Poland’s coastline is 2 times as long as Romania’s

Poland: 440 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Romania’s highest peak towers 45 m above Poland’s

Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 46% of Poland

Poland: 46.2% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Poland has 92% more people than Romania

Poland: 36.4 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Poland is 44% more densely populated than Romania

Poland: 119 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 1.3 years older than in Poland

Poland: 41.3 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

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

Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 20% in Romania

Poland: 20.8% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Poland hosts 2.5 times as many refugees per resident as Romania

Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Romania 2.1

Poland: 7.7 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Poland and Romania are practically level

Poland: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 2.4 times the size of Romania’s

Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Poland produces 7% more per person than Romania

Poland: Int$54,262 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Romania than in Poland (Gini 1.3 points higher)

Poland: 28.5 (2023) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

Romania and Poland are practically level

Poland: 0.2% (2023) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 3.0% in Poland

Poland: 3% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Romania 2.3%

Poland: 4.5% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Poland’s central government collects 17% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Poland: 17.4% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

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

Poland: 52% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Poland spends 92% more on health per person than Romania

Poland: $2,014 (2024) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 67% more likely to die before turning one than in Poland

Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 11% more doctors per person than Romania

Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 20% more hospital beds per person than Poland

Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 63% higher than in Romania

Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 26% in Poland

Poland: 25.9% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 22% in Poland

Poland: 21.7% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 0.14 points higher than in Romania

Poland: 6.77 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 48% more alcohol than in Poland

Poland: 11.5 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Poland has 15% more meat per person than Romania

Poland: 83.3 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Poland has 81 kcal more food per person per day than Romania

Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 19 more hours a year than in Poland

Poland: 1,807 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 1.7 years longer than in Romania

Poland: 13.2 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 30% more tourists per resident than Poland (2019)

Poland: 0.54 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Poland has 7 more World Heritage sites than Romania (18 against 11)

Poland: 18 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Romania 318

Poland: 335 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 89% in Poland

Poland: 89% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 10% faster than in Poland

Poland: 288 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Poland and Romania are practically level

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

60% of people in Poland live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

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

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Poland: 138 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 73% longer than Romania’s

Poland: 18,620 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Poland fly 63% more passengers per resident than those from Romania

Poland: 0.24 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 31% of Poland, but only 30% of Romania

Poland: 31% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Romania

Poland: 7.1 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Poland: 31.5% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 9% more fine dust than in Romania

Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 40% more likely to be murdered in Romania than in Poland

Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 18% deadlier than in Poland

Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Romania is on average 1.3 °C warmer than Poland

Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Poland and Romania are nearly identical here

Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)