Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Poland: 440 km (2026 edition)

Austria’s highest peak towers 1,299 m above Poland’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Poland has 4 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

Poland is 7% more densely populated than Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Austria is 1.8 years older than in Poland

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

Women in Austria have 0.2 more children on average than in Poland

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

Austria and Poland are practically level

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

Austria hosts 15% more refugees per resident than Poland

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Poland 7.7

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

Austria and Poland are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 79% larger than Austria’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Austria produces 41% more per person than Poland

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Austria than in Poland (Gini 2.7 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

Austria and Poland are practically level

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 3.0% in Poland

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Poland’s 17%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Poland’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

Austria spends 3.3 times as much on health per person as Poland

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

A baby in Poland is 29% more likely to die before turning one than in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Austria has 37% more doctors per person than Poland

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

Austria has 11% more hospital beds per person than Poland

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 6% higher than in Austria

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Poland are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 22% in Poland

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

People in Austria rate their lives 0.08 points higher than in Poland

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

Austria and Poland are nearly identical here

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

Poland has 13% more meat per person than Austria

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

Austria has 26 kcal more food per person per day than Poland

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

Workers in Poland put in 368 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 0.85 years longer than in Austria

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

Austria welcomed 5.4 times as many tourists per resident as Poland (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

Poland has 6 more World Heritage sites than Austria (18 against 12)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Poland 335

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 89% in Poland

Austria: 92% (2025) · Poland: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Poland is 66% faster than in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

Austria and Poland are practically level

Austria: 100% (2024) · Poland: 100% (2024)

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Austria: 70% (2025) · Poland: 60% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · Poland: 138 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 3.8 times as long as Austria’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

Airlines from Austria fly 21 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Austria: 5 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 31% of Poland

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 15% more CO₂ than someone in Austria

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Poland: 7.1 t (2024)

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 51% more fine dust than in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 9% more likely to be murdered in Austria than in Poland

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Poland are 77% deadlier than in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Poland is on average 1.9 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Austria gets 66% more rain than Poland

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)