Bulgaria vs Japan: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Bulgaria
34.4%
in 2023
Japan
33.6%
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
213th
Japan rank
218th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Bulgaria
- Japan
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 34.4% against 33.6% in Japan, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 213th and Japan ranks 218th of 236 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 45.7% | 44.4% | 1.3% | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 44.8% | 42.4% | 2.4% | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 43.1% | 39.2% | 3.9% | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 40.5% | 38.2% | 2.3% | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 37.7% | 36.7% | 0.9% | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 35.7% | 34.6% | 1.1% | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 35.1% | 33.1% | 2.0% | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 34.6% | 33.4% | 1.2% | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 34.0% | 33.6% | 0.3% | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Bulgaria or Japan?
- Bulgaria, at 34.4% against 33.6% in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Bulgaria and Japan?
- 0.8%, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Japan?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Japan rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Bulgaria ranks 213th and Japan ranks 218th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.