Australia vs Poland: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Australia
3.07 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Poland
3.09 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Australia rank
202nd
Poland rank
201st
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Australia
- Poland
How they compare
Poland currently reports 3.09 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people in Australia, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Poland ahead.
Australia ranks 202nd and Poland ranks 201st of 236 countries.
Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 78.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 58.36 deaths per 1,000 people | Poland |
| 1960s | 16.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 40.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 23.46 deaths per 1,000 people | Poland |
| 1970s | 12.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 26.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.6 deaths per 1,000 people | Poland |
| 1980s | 8.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 11.36 deaths per 1,000 people | Poland |
| 1990s | 5.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.47 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.02 deaths per 1,000 people | Poland |
| 2000s | 4.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.7 deaths per 1,000 people | Poland |
| 2010s | 3.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8217 deaths per 1,000 people | Poland |
| 2020s | 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0605 deaths per 1,000 people | Poland |
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 Poland?
- Poland, at 3.09 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 Poland?
- 0.02 deaths per 1,000 people, with Poland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Poland?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Poland rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Australia ranks 202nd and Poland ranks 201st 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.