Egypt’s coastline is 5.6 times as long as Poland’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Poland: 440 km (2026 edition)

Egypt’s highest peak towers 130 m above Poland’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Egypt has 3.2 times as many people as Poland

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

Poland and Egypt are nearly identical here

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Poland is 17 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

Women in Egypt have 1.6 more children on average than in Poland

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

Poland hosts 15 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

Egypt and Poland are practically level

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 2.8 times the size of Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Poland produces 2.7 times as much per person as Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

Egypt and Poland are practically level

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

1.4% of people in Egypt live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Poland

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 3.0% in Poland

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.6%

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

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

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

Poland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.4× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

Poland spends 14 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

A baby in Egypt is 5.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Poland

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 6 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

Poland has 5.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 17 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 26% in Poland

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 22% in Poland

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 2.91 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 112 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

Poland has 3 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

Poland has 636 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 562 more hours a year than in Poland

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 3.1 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

Poland welcomed 5.2 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

Poland has 11 more World Heritage sites than Egypt (18 against 7)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Poland are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Poland: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Poland is 3.6 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and Poland are practically level

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

60% of people in Poland live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Poland: 60% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Poland: 138 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 3.6 times as long as Egypt’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

Airlines from Poland fly 71% more passengers per resident than those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 31% of Poland, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 3.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Poland: 7.1 t (2024)

32% of Poland’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Poland

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 63% more likely to be murdered in Egypt than in Poland

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Egypt are 8% deadlier than in Poland

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 13.8 °C warmer than Poland

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Poland gets 63 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)