Which has higher survival ages across the population, Denmark or Netherlands?

Denmark, at 37.2 years against 36.19 years in Netherlands as of 2024.

What is the difference in survival ages across the population between Denmark and Netherlands?

1.01 years, with Denmark ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Netherlands?

174 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Alvarez & Vaupel (2023); Human Mortality Database (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Survival ages across the population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Denmark vs Netherlands: Survival ages across the population

Denmark

37.2 years

in 2024

Netherlands

36.19 years

in 2023

Denmark rank

6th

Netherlands rank

9th

Survival ages across the population over time

Denmark
Netherlands

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 37.2 years against 36.19 years in Netherlands, a difference of 1.01 years.

The two have swapped places 28 times across 174 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 6th and Netherlands ranks 9th of 41 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 9 and Netherlands in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1850s	0.066 years	0.048 years	0.018 years	Denmark
1860s	0.077 years	0.048 years	0.029 years	Denmark
1870s	0.077 years	0.046 years	0.031 years	Denmark
1880s	0.075 years	0.05 years	0.025 years	Denmark
1890s	0.077 years	0.057 years	0.02 years	Denmark
1900s	0.09 years	0.072 years	0.018 years	Denmark
1910s	0.115 years	0.1 years	0.015 years	Denmark
1920s	0.133 years	0.169 years	0.036 years	Netherlands
1930s	0.168 years	0.3 years	0.132 years	Netherlands
1940s	0.292 years	0.353 years	0.061 years	Netherlands
1950s	1.02 years	1.3 years	0.282 years	Netherlands
1960s	5.1 years	5.15 years	0.052 years	Netherlands
1970s	14.93 years	13.53 years	1.4 years	Denmark
1980s	20.18 years	21.37 years	1.19 years	Netherlands
1990s	24.29 years	25.74 years	1.45 years	Netherlands
2000s	28.95 years	31.28 years	2.33 years	Netherlands
2010s	36 years	36.34 years	0.337 years	Netherlands
2020s	37.48 years	36.34 years	1.14 years	Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher survival ages across the population, Denmark or Netherlands?: Denmark, at 37.2 years against 36.19 years in Netherlands as of 2024.
What is the difference in survival ages across the population between Denmark and Netherlands?: 1.01 years, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Netherlands?: 174 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2023.
How do Denmark and Netherlands rank globally for survival ages across the population?: Denmark ranks 6th and Netherlands ranks 9th of 41 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Alvarez & Vaupel (2023); Human Mortality Database (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Survival ages across the population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Survival ages across the population
Unit: years
Source: Alvarez & Vaupel (2023); Human Mortality Database (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 41 places, 3,817 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Age until which the 1st percentile (99% of the population) of the population would survive until, if they experienced the same age-specific death rates throughout their whole lives as the age-specific death rates seen in that particular year.