People1960–2024per 1,000 population

Death rate

Name: Death rate
Creator: World Bank Open Data
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Annual deaths per 1,000 people. In Poland the rate increased with an ageing population and later fell; it measures mortality rather than life expectancy Life expectancy at birth.

11.2/1,000Poland · 2024

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13

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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-21, ID d31f0cfb1abcWarehouse version at build: v45

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Poland: 1960–2024; observations: 65; missing years: 0

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7.6→11.2

Total change: +3.6 per 1,000 population
Period: 1960–2024

Poland: 7.6 (1960) → 11.2 (2024). Difference: +3.6 per 1,000 population. Peak value of 14.0 in 2021; lowest value of 7.4 in 1965.

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Death rate — Poland
Year	Country	Value
2024	Poland	11.2/1,000
2023	Poland	11.1/1,000
2022	Poland	12.2/1,000
2021	Poland	14/1,000
2020	Poland	12.7/1,000
2019	Poland	10.8/1,000
2018	Poland	10.9/1,000
2017	Poland	10.6/1,000
2016	Poland	10.2/1,000
2015	Poland	10.4/1,000
2014	Poland	9.9/1,000
2013	Poland	10.2/1,000
2012	Poland	10.1/1,000
2011	Poland	9.9/1,000
2010	Poland	9.9/1,000
2009	Poland	10.1/1,000
2008	Poland	10/1,000
2007	Poland	9.9/1,000
2006	Poland	9.7/1,000
2005	Poland	9.6/1,000

Source: World Bank Open Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Published by source: 2026-07-13
Retrieved: 2026-09-21
Indicator code in source: SP.DYN.CDRT.IN
Unit of measure: per 1,000 population
Data version: v45

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Longseries, “Death rate”. World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.CDRT.IN), 1960–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-21. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: d31f0cfb1abcd5501d573e523dc97aadd3d5e5d31861e42f318d57f08496a9d5. https://longseries.com/en/d/death-rate/

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Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — Japan; lowest — India

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
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Highest value in the comparable yearJapan	2024	13.3/1,00013.3/1,000
Germany	2024	12.1/1,00012.1/1,000
Poland	2024	11.2/1,00011.2/1,000
Italy	2024	11/1,00011/1,000
Czechia	2024	10.3/1,00010.3/1,000
United Kingdom	2024	9.7/1,0009.7/1,000
Netherlands	2024	9.6/1,0009.6/1,000
France	2024	9.4/1,0009.4/1,000

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About this series

Deaths per 1,000 people in a given year. Annual from 1960; complements Birth rate on the same scale.

Indicator definition

Crude death rate (deaths per 1,000 people). Rises when the population ages even if life expectancy increases — compare Life expectancy at birth.

How to read the data

Poland climbed above 10 as society aged, then eased. Pair with Birth rate, Deaths (GUS) and Population growth.

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