Which has higher life expectancy, Croatia or Poland?

Poland, at 78.63 years against 78.58 years in Croatia as of 2023.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Croatia vs Poland: Life expectancy

Croatia

78.58 years

in 2023

Poland

78.63 years

in 2023

Croatia rank

71st

Poland rank

69th

Life expectancy over time

Croatia
Poland

How they compare

Poland currently reports 78.63 years against 78.58 years in Croatia, a difference of 0.05 years.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 71st and Poland ranks 69th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 6 and Poland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Poland	Difference	Ahead
1950s	62.27 years	62.27 years	0.001 years	Poland
1960s	67.97 years	68.88 years	0.9101 years	Poland
1970s	70.52 years	70.29 years	0.2355 years	Croatia
1980s	71.41 years	70.69 years	0.7227 years	Croatia
1990s	72.48 years	71.81 years	0.6727 years	Croatia
2000s	75.24 years	74.93 years	0.3088 years	Croatia
2010s	77.5 years	77.25 years	0.2526 years	Croatia
2020s	77.87 years	77.2 years	0.6767 years	Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Croatia or Poland?: Poland, at 78.63 years against 78.58 years in Croatia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Croatia and Poland?: 0.05 years, with Poland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Poland?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Poland rank globally for life expectancy?: Croatia ranks 71st and Poland ranks 69th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.