Malaysia’s coastline is 11 times as long as Poland’s

Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition) · Poland: 440 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 1,596 m above Poland’s

Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 25% of Malaysia

Malaysia: 24.8% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Poland has 1% more people than Malaysia

Malaysia: 36 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

Poland is 9% more densely populated than Malaysia

Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Poland is 11 years older than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

Women in Malaysia have 0.4 more children on average than in Poland

Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 8% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

Poland hosts 6.5 times as many refugees per resident as Malaysia

Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Malaysia: 0 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Poland 1

Malaysia: 2 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Malaysia’s

Malaysia: $472 billion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Poland produces 31% more per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Poland (Gini 12.2 points higher)

Malaysia: 40.7 (2021) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

Poland and Malaysia are practically level

Malaysia: 0% (2021) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Malaysia, versus 3.0% in Poland

Malaysia: 3.8% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Malaysia 1.0%

Malaysia: 1% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

Poland’s central government collects 17% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Malaysia: 12.4% (2024) · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

Poland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 32% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: $450 (2023) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

A baby in Malaysia is 94% more likely to die before turning one than in Poland

Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 72% more doctors per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

Poland has 3.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 2.7 times that in Malaysia

Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

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

Malaysia: 23.6% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

22% of adults in Poland smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 16.9% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 0.76 points higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 6.01 (2025) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 14 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

Poland has 21% more meat per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

Poland has 804 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 501 more hours a year than in Poland

Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 2.1 years longer than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

Poland welcomed 86% more tourists per resident than Malaysia (2019)

Malaysia: 0.29 (2022) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

Poland has 12 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (18 against 6)

Malaysia: 6 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 89% in Poland

Malaysia: 98% (2024) · Poland: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Poland is 7% faster than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026) · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

Malaysia and Poland are practically level

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

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Malaysia: 77% (2025) · Poland: 60% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Poland 138

Malaysia: 140 (2024) · Poland: 138 (2024)

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

Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 5.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Malaysia: 1.3 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 31% of Poland

Malaysia: 57.7% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

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

Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024) · Poland: 7.1 t (2024)

32% of Poland’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 20.7% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 2% more fine dust than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 9% more likely to be murdered in Poland than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Malaysia are 41% deadlier than in Poland

Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 16.3 °C warmer than Poland

Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 4 times as much rain as Poland

Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)