What is the difference in causes of mortality between Russia and Türkiye?

1.27 million Deaths, with Russia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Russia and Türkiye?

11 years are reported by both, from 2009 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.

Russia vs Türkiye: Causes of mortality

Russia

1.80 million Deaths

in 2019

Türkiye

525,814 Deaths

in 2023

Russia rank

2nd

Türkiye rank

1st

Causes of mortality over time

Russia
Türkiye

How they compare

Russia currently reports 1.80 million Deaths against 525,814 Deaths in Türkiye, a difference of 1.27 million Deaths.

That makes Russia's figure about 3.4 times Türkiye's.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Russia has been ahead every year.

Russia ranks 2nd and Türkiye ranks 1st of 36 countries.

Russia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Russia	Türkiye	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.01 million Deaths	281,504 Deaths	1.73 million Deaths	Russia
2010s	1.89 million Deaths	377,216 Deaths	1.51 million Deaths	Russia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Russia or Türkiye?: Russia, at 1.80 million Deaths against 525,814 Deaths in Türkiye as of 2019.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Russia and Türkiye?: 1.27 million Deaths, with Russia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Russia and Türkiye?: 11 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2019.
How do Russia and Türkiye rank globally for causes of mortality?: Russia ranks 2nd and Türkiye ranks 1st of 36 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: 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.