This is the life expectancy ranking according to all prefectures.
A male's Nagano is 79.84 years old in the 1st place. A woman's Okinawa is 86.88 years old in the 1st place.
A Japanese life expectancy is the 1st in the world.
Moreover, a woman is the 1st in the world at the age of 85.75. And a male is the 4th in the world at the age of 78.79.
The list of life expectancy ranking
Life expectancy ranking according to all prefectures |
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Man |
Woman |
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Ranking |
Whole country |
Life expectancy | Ranking |
Whole country |
Life expectancy |
78.79 | 85.75 | ||||
1 |
Nagano |
79.84 | 1 |
Okinawa |
86.88 |
2 |
Shiga |
79.6 | 2 |
Shimane |
86.57 |
3 |
Kanagawa |
79.52 | 3 |
Kumamoto |
86.54 |
4 |
Fukui |
79.47 | 4 |
Okayama |
86.49 |
5 |
Tokyo |
79.36 | 5 |
Nagano |
86.48 |
6 |
Shizuoka |
79.35 | 6 |
Ishikawa |
86.46 |
7 |
Kyoto |
79.34 | 7 |
Toyama |
86.32 |
8 |
Ishikawa |
79.26 | 8 |
Tottori |
86.27 |
9 |
Nara |
79.25 | 9 | New 潟 | 86.27 |
10 |
Kumamoto |
79.22 | 10 |
Hiroshima |
86.27 |
11 |
Okayama |
79.22 | 11 |
Fukui |
86.25 |
12 |
Toyama |
79.07 | 12 |
Yamanashi |
86.17 |
13 |
Hiroshima |
79.06 | 13 |
Shiga |
86.17 |
14 |
Aichi |
79.05 | 14 |
Miyazaki |
86.11 |
15 |
Saitama |
79.05 | 15 |
Very |
86.06 |
16 |
Gifu |
79 | 16 |
Shizuoka |
86.06 |
17 |
Oita |
78.99 | 17 |
Saga |
86.04 |
18 |
Chiba |
78.95 | 18 |
Kanagawa |
86.03 |
19 |
Kagawa |
78.91 | 19 |
Kyoto |
85.92 |
20 |
Mie |
78.9 | 20 |
Kagawa |
85.89 |
21 |
Yamanashi |
78.89 | 21 |
Kochi |
85.87 |
22 |
Gumma |
78.78 | 22 | Merit 崎 | 85.85 |
23 |
Niigata |
78.75 | 23 |
Fukuoka |
85.84 |
24 |
Hyogo |
78.72 | 24 |
Nara |
85.84 |
25 |
Okinawa |
78.64 | 25 |
Hokkaido |
85.78 |
26 |
Miyazaki |
78.62 | 26 |
Miyagi |
85.75 |
27 |
Miyagi |
78.6 | 27 |
Yamagata |
85.72 |
28 |
Yamagata |
78.54 | 28 |
Tokyo |
85.7 |
29 |
Shimane |
78.49 | 29 |
Kagoshima |
85.7 |
30 |
Ibaraki |
78.35 | 30 |
Tokushima |
85.67 |
31 |
Fukuoka |
78.35 | 31 |
Ehime |
85.64 |
32 |
Saga |
78.31 | 32 |
Yamaguchi |
85.63 |
33 |
Hokkaido |
78.3 | 33 |
Hyogo |
85.62 |
34 |
Tottori |
78.26 | 34 |
Mie |
85.58 |
35 |
Ehime |
78.25 | 35 |
Gifu |
85.56 |
36 |
Osaka |
78.21 | 36 |
Chiba |
85.49 |
37 |
Nagasaki |
78.13 | 37 |
Iwate |
85.49 |
38 |
Yamaguchi |
78.11 | 38 |
Gumma |
85.47 |
39 |
Tokushima |
78.09 | 39 |
Fukushima |
85.45 |
40 |
Tochigi |
78.01 | 40 |
Aichi |
85.4 |
41 |
Wakayama |
77.97 | 41 |
Wakayama |
85.34 |
42 |
Fukushima |
77.97 | 42 |
Saitama |
85.29 |
43 |
Kagoshima |
77.97 | 43 |
Ibaraki |
85.26 |
44 |
Kochi |
77.93 | 44 |
Osaka |
85.2 |
45 |
Iwate |
77.81 | 45 |
Akita |
85.19 |
46 |
Akita |
77.44 | 46 |
Tochigi |
85.03 |
47 |
Aomori |
76.27 | 47 |
Aomori |
84.8 |
Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2005) Population by national census |