Japan’s coastline is 68 times as long as Poland’s

Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition) · Poland: 440 km (2026 edition)

Japan’s highest peak towers 1,277 m above Poland’s

Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 13% of Japan

Japan: 12.6% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Japan has 3.4 times as many people as Poland

Japan: 123 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

Japan is 2.8 times as densely populated as Poland

Japan: 338 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 7.6 years older than in Poland

Japan: 49 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

Japan and Poland are practically level

Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024) · Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 21% in Poland

Japan: 30% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

Poland hosts 79 times as many refugees per resident as Japan

Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Japan 2.5

Japan: 2.5 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

Japan and Poland are practically level

Japan: 1 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 4.3 times the size of Poland’s

Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Japan produces 2% more per person than Poland

Japan: Int$55,422 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Japan than in Poland (Gini 3.8 points higher)

Japan: 32.3 (2020) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

1.2% of people in Japan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Poland

Japan: 1.2% (2020) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.0% in Poland, versus 2.5% in Japan

Japan: 2.5% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Japan 1.4%

Japan: 1.4% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

Japan: no data · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

Japan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Poland’s

Japan: 65% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

Japan spends 81% more on health per person than Poland

Japan: $3,638 (2023) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

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

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

Poland has 52% more doctors per person than Japan

Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

Japan has 2.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Poland

Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Japan is 7% higher than in Poland

Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Poland are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Japan: 5.2% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

22% of adults in Poland smoke, versus 18% in Japan

Japan: 17.5% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 0.64 points higher than in Japan

Japan: 6.13 (2025) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 84% more alcohol than in Japan

Japan: 6.3 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

Poland has 39% more meat per person than Japan

Japan: 59.9 kg (2022) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

Poland has 1,060 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

Workers in Poland put in 153 more hours a year than in Japan

Japan: 1,654 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 0.52 years longer than in Japan

Japan: 12.7 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

Poland welcomed 81% more tourists per resident than Japan (2019)

Japan: 0.3 (2024) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

Japan has 9 more World Heritage sites than Poland (27 against 18)

Japan: 27 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Poland 335

Japan: 642 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Poland are online, versus 86% in Japan

Japan: 86% (2024) · Poland: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Japan is 12% faster than in Poland

Japan: 322 Mbps (2026) · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

Japan and Poland are practically level

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

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

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

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Poland 138

Japan: 178 (2023) · Poland: 138 (2024)

Japan’s railway network is 8% longer than Poland’s

Japan: 20,087 km (2011) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

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

Japan: 0.98 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 31% of Poland

Japan: 68.3% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 10% more CO₂ than someone in Poland

Japan: 7.8 t (2024) · Poland: 7.1 t (2024)

32% of Poland’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Japan: 23.6% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 49% more fine dust than in Japan

Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.5 times as likely to be murdered in Poland as in Japan

Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Poland are 3 times as deadly as in Japan

Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Japan is on average 3.1 °C warmer than Poland

Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 2.4 times as much rain as Poland

Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)