Netherlands vs Poland: Causes of mortality

Netherlands
172,165 Deaths
in 2024
Poland
408,504 Deaths
in 2024
Netherlands rank
3rd
Poland rank
2nd

Causes of mortality over time

  • Netherlands
  • Poland
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How they compare

Poland currently reports 408,504 Deaths against 172,165 Deaths in Netherlands, a difference of 236,339 Deaths.

That makes Poland's figure about 2.4 times Netherlands's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Poland has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 3rd and Poland ranks 2nd of 7 countries.

Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands Poland Difference Ahead
1960s 96,908 Deaths 237,712 Deaths 140,805 Deaths Poland
1970s 111,863 Deaths 293,208 Deaths 181,345 Deaths Poland
1980s 120,791 Deaths 369,232 Deaths 248,441 Deaths Poland
1990s 134,207 Deaths 389,474 Deaths 255,266 Deaths Poland
2000s 137,592 Deaths 369,902 Deaths 232,311 Deaths Poland
2010s 144,467 Deaths 391,224 Deaths 246,756 Deaths Poland
2020s 170,290 Deaths 452,572 Deaths 282,282 Deaths Poland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Netherlands or Poland?
Poland, at 408,504 Deaths against 172,165 Deaths in Netherlands as of 2024.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Netherlands and Poland?
236,339 Deaths, with Poland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Poland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Netherlands and Poland rank globally for causes of mortality?
Netherlands ranks 3rd and Poland ranks 2nd of 7 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.