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

Poland: 440 km (2026 edition) · Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition)

Spain’s highest peak towers 1,219 m above Poland’s

Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition) · Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Spain, versus 46% of Poland

Poland: 46.2% (2024) · Spain: 49.3% (2024)

Spain has 35% more people than Poland

Poland: 36.4 million (2025) · Spain: 49.4 million (2025)

Poland is 21% more densely populated than Spain

Poland: 119 per km² (2025) · Spain: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Spain is 3.6 years older than in Poland

Poland: 41.3 years (2023) · Spain: 44.9 years (2023)

Poland and Spain are practically level

Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024)

22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 21% in Poland

Poland: 20.8% (2025) · Spain: 21.6% (2025)

Poland hosts 2.6 times as many refugees per resident as Spain

Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Spain 1.4

Poland: 7.7 (2026) · Spain: 1.4 (2026)

Poland and Spain are practically level

Poland: 1 (2026) · Spain: 1 (2026)

Spain’s economy is 84% larger than Poland’s

Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025)

Spain produces 10% more per person than Poland

Poland: Int$54,262 (2025) · Spain: Int$59,868 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Spain than in Poland (Gini 4.9 points higher)

Poland: 28.5 (2023) · Spain: 33.4 (2023)

0.8% of people in Spain live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Poland

Poland: 0.2% (2023) · Spain: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 10% in Spain, versus 3.0% in Poland

Poland: 3% (2025) · Spain: 10.4% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Spain 2.1%

Poland: 4.5% (2025) · Spain: 2.1% (2025)

Poland’s central government collects 17% of GDP in tax, Spain’s 15%

Poland: 17.4% (2024) · Spain: 14.9% (2024)

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

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

Spain spends 54% more on health per person than Poland

Poland: $2,014 (2024) · Spain: $3,107 (2023)

A baby in Poland is 38% more likely to die before turning one than in Spain

Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Spain has 7% more doctors per person than Poland

Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

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

Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022) · Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Poland is 89% higher than in Spain

Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Poland are obese, versus 19% in Spain

Poland: 25.9% (2024) · Spain: 18.9% (2024)

28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 22% in Poland

Poland: 21.7% (2024) · Spain: 27.6% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 0.23 points higher than in Spain

Poland: 6.77 (2025) · Spain: 6.54 (2025)

Adults in Spain drink 5% more alcohol than in Poland

Poland: 11.5 litres (2023) · Spain: 12.1 litres (2023)

Spain has 21% more meat per person than Poland

Poland: 83.3 kg (2023) · Spain: 100.8 kg (2023)

Poland has 353 kcal more food per person per day than Spain

Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023) · Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023)

Workers in Poland put in 169 more hours a year than in Spain

Poland: 1,807 hours (2023) · Spain: 1,638 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 2.5 years longer than in Spain

Poland: 13.2 years (2023) · Spain: 10.8 years (2023)

Spain welcomed 3.6 times as many tourists per resident as Poland (2019)

Poland: 0.54 (2024) · Spain: 1.92 (2024)

Spain has 32 more World Heritage sites than Poland (50 against 18)

Poland: 18 (2026) · Spain: 50 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Spain 195

Poland: 335 (2026 edition) · Spain: 195 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Spain are online, versus 89% in Poland

Poland: 89% (2024) · Spain: 96% (2024)

Home internet in Spain is 12% faster than in Poland

Poland: 288 Mbps (2026) · Spain: 324 Mbps (2026)

Poland and Spain are practically level

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

81% of people in Spain live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Poland: 60% (2025) · Spain: 81% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Spain 130

Poland: 138 (2024) · Spain: 130 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 17% longer than Spain’s

Poland: 18,620 km (2021) · Spain: 15,963 km (2021)

Airlines from Spain fly 7.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Poland: 0.24 (2023) · Spain: 1.91 (2023)

Forest covers 38% of Spain, but only 31% of Poland

Poland: 31% (2024) · Spain: 38.2% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 54% more CO₂ than someone in Spain

Poland: 7.1 t (2024) · Spain: 4.6 t (2024)

56% of Spain’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Poland: 31.5% (2025) · Spain: 55.9% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 56% more fine dust than in Spain

Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 16% more likely to be murdered in Poland than in Spain

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

Roads in Poland are 85% deadlier than in Spain

Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023)

Spain is on average 5.1 °C warmer than Poland

Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Poland gets 15% more rain than Spain

Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg)