What is the difference in number of deaths between Poland and Spain?

35,159 deaths, with Spain ahead.

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

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

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Poland vs Spain: Number of deaths

Poland

412,308 deaths

in 2023

Spain

447,467 deaths

in 2023

Poland rank

28th

Spain rank

26th

Number of deaths over time

Poland
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 447,467 deaths against 412,308 deaths in Poland, a difference of 35,159 deaths.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Poland's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.

Poland ranks 28th and Spain ranks 26th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Poland averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Poland	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1950s	277,782 deaths	284,244 deaths	6,462 deaths	Spain
1960s	238,467 deaths	275,643 deaths	37,176 deaths	Spain
1970s	296,818 deaths	292,880 deaths	3,938 deaths	Poland
1980s	364,055 deaths	302,099 deaths	61,956 deaths	Poland
1990s	387,179 deaths	342,270 deaths	44,909 deaths	Poland
2000s	369,529 deaths	371,358 deaths	1,829 deaths	Spain
2010s	389,673 deaths	404,523 deaths	14,850 deaths	Spain
2020s	448,942 deaths	470,388 deaths	21,446 deaths	Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Poland or Spain?: Spain, at 447,467 deaths against 412,308 deaths in Poland as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Poland and Spain?: 35,159 deaths, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Spain?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Poland and Spain rank globally for number of deaths?: Poland ranks 28th and Spain ranks 26th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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