Portugal’s coastline is 4.1 times as long as Poland’s

Poland: 440 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Poland’s highest peak towers 148 m above Portugal’s

Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 41% of Portugal

Poland: 46.2% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Poland has 3.4 times as many people as Portugal

Poland: 36.4 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Poland and Portugal are nearly identical here

Poland: 119 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 4.9 years older than in Poland

Poland: 41.3 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Portugal have 0.3 more children on average than in Poland

Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 21% in Poland

Poland: 20.8% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Poland hosts 4.2 times as many refugees per resident as Portugal

Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Poland: 7.7 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Poland and Portugal are practically level

Poland: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 3 times the size of Portugal’s

Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Poland produces 2% more per person than Portugal

Poland: Int$54,262 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Poland (Gini 5.4 points higher)

Poland: 28.5 (2023) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

Portugal and Poland are practically level

Poland: 0.2% (2023) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 3.0% in Poland

Poland: 3% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Poland: 4.5% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Poland’s 17%

Poland: 17.4% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

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

Poland: 52% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 48% more on health per person than Poland

Poland: $2,014 (2024) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

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

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

Portugal has 45% more doctors per person than Poland

Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Poland has 74% more hospital beds per person than Portugal

Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 56% higher than in Portugal

Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

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

Poland: 25.9% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 22% in Poland

Poland: 21.7% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 0.74 points higher than in Portugal

Poland: 6.77 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 19% more alcohol than in Poland

Poland: 11.5 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 19% more meat per person than Poland

Poland: 83.3 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Poland has 177 kcal more food per person per day than Portugal

Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Poland put in 72 more hours a year than in Portugal

Poland: 1,807 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 3.5 years longer than in Portugal

Poland: 13.2 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 5 times as many tourists per resident as Poland (2019)

Poland: 0.54 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Poland has 1 more World Heritage site than Portugal (18 against 17)

Poland: 18 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Poland: 335 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

Poland and Portugal are practically level

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

Home internet in Portugal is 14% faster than in Poland

Poland: 288 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Poland and Portugal are practically level

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

61% of people in Portugal live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Poland: 60% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Poland: 138 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 7.4 times as long as Portugal’s

Poland: 18,620 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Poland: 0.24 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 31% of Poland

Poland: 31% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Portugal

Poland: 7.1 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Poland: 31.5% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

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

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

You are 11% more likely to be murdered in Poland than in Portugal

Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Poland are 5% deadlier than in Portugal

Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 6.2 °C warmer than Poland

Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Portugal gets 2% more rain than Poland

Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)