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Poland
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Poland and Germany health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Germany
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Poland Population Pyramid
33,294,573
Germany Population Pyramid
80,103,973
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Germany GERMANY
  Poland POLAND   Germany GERMANY
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
64.9
70.6
67.7
33
31
34
 
66.9
72.3
69.5
19
21
18
1970
66.6
73.3
69.9
29
29
31
 
67.4
73.7
70.5
23
23
23
1980
66.0
74.4
70.1
52
33
46
 
69.4
76.1
72.6
27
20
26
1990
66.5
75.5
70.9
70
40
55
 
72.0
78.6
75.2
25
19
22
2000
69.5
77.9
73.7
64
38
44
 
74.8
80.9
78.0
23
16
18
2010
72.1
80.4
76.3
58
33
41
 
77.5
82.6
80.1
21
22
22
2019
74.5
81.9
78.3
54
35
42
 
78.7
84.8
81.7
26
10
20
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Germany GERMANY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.5
81.9
54
35
78.7
84.8
26
10
Age
74.5
81.9
54
35
78.7
84.8
26
10
Age 5
74.9
82.2
60
36
79.0
85.1
29
10
Age 10
74.9
82.3
60
36
79.1
85.1
29
10
Age 15
74.9
82.3
60
36
79.1
85.1
29
10
Age 20
75.1
82.4
61
36
79.2
85.2
29
10
Age 25
75.3
82.4
61
36
79.3
85.2
29
10
Age 30
75.5
82.5
62
36
79.4
85.3
32
10
Age 35
75.8
82.6
63
37
79.6
85.4
33
10
Age 40
76.2
82.7
63
37
79.8
85.5
33
9
Age 45
76.6
82.9
65
38
80.0
85.7
34
9
Age 50
77.3
83.2
65
38
80.4
85.9
33
8
Age 55
78.2
83.7
64
39
81.0
86.3
35
7
Age 60
79.5
84.3
61
39
81.9
86.9
35
6
Age 65
81.2
85.2
60
39
83.1
87.7
35
6
Age 70
83.2
86.3
52
39
84.6
88.7
35
3
Age 75
85.3
87.6
54
39
86.3
90.0
30
2
Age 80
87.8
89.2
52
37
88.3
91.6
25
1
Age 85
90.6
91.3
43
35
90.9
94.1
31
1
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Germany GERMANY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
125.44
72
56.09
155
2. Stroke
37.09
141
18.75
173
3. Lung Cancers
34.89
6
24.77
27
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.64
105
7.66
170
5. Prostate Cancer
19.88
67
14.89
102
6. Breast Cancer
18.79
67
18.80
66
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.53
9
12.18
48
8. Lung Disease
15.56
137
18.00
116
9. Liver Disease
14.35
110
9.69
128
10. Other Neoplasms
11.05
1
3.28
29
11. Diabetes Mellitus
10.67
143
6.48
161
12. Alcohol
9.80
8
4.32
25
13. Suicide
9.30
83
8.27
93
14. Road Traffic Accidents
8.18
131
2.98
170
15. Stomach Cancer
7.91
64
4.80
118
16. Ovary Cancer
7.50
11
5.13
60
17. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
38
8.75
12
18. Falls
5.99
84
5.64
93
19. Bladder Cancer
5.63
5
2.51
70
20. Lymphomas
5.60
59
5.60
60
21. Hypertension
5.31
155
8.36
139
22. Cervical Cancer
5.18
123
2.68
155
23. Inflammatory/Heart
5.12
84
4.30
99
24. Oral Cancer
5.03
37
3.52
69
25. Kidney Disease
4.69
173
7.81
152
26. Leukemia
4.63
34
4.20
59
27. Other Injuries
4.61
139
4.05
151
28. Uterin Cancer
4.52
24
1.95
110
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.07
68
0.90
152
30. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.73
169
15.54
128
31. Congenital Anomalies
3.40
148
2.95
157
32. Liver Cancer
3.10
162
4.03
129
33. Skin Cancers
2.72
42
2.02
84
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
86
3.39
58
35. Low Birth Weight
2.08
147
1.30
161
36. Epilepsy
2.07
62
1.72
86
37. Parkinson's Disease
1.65
166
4.25
83
38. Drownings
1.39
132
0.42
177
39. Endocrine Disorders
1.38
166
5.15
62
40. Tuberculosis
1.00
128
0.15
168
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.89
141
1.39
119
42. Fires
0.85
120
0.25
169
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.82
16
0.96
11
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.71
138
1.34
96
45. Drug Use
0.69
142
2.00
45
46. Asthma
0.67
150
0.46
165
47. Violence
0.66
171
0.84
161
48. Skin Disease
0.59
135
0.62
130
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.47
61
0.22
118
50. Poisonings
0.46
103
0.21
148
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Poland POLAND   Germany GERMANY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
117,700
32.99
147,055
20.98
2. Stroke
32,693
9.16
49,794
7.11
3. Lung Cancers
25,781
7.23
46,560
6.64
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,998
5.60
20,712
2.96
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14,610
4.09
26,026
3.71
6. Lung Disease
13,677
3.83
42,797
6.11
7. Other Neoplasms
9,256
2.59
8,161
1.16
8. Diabetes Mellitus
8,947
2.51
15,560
2.22
9. Breast Cancer
7,967
2.23
18,842
2.69
10. Liver Disease
7,912
2.22
15,194
2.17
11. Prostate Cancer
6,489
1.82
16,487
2.35
12. Stomach Cancer
5,910
1.66
9,658
1.38
13. Pancreas Cancer
5,430
1.52
17,971
2.56
14. Alcohol
5,238
1.47
6,257
0.89
15. Hypertension
4,937
1.38
26,796
3.82
16. Falls
4,712
1.32
15,325
2.19
17. Bladder Cancer
4,700
1.32
6,193
0.88
18. Suicide
4,282
1.20
10,284
1.47
19. Lymphomas
4,141
1.16
12,249
1.75
20. Kidney Disease
4,065
1.14
22,770
3.25
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,701
1.04
51,168
7.30
22. Road Traffic Accidents
3,555
1.00
3,160
0.45
23. Inflammatory/Heart
3,495
0.98
8,891
1.27
24. Leukemia
3,456
0.97
8,737
1.25
25. Oral Cancer
3,377
0.95
6,023
0.86
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,091
0.87
2,166
0.31
27. Ovary Cancer
2,929
0.82
5,192
0.74
28. Other Injuries
2,527
0.71
8,248
1.18
29. Liver Cancer
2,290
0.64
8,057
1.15
30. Uterin Cancer
2,163
0.61
2,231
0.32
31. Skin Cancers
2,155
0.60
4,055
0.58
32. Cervical Cancer
1,907
0.53
2,131
0.30
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1,803
0.51
6,212
0.89
34. Parkinson's Disease
1,500
0.42
12,594
1.80
35. Epilepsy
1,145
0.32
3,091
0.44
36. Congenital Anomalies
916
0.26
2,291
0.33
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
839
0.24
3,830
0.55
38. Endocrine Disorders
831
0.23
10,677
1.52
39. Drownings
636
0.18
459
0.07
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
612
0.17
3,615
0.52
41. Tuberculosis
597
0.17
281
0.04
42. Low Birth Weight
579
0.16
770
0.11
43. Asthma
540
0.15
924
0.13
44. Multiple Sclerosis
502
0.14
1,571
0.22
45. Fires
474
0.13
359
0.05
46. Skin Disease
469
0.13
1,543
0.22
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
369
0.10
543
0.08
48. Drug Use
321
0.09
1,930
0.28
49. Violence
294
0.08
769
0.11
50. Malnutrition
291
0.08
450
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Germany GERMANY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
34.89
6
24.77
27
2. Prostate Cancer
19.88
67
14.89
102
3. Breast Cancer
18.79
67
18.80
66
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.53
9
12.18
48
5. Stomach Cancer
7.91
64
4.80
118
6. Ovary Cancer
7.50
11
5.13
60
7. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
38
8.75
12
8. Bladder Cancer
5.63
5
2.51
70
9. Lymphomas
5.60
59
5.60
60
10. Cervical Cancer
5.18
123
2.68
155
11. Oral Cancer
5.03
37
3.52
69
12. Leukemia
4.63
34
4.20
59
13. Uterin Cancer
4.52
24
1.95
110
14. Liver Cancer
3.10
162
4.03
129
15. Skin Cancers
2.72
42
2.02
84
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
86
3.39
58
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.