Poland’s coastline is 61% longer than Israel’s

Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Poland: 440 km (2026 edition)

Poland’s highest peak towers 263 m above Israel’s

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 24% of Israel

Israel: 23.8% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Poland has 3.6 times as many people as Israel

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

Israel is 3.9 times as densely populated as Poland

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Poland is 12 years older than in Israel

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.7 more children on average than in Poland

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

Poland hosts 216 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Israel 5.9

Israel: 5.9 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

Israel has 2 official languages, Poland 1

Israel: 2 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 70% larger than Israel’s

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Israel produces 10% more per person than Poland

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Poland (Gini 9.8 points higher)

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

Israel and Poland are practically level

Israel: 0.4% (2022) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.5% in Israel, versus 3.0% in Poland

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Poland 4.5%

Israel: 7.8% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Poland’s 17%

Israel: 23.2% (2024) · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Poland’s

Israel: 101% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

Israel spends 2 times as much on health per person as Poland

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

A baby in Poland is 33% more likely to die before turning one than in Israel

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 6% more doctors per person than Israel

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

Poland has 92% more hospital beds per person than Israel

Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 94% higher than in Israel

Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Poland are obese, versus 23% in Israel

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

22% of adults in Poland smoke, versus 21% in Israel

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 0.42 points higher than in Poland

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

Israel has 31% more meat per person than Poland

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

Israel has 24 kcal more food per person per day than Poland

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

Workers in Israel put in 83 more hours a year than in Poland

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 0.33 years longer than in Poland

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

Poland welcomed 5.6 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

Poland has 9 more World Heritage sites than Israel (18 against 9)

Israel: 9 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

Poland and Israel are practically level

Israel: 88% (2024) · Poland: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 36% faster than in Poland

Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

Israel and Poland are practically level

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Israel: 92% (2025) · Poland: 60% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Poland 138

Israel: 177 (2024) · Poland: 138 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 11 times as long as Israel’s

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

Airlines from Israel fly 3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 31% of Poland, but only 6.8% of Israel

Israel: 6.8% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 26% more CO₂ than someone in Israel

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Poland: 7.1 t (2024)

32% of Poland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

The air in Israel carries 31% more fine dust than in Poland

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Israel as in Poland

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Poland are 69% deadlier than in Israel

Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 11.4 °C warmer than Poland

Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Poland gets 3.7 times as much rain as Israel

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)