Belgium vs Netherlands: Annual death rates at different ages in males

Belgium
3.73 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Netherlands
3.68 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Belgium rank
201st
Netherlands rank
202nd

Annual death rates at different ages in males over time

  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 3.73 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.68 deaths per 1,000 people in Netherlands, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 169 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Netherlands ahead.

Belgium ranks 201st and Netherlands ranks 202nd of 236 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 11 and Netherlands in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Netherlands Difference Ahead
1850s 189.08 deaths per 1,000 people 262.82 deaths per 1,000 people 73.75 deaths per 1,000 people Netherlands
1860s 188.74 deaths per 1,000 people 266.15 deaths per 1,000 people 77.41 deaths per 1,000 people Netherlands
1870s 177.66 deaths per 1,000 people 277.81 deaths per 1,000 people 100.16 deaths per 1,000 people Netherlands
1880s 200.26 deaths per 1,000 people 246.93 deaths per 1,000 people 46.67 deaths per 1,000 people Netherlands
1890s 205.28 deaths per 1,000 people 213.65 deaths per 1,000 people 8.36 deaths per 1,000 people Netherlands
1900s 186.47 deaths per 1,000 people 171.77 deaths per 1,000 people 14.7 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
1910s 170.77 deaths per 1,000 people 133.89 deaths per 1,000 people 36.87 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
1920s 125.76 deaths per 1,000 people 79.03 deaths per 1,000 people 46.73 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
1930s 104.08 deaths per 1,000 people 48.89 deaths per 1,000 people 55.19 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
1940s 93.88 deaths per 1,000 people 48.65 deaths per 1,000 people 45.23 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
1950s 47.55 deaths per 1,000 people 24.12 deaths per 1,000 people 23.43 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
1960s 28.94 deaths per 1,000 people 16.85 deaths per 1,000 people 12.09 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
1970s 18.86 deaths per 1,000 people 11.74 deaths per 1,000 people 7.11 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
1980s 11.77 deaths per 1,000 people 8.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2.8 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
1990s 7.64 deaths per 1,000 people 6.59 deaths per 1,000 people 1.05 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
2000s 4.53 deaths per 1,000 people 5.01 deaths per 1,000 people 0.477 deaths per 1,000 people Netherlands
2010s 3.94 deaths per 1,000 people 3.89 deaths per 1,000 people 0.046 deaths per 1,000 people Belgium
2020s 3.56 deaths per 1,000 people 3.84 deaths per 1,000 people 0.2769 deaths per 1,000 people Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual death rates at different ages in males, Belgium or Netherlands?
Belgium, at 3.73 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.68 deaths per 1,000 people in Netherlands as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages in males between Belgium and Netherlands?
0.05 deaths per 1,000 people, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Netherlands?
169 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2023.
How do Belgium and Netherlands rank globally for annual death rates at different ages in males?
Belgium ranks 201st and Netherlands ranks 202nd 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 at different ages in males. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual death rates at different ages in males
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.