Causes of mortality in Poland
Poland: Causes of mortality was 408,504 Deaths in 2024. ▲ Rising
Causes of mortality in Poland, 1960–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
Poland recorded 408,504 Deaths for causes of mortality in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Poland peaked at 519,517 Deaths in 2021 and was at its lowest, 224,167 Deaths, in 1960.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in Poland, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 224,167 Deaths | — |
| 1961 | 227,759 Deaths | +1.6% |
| 1962 | 239,199 Deaths | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 230,072 Deaths | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 235,919 Deaths | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 232,421 Deaths | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 232,945 Deaths | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 247,705 Deaths | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 244,115 Deaths | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 262,823 Deaths | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 266,799 Deaths | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 283,702 Deaths | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 265,250 Deaths | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 277,188 Deaths | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 277,085 Deaths | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 296,896 Deaths | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 304,057 Deaths | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 312,956 Deaths | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 325,104 Deaths | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 323,048 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 377,199 Deaths | +16.8% |
| 1981 | 353,391 Deaths | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 359,326 Deaths | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 349,388 Deaths | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 364,883 Deaths | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 381,458 Deaths | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 376,316 Deaths | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 378,365 Deaths | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 370,821 Deaths | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 381,173 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 388,440 Deaths | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 403,951 Deaths | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 393,131 Deaths | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 390,874 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 386,398 Deaths | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 386,084 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 385,496 Deaths | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 381,415 Deaths | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 368,028 Deaths | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 363,220 Deaths | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 359,486 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 365,230 Deaths | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 363,522 Deaths | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 368,285 Deaths | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 369,686 Deaths | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 377,226 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 379,399 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 384,940 Deaths | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 378,478 Deaths | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 375,501 Deaths | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 384,788 Deaths | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 387,312 Deaths | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 376,467 Deaths | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 394,921 Deaths | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 388,009 Deaths | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 402,852 Deaths | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 414,200 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 409,709 Deaths | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 477,355 Deaths | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 519,517 Deaths | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 448,448 Deaths | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 409,036 Deaths | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 408,504 Deaths | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 237,712 Deaths | 224,167 Deaths | 262,823 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 293,208 Deaths | 265,250 Deaths | 325,104 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 369,232 Deaths | 349,388 Deaths | 381,458 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 389,474 Deaths | 381,415 Deaths | 403,951 Deaths | 8 |
| 2000s | 369,902 Deaths | 359,486 Deaths | 384,940 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 391,224 Deaths | 375,501 Deaths | 414,200 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 452,572 Deaths | 408,504 Deaths | 519,517 Deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 1 United States 3.09 million Deaths compare
- 1 Türkiye 525,814 Deaths compare
- 2 Russia 1.80 million Deaths compare
- 3 Croatia 51,275 Deaths compare
- 3 Japan 1.58 million Deaths compare
- 3 Netherlands 172,165 Deaths compare
- 4 Lithuania 37,453 Deaths compare
- 4 Brazil 1.47 million Deaths compare
- 5 Germany 1.03 million Deaths compare
- 5 Latvia 26,316 Deaths compare
More health data for Poland
- Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to 1.69 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2019)
- Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region 229,406 Number (2024)
- Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region 3.6 Rate (2024)
- Life expectancy by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 78.5 Year (2024)
- Infant mortality by NUTS 2 region 898 Number (2024)
- Infant health: low birthweight 5.4 Percentage of live births (2024)
- Life expectancy 78.5 Years (2024)
- Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference 7.4 Years (2024)
- Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference -7.4 Years (2024)
- Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data 90,284 Number (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Poland?
- Causes of mortality in Poland was 408,504 Deaths in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 519,517 Deaths in 2021.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 224,167 Deaths in 1960.
- How does Poland rank for causes of mortality?
- Poland ranks 2nd out of 7 countries with data for 2024.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.