 84.42 −0.68 83.74 −0.18 83.56 80.22 86.84 6.62 0.05
Kagoshima 84.38 80.97 87.60 6.63 83.14 0.82 83.96 0.18 84.14 0.24 84.38 0.12 84.50 −0.69 83.81 0.04 83.85 80.63 87.01 6.38 0.71
Nagasaki 84.33 80.93 87.46 6.53 83.15 0.97 84.12 0.25 84.37 −0.04 84.33 0.01 84.34 0.06 84.40 −0.58 83.82 80.48 87.01 6.53 0.67
Hokkaido 84.32 81.09 87.28 6.19 83.19 0.79 83.98 0.09 84.07 0.25 84.32 −0.34 83.98 −0.41 83.57 0.05 83.62 80.57 86.47 5.90 0.43
Gunma 84.30 81.36 87.27 5.91 83.05 0.91 83.96 0.13 84.09 0.21 84.30 −0.34 83.96 −0.35 83.61 −0.06 83.55 80.68 86.54 5.86 0.50
Osaka 84.23 80.89 87.47 6.58 82.92 0.92 83.84 0.26 84.10 0.13 84.23 −0.21 84.02 −0.49 83.53 0.21 83.74 80.40 87.04 6.64 0.82
Tochigi 84.15 81.22 87.08 5.86 82.81 0.76 83.57 0.11 83.68 0.47 84.15 −0.19 83.96 −0.58 83.38 0.07 83.45 80.65 86.38 5.73 0.64
Iwate 84.12 80.89 87.18 6.29 83.01 0.40 83.41 0.09 83.50 0.62 84.12 0.04 84.16 −0.98 83.18 0.01 83.19 79.68 86.77 7.09 0.18
Akita 84.03 80.46 87.41 6.95 82.62 0.92 83.54 0.21 83.75 0.28 84.03 −0.05 83.98 −0.55 83.43 −0.20 83.23 79.92 86.45 6.53 0.61
Fukushima 83.96 80.87 87.05 6.18 82.83 0.64 83.47 0.11 83.58 0.38 83.96 −0.37 83.59 −0.36 83.23 0.05 83.28 80.44 86.22 5.78 0.45
Ibaraki 83.93 80.89 87.07 6.18 82.79 0.74 83.53 0.13 83.66 0.27 83.93 0.07 84.00 −0.63 83.37 −0.03 83.34 80.45 86.40 5.95 0.55
Aomori 83.09 79.43 86.58 7.15 81.91 0.90 82.81 −0.21 82.60 0.49 83.09 −0.13 82.96 −0.27 82.69 −0.47 82.22 78.78 85.55 6.77 0.31

Data source: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research[1]

Maps of life expectancy in prefectures of Japan in 2015, 2020, 2023[1]
Maps of life expectancy for male[1]
Maps of life expectancy for female[1]


Percentage surviving in 2020

[edit]
See also: Gompertz–Makeham law of mortality

The percentage surviving, is the percent of the population that would survive to certain age, if their life conditions in a given year, were extrapolated to their whole life.

The percent of Japanese people surviving to certain ages by gender, 2020[2]
Age Japan on average Tokyo Kyoto
Percentage surviving F Δ M F / M Percentage surviving F Δ M F / M Percentage surviving F Δ M F / M
male female male female male female
1 99.8 99.8 0.0 1.00 99.9 99.9 -0.0 1.00 99.9 99.9 -0.0 1.00
5 99.8 99.8 0.0 1.00 99.8 99.8 0.0 1.00 99.9 99.8 -0.0 1.00
10 99.7 99.8 0.0 1.00 99.8 99.8 0.0 1.00 99.8 99.8 -0.1 1.00
15 99.7 99.7 0.0 1.00 99.7 99.7 0.0 1.00 99.8 99.8 -0.1 1.00
20 99.5 99.6 0.1 1.00 99.6 99.7 0.0 1.00 99.7 99.7 -0.0 1.00
25 99.3 99.5 0.2 1.00 99.4 99.6 0.1 1.00 99.5 99.6 0.2 1.00
30 99.1 99.4 0.3 1.00 99.2 99.4 0.2 1.00 99.2 99.5 0.3 1.00
35 98.8 99.2 0.5 1.00 99.0 99.3 0.3 1.00 99.0 99.4 0.4 1.00
40 98.4 99.0 0.6 1.01 98.7 99.1 0.4 1.00 98.6 99.2 0.7 1.01
45 97.8 98.7 0.8 1.01 98.2 98.8 0.6 1.01 98.0 98.9 0.8 1.01
50 97.0 98.1 1.2 1.01 97.4 98.3 0.9 1.01 97.2 98.4 1.1 1.01
55 95.5 97.3 1.8 1.02 96.0 97.5 1.5 1.02 95.8 97.7 1.9 1.02
60 93.3 96.2 2.9 1.03 93.8 96.4 2.6 1.03 93.6 96.7 3.1 1.03
65 89.7 94.6 4.8 1.05 90.2 94.7 4.5 1.05 90.5 95.3 4.9 1.05
70 84.3 92.2 7.9 1.09 84.6 92.2 7.6 1.09 85.6 93.2 7.6 1.09
75 76.1 88.4 12.3 1.16 76.1 88.3 12.2 1.16 77.9 89.6 11.7 1.15
80 64.4 82.1 17.7 1.27 64.3 82.1 17.8 1.28 66.6 83.6 16.9 1.25
85 48.3 71.0 22.8 1.47 48.3 71.4 23.1 1.48 50.7 72.9 22.2 1.44
90 28.1 52.4 24.3 1.86 28.7 53.2 24.5 1.85 30.4 54.7 24.3 1.80
95 10.8 28.0 17.2 2.60 11.5 29.3 17.8 2.55 12.1 30.6 18.4 2.52
100 2.188 8.627 6.439 3.94 2.530 9.339 6.809 3.69 2.579 10.076 7.497 3.91
105 0.195 1.146 0.951 5.88 0.254 1.297 1.043 5.11 0.240 1.479 1.239 6.16
110 0.007 0.055 0.048 7.86 0.011 0.065 0.054 5.91 0.009 0.080 0.071 8.89

Data source: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research[2][3][4]


Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (2015)

[edit]
Map of Japanese prefectures by life expectancy (2015)
Development of life expectancy in Japan according to estimation of the World Bank Group[5]
Life expectancy with calculated gender gap[5]
Life expectancy in Japan according to estimation of the Our World in Data[6]
Development of life expectancy in Japan in comparison to other big countries of the world[5]
Development of life expectancy in Japan in comparison to other big countries of Asia[5]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Japan on the background of other countries of the world in 2019[7]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females[7]

Prefectures by life expectancy at birth according to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan.[8] The total life expectancy is calculated out of the averages for men and women.

Rank Prefecture Life expectancy,
total 		Life expectancy,
men[9] 		Life expectancy,
women[10]
1  Nagano 84.72 81.75 87.68
2  Shiga 84.68 81.78 87.57
3  Fukui 84.41 81.27 87.54
4  Kyoto 84.38 81.40 87.35
5  Kumamoto 84.36 81.22 87.49
6  Okayama 84.35 81.03 87.67
7  Nara 84.31 81.36 87.25
8  Kanagawa 84.28 81.32 87.24
9  Shimane 84.22 80.79 87.64
10  Hiroshima 84.21 81.08 87.33
11  Ōita 84.20 81.08 87.31
12  Tokyo 84.17 81.07 87.26
13  Ishikawa 84.16 81.04 87.28
14  Miyagi 84.08 80.99 87.16
15  Yamanashi 84.04 80.85 87.22
16  Shizuoka 84.03 80.95 87.10
16  Kagawa 84.03 80.85 87.21
18  Toyama 84.02 80.61 87.42
19  Niigata 84.01 80.69 87.32
20  Hyōgo 84.00 80.92 87.07
21  Aichi 83.98 81.10 86.86
22  Chiba 83.94 80.96 86.91
23  Mie 83.93 80.86 86.99
24  Gifu 83.91 81.00 86.82
25  Fukuoka 83.90 80.66 87.14
26  Saga 83.89 80.65 87.12
27  Okinawa 83.86 80.27 87.44
28  Saitama 83.74 80.82 86.66
29  Yamagata 83.74 80.52 86.96
30  Gunma 83.73 80.61 86.84
31  Miyazaki 83.73 80.34 87.12
32  Tottori 83.72 80.17 87.27
33  Yamaguchi 83.70 80.51 86.88
34  Nagasaki 83.68 80.38 86.97
35  Kochi 83.64 80.26 87.01
36  Hokkaido 83.53 80.28 86.77
37  Tokushima 83.49 80.32 86.66
38  Ehime 83.49 80.16 86.82
39  Osaka 83.48 80.23 86.73
40  Kagoshima 83.40 80.02 86.78
41  Ibaraki 83.31 80.28 86.33
42  Fukushima 83.26 80.12 86.40
43  Wakayama 83.21 79.94 86.47
44  Tochigi 83.17 80.10 86.24
45  Iwate 83.15 79.86 86.44
46  Akita 82.95 79.51 86.38
47  Aomori 82.30 78.67 85.93
 Japan 83.89 80.77 87.01


Global Data Lab (2022)

[edit]
Main article: List of Asian regions by life expectancy
region 2019 2019
→2021 		2021 2021
→2022 		2022 2019
→2022
overall male female F Δ M overall overall male female F Δ M
Japan on average 84.43 81.38 87.43 6.05 0.35 84.78 0.04 84.82 81.78 87.83 6.05 0.39
Chūgoku region (Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi) 84.68 — — — 0.37 85.05 0.03 85.08 81.97 88.17 6.20 0.40
Southern-Kantō (Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano) 84.58 — — — 0.31 84.89 0.04 84.93 81.98 87.85 5.87 0.35
Hokuriku region (Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui) 84.56 — — — 0.31 84.87 0.04 84.91 81.86 87.93 6.07 0.35
Tōkai region (Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie) 84.46 — — — 0.31 84.77 0.04 84.81 81.96 87.64 5.68 0.35
Kansai region (Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama) 84.40 — — — 0.29 84.69 0.04 84.73 81.62 87.81 6.19 0.33
Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa) 84.37 — — — 0.31 84.68 0.04 84.72 81.53 87.88 6.35 0.35
Shikoku (Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi) 84.18 — — — 0.31 84.49 0.04 84.53 81.40 87.63 6.23 0.35
Tōhoku region (Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima) 83.81 — — — 0.35 84.16 0.04 84.20 81.13 87.23 6.10 0.39
Northern-Kantō, Koshin (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma) 83.84 — — — 0.30 84.14 0.04 84.18 81.21 87.11 5.90 0.34
Hokkaido 83.87 — — — 0.28 84.15 0.03 84.18 81.14 87.20 6.06 0.31

Data source: Global Data Lab[11]

See also

[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Life expectancy charts for Japan.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d "The Japanese Mortality Database". National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b "The Japanese Mortality Database: All Japan". National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  3. ^ "The Japanese Mortality Database: Tokyo". National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  4. ^ "The Japanese Mortality Database: Kyoto". National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d "Life expectancy at birth, total - Japan". World Bank Group.
  6. ^ "Life expectancy at birth: Japan". Our World in Data.
  7. ^ a b "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  8. ^ "平成27年都道府県別生命表の概況｜厚生労働省". www.mhlw.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  9. ^ "Average Life Expectancy: Male".
  10. ^ "Average Life Expectancy: Male".
  11. ^ "Life expectancy 2022 - Maps | Subnational HDI (v8.1)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
[edit]