Japan vs Poland: Homicides

Japan

285 homicides

in 2023

Poland

311 homicides

in 2023

Japan rank

70th

Poland rank

69th

Homicides over time

Poland currently reports 311 homicides against 285 homicides in Japan, a difference of 26 homicides.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Poland ahead.

Japan ranks 70th and Poland ranks 69th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Homicides
Unit: homicides
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 4,154 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of intentional homicides.