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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Pakistan is 32% bigger than Ukraine

Pakistan: 796,100 km² (2024) · Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Ukraine’s coastline is 2.7 times as long as Pakistan’s

Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Pakistan’s highest peak towers 6,550 m above Ukraine’s

Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 47% of Pakistan

Pakistan: 47.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Pakistan has 6.5 times as many people as Ukraine

Pakistan: 255 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Pakistan is 4.9 times as densely populated as Ukraine

Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ukraine are 13.6 cm taller than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 167.3 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 181 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ukraine are 11.8 cm taller than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 154.8 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 22 years older than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 20.3 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Pakistan have 2.6 more children on average than in Ukraine

Pakistan: 3.55 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 4.4% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.4% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Pakistan hosts 75 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

Pakistan: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ukraine has produced 1.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Pakistan 0.1

Pakistan: 0.1 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Pakistan has 2 official languages, Ukraine 1

Pakistan: 2 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Pakistan’s economy is 90% larger than Ukraine’s

Pakistan: $407 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Ukraine produces 2.9 times as much per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Pakistan than in Ukraine (Gini 7.9 points higher)

Pakistan: 33.5 (2024) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

23% of people in Pakistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Ukraine

Pakistan: 23% (2024) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 5.4% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 5.4% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Pakistan 2.9%

Pakistan: 2.9% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Pakistan: no data · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ukraine’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Pakistan’s

Pakistan: 24% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ukraine spends 12 times as much on health per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: $30 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ukraine live 6.9 years longer than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 67.8 years (2024) · Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Pakistan is 6.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ukraine

Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ukraine has 3 times as many doctors per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 9.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 2.1 times that in Pakistan

Pakistan: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

28% of adults in Ukraine are obese, versus 24% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 23.5% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 18% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 17.9% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Pakistan rate their lives 0.21 points higher than in Ukraine

Pakistan: 4.87 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ukraine drink 45 times as much alcohol as in Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.1 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ukraine has 2.3 times as much meat per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Ukraine has 272 kcal more food per person per day than Pakistan

Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Pakistan put in 426 more hours a year than in Ukraine

Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Ukraine went to school 6.8 years longer than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Pakistan: no data · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Ukraine has 2 more World Heritage sites than Pakistan (8 against 6)

Pakistan: 6 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Pakistan 11

Pakistan: 11 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

82% of people in Ukraine are online, versus 57% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 57% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ukraine is 7.6 times as fast as in Pakistan

Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Ukraine have electricity, versus 96% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 95.7% (2024) · Ukraine: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Ukraine live in cities, versus 40% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 40% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ukraine has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Pakistan 77

Pakistan: 77 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ukraine’s railway network is 2.8 times as long as Pakistan’s

Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Pakistan fly 2.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Pakistan: 0.03 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 17% of Ukraine, but only 4.1% of Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.1% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Ukraine emits 5.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

43% of Pakistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Pakistan: 42.7% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Pakistan carries 3.8 times as much fine dust as in Ukraine

Pakistan: 53.8 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 15% more likely to be murdered in Pakistan than in Ukraine

Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ukraine are 12% deadlier than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Pakistan is on average 10.7 °C warmer than Ukraine

Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ukraine gets 49% more rain than Pakistan

Pakistan: 416 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Pakistan bigger than Ukraine?

Pakistan is larger. Pakistan is 32% bigger than Ukraine.

Which has more people, Pakistan or Ukraine?

Pakistan has 6.5 times as many people as Ukraine (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Pakistan or Ukraine?

People in Ukraine live 6.9 years longer than in Pakistan. Life expectancy at birth is 67.8 years in Pakistan and 74.7 in Ukraine.

Are people taller in Pakistan or Ukraine?

Men in Ukraine are 13.6 cm taller than in Pakistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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