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

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

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

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 39% of Belarus

Belarus: 39.1% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Poland has 4 times as many people as Belarus

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

Poland is 2.7 times as densely populated as Belarus

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Poland hosts 6.1 times as many refugees per resident as Belarus

Belarus: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Belarus: 4.4 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

Belarus has 2 official languages, Poland 1

Belarus: 2 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

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

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

Poland produces 56% more per person than Belarus

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

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

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

Poland and Belarus are practically level

Belarus: 0% (2020) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Belarus and Poland are practically level

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

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Belarus 2.4%

Belarus: 2.4% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

Poland’s central government collects 17% of GDP in tax, Belarus’ 13%

Belarus: 13% (2024) · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

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

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

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

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

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)

Belarus has 17% more doctors per person than Poland

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

Belarus has 62% more hospital beds per person than Poland

Belarus: 9.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Belarus is 40% higher than in Poland

Belarus: 18.7 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Belarus and Poland are practically level

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

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

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

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

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

Adults in Poland drink 2% more alcohol than in Belarus

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

Belarus has 34% more meat per person than Poland

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poland has 14 more World Heritage sites than Belarus (18 against 4)

Belarus: 4 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Belarus 105

Belarus: 105 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

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

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

Belarus: no data · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

Belarus and Poland are practically level

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

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

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

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belarus 131

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

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

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

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

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

Forest covers 44% of Belarus, but only 31% of Poland

Belarus: 44.1% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Roads in Poland are 13% deadlier than in Belarus

Belarus: 10.2 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Poland is on average 1.4 °C warmer than Belarus

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

Poland gets 2% more rain than Belarus

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