Which has higher causes of mortality, Poland or Russian Federation?

Russian Federation, at 1.80 million Deaths against 408,504 Deaths in Poland as of 2019.

What is the difference in causes of mortality between Poland and Russian Federation?

1.39 million Deaths, with Russian Federation ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Russian Federation?

38 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2019.

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.

Poland vs Russian Federation: Causes of mortality

Poland

408,504 Deaths

in 2024

Russian Federation

1.80 million Deaths

in 2019

Poland rank

2nd

Russian Federation rank

2nd

Causes of mortality over time

Poland
Russian Federation

How they compare

Russian Federation currently reports 1.80 million Deaths against 408,504 Deaths in Poland, a difference of 1.39 million Deaths.

That makes Russian Federation's figure about 4.4 times Poland's.

Across all 38 years both countries report, Russian Federation has been ahead every year.

Poland ranks 2nd and Russian Federation ranks 2nd of 7 groups.

Russian Federation has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Poland	Russian Federation	Difference	Ahead
1980s	369,232 Deaths	3.12 million Deaths	2.75 million Deaths	Russian Federation
1990s	389,474 Deaths	3.74 million Deaths	3.35 million Deaths	Russian Federation
2000s	369,902 Deaths	2.21 million Deaths	1.84 million Deaths	Russian Federation
2010s	391,224 Deaths	1.89 million Deaths	1.50 million Deaths	Russian Federation

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Poland or Russian Federation?: Russian Federation, at 1.80 million Deaths against 408,504 Deaths in Poland as of 2019.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Poland and Russian Federation?: 1.39 million Deaths, with Russian Federation ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Russian Federation?: 38 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2019.
How do Poland and Russian Federation rank globally for causes of mortality?: Poland ranks 2nd and Russian Federation ranks 2nd of 7 groups.
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: 19 August 2026

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.