Australia vs Netherlands: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Australia
3.07 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Netherlands
3.1 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Australia rank
202nd
Netherlands rank
200th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Australia
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 3.1 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people in Australia, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Netherlands ahead.
Australia ranks 202nd and Netherlands ranks 200th of 236 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Netherlands in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 50.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 58.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.12 deaths per 1,000 people | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 37.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.459 deaths per 1,000 people | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 29.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.75 deaths per 1,000 people | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 20.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.87 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 1960s | 16.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.01 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 1970s | 12.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.98 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 1980s | 8.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.46 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 1990s | 5.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.353 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 2000s | 4.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.173 deaths per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 2010s | 3.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.126 deaths per 1,000 people | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0204 deaths per 1,000 people | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Australia or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 3.1 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Australia and Netherlands?
- 0.03 deaths per 1,000 people, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Netherlands?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Netherlands rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Australia ranks 202nd and Netherlands ranks 200th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.