# Life expectancy at birth in Japan

Life expectancy at birth in Japan was 84.04 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `jp`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/japan
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/japan.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=jp

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 84.04 |
| 2023 | 84.04 |
| 2022 | 84 |
| 2021 | 84.45 |
| 2020 | 84.56 |
| 2019 | 84.36 |
| 2018 | 84.21 |
| 2017 | 84.1 |
| 2016 | 83.98 |
| 2015 | 83.79 |
| 2014 | 83.59 |
| 2013 | 83.33 |
| 2012 | 83.1 |
| 2011 | 82.59 |
| 2010 | 82.84 |
| 2009 | 82.93 |
| 2008 | 82.59 |
| 2007 | 82.51 |
| 2006 | 82.32 |
| 2005 | 81.96 |
| 2004 | 82.03 |
| 2003 | 81.76 |
| 2002 | 81.69 |
| 2001 | 81.42 |
| 2000 | 81.08 |
| 1999 | 80.46 |
| 1998 | 80.5 |
| 1997 | 80.42 |
| 1996 | 80.22 |
| 1995 | 79.54 |
| 1994 | 79.7 |
| 1993 | 79.3 |
| 1992 | 79.08 |
| 1991 | 79.04 |
| 1990 | 78.84 |
| 1989 | 78.77 |
| 1988 | 78.35 |
| 1987 | 78.43 |
| 1986 | 78.01 |
| 1985 | 77.56 |
| 1984 | 77.29 |
| 1983 | 76.92 |
| 1982 | 76.87 |
| 1981 | 76.39 |
| 1980 | 75.99 |
| 1979 | 76.11 |
| 1978 | 75.58 |
| 1977 | 75.26 |
| 1976 | 74.69 |
| 1975 | 74.25 |
| 1974 | 73.67 |
| 1973 | 73.3 |
| 1972 | 73.15 |
| 1971 | 72.81 |
| 1970 | 71.92 |
| 1969 | 71.86 |
| 1968 | 71.61 |
| 1967 | 71.47 |
| 1966 | 70.92 |
| 1965 | 70.27 |
| 1964 | 70.21 |
| 1963 | 69.71 |
| 1962 | 68.63 |
| 1961 | 68.35 |
| 1960 | 67.7 |