Germany’s coastline is 5.4 times as long as Poland’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Poland: 440 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 464 m above Poland’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 46% of Poland

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Germany has 2.3 times as many people as Poland

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

Germany is 2 times as densely populated as Poland

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 3.8 years older than in Poland

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

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

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 21% in Poland

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

Germany hosts 17% more refugees per resident than Poland

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Poland 7.7

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

Germany and Poland are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 4.9 times the size of Poland’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 39% more per person than Poland

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Poland (Gini 5.2 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

Germany and Poland are practically level

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 3.0% in Poland

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Germany 2.3%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

Poland’s central government collects 17% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Poland’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

Germany spends 3.4 times as much on health per person as Poland

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

A baby in Poland is 16% more likely to die before turning one than in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 12% more doctors per person than Poland

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

Germany has 25% more hospital beds per person than Poland

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 34% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Poland are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

Germany and Poland are practically level

Germany: 22% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.11 points higher than in Poland

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 5% more alcohol than in Germany

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

Poland has 18% more meat per person than Germany

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

Poland has 196 kcal more food per person per day than Germany

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

Workers in Poland put in 472 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 1.1 years longer than in Poland

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

Poland welcomed 20% more tourists per resident than Germany (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

Germany has 37 more World Heritage sites than Poland (55 against 18)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Poland 335

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Poland is 54% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Poland are practically level

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Germany: 82% (2025) · Poland: 60% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Germany 129

Germany: 129 (2024) · Poland: 138 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 79% longer than Poland’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

Airlines from Germany fly 4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 31% of Poland

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 5% more CO₂ than someone in Germany

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Poland: 7.1 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 71% more fine dust than in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 14% more likely to be murdered in Germany than in Poland

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

Roads in Poland are 2.1 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Germany is on average 0.5 °C warmer than Poland

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Germany gets 14% more rain than Poland

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)