How much coast is there?

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

How high can you climb?

Poland’s highest peak towers 2,153 m above Belarus’.

Belarus: 346 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Poland has 4 times as many people as Belarus.

Belarus: 9.09 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Poland is 2.7 times as densely populated as Belarus.

Belarus: 45 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Poland is 0.78 years older than in Belarus.

Belarus: 40.5 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Belarus have 0.1 more children on average than in Poland.

Belarus: 1.22 children per woman (2024) · Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 18% in Belarus.

Belarus: 18.3% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Belarus 4.4.

Belarus: 4.4 (2025) · Poland: 7.7 (2025)

How many official languages?

Belarus has 2 official languages, Poland 1.

Belarus: 2 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Poland’s economy is 11 times the size of Belarus’.

Belarus: $93.4 billion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Poland produces 56% more per person than Belarus.

Belarus: Int$34,716 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Poland than in Belarus (Gini 4.1 points higher).

Belarus: 24.4 (2020) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

How many people are looking for work?

Belarus and Poland are practically level.

Belarus: 3.4% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Poland spends 4.2% of its GDP on the military, Belarus 2.1%.

Belarus: 2.1% (2024) · Poland: 4.2% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Poland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Belarus’.

Belarus: 30% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Poland spends 3.6 times as much on health per person as Belarus.

Belarus: $558 (2023) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Poland is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belarus.

Belarus: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Belarus has 17% more doctors per person than Poland.

Belarus: 4.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

How common is obesity?

Belarus and Poland are practically level.

Belarus: 26.1% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

29% of adults in Belarus smoke, versus 22% in Poland.

Belarus: 29.2% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Poland rate their lives 0.95 points higher than in Belarus.

Belarus: 5.82 (2021) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Poland drink 2% more alcohol than in Belarus.

Belarus: 11.3 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Belarus has 34% more meat per person than Poland.

Belarus: 111.7 kg (2023) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Poland has 334 kcal more food per person per day than Belarus.

Belarus: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Belarus put in 68 more hours a year than in Poland.

Belarus: 1,875 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Poland went to school 0.87 years longer than in Belarus.

Belarus: 12.3 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Poland welcomed 3.3 times as many tourists per resident as Belarus (2019).

Belarus: 0.16 (2022) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

How many people are online?

94% of people in Belarus are online, versus 89% in Poland.

Belarus: 94% (2024) · Poland: 89% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

Belarus and Poland are practically level.

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

How many live in cities?

79% of people in Belarus live in cities, versus 60% in Poland.

Belarus: 79% (2025) · Poland: 60% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belarus 131.

Belarus: 131 (2024) · Poland: 138 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Poland’s railway network is 3.4 times as long as Belarus’.

Belarus: 5,474 km (2021) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Poland fly 66% more passengers per resident than those from Belarus.

Belarus: 0.15 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 43% of Belarus, but only 31% of Poland.

Belarus: 43.4% (2023) · Poland: 31.1% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

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

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

How green is the power grid?

32% of Poland’s electricity is renewable, versus 4.8% in Belarus.

Belarus: 4.8% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Poland carries 21% more fine dust than in Belarus.

Belarus: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 3 times as likely to be murdered in Belarus as in Poland.

Belarus: 2.4 per 100k (2019) · Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Belarus are 14% deadlier than in Poland.

Belarus: 7.4 per 100k (2021) · Poland: 6.5 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Poland is on average 1.4 °C warmer than Belarus.

Belarus: 8.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Poland gets 2% more rain than Belarus.

Belarus: 750 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)