Sri Lanka’s coastline is 3 times as long as Poland’s

Poland: 440 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Sri Lanka’s highest peak towers 25 m above Poland’s

Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 46% of Poland

Poland: 46.2% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Poland has 67% more people than Sri Lanka

Poland: 36.4 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 3 times as densely populated as Poland

Poland: 119 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Poland is 8.5 years older than in Sri Lanka

Poland: 41.3 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.8 more children on average than in Poland

Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 12% in Sri Lanka

Poland: 20.8% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Poland hosts 2,777 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Poland: 7.7 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Poland 1

Poland: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 9.5 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Poland produces 3.2 times as much per person as Sri Lanka

Poland: Int$54,262 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Poland (Gini 9.2 points higher)

Poland: 28.5 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

2.7% of people in Sri Lanka live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Poland

Poland: 0.2% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 3.0% in Poland

Poland: 3% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Sri Lanka 1.3%

Poland: 4.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Poland’s central government collects 17% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Poland: 17.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Poland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Sri Lanka’s

Poland: 52% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Poland spends 15 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Poland: $2,014 (2024) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Sri Lanka is 44% more likely to die before turning one than in Poland

Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Sri Lanka

Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Poland has 54% more hospital beds per person than Sri Lanka

Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 4% higher than in Poland

Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Poland are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Poland: 25.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

22% of adults in Poland smoke, versus 21% in Sri Lanka

Poland: 21.7% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 2.75 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Poland: 6.77 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 4.6 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

Poland: 11.5 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Poland has 7.2 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Poland: 83.3 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Poland has 1,055 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 246 more hours a year than in Poland

Poland: 1,807 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 2.4 years longer than in Sri Lanka

Poland: 13.2 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Poland welcomed 17 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Poland: 0.54 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Poland has 10 more World Heritage sites than Sri Lanka (18 against 8)

Poland: 18 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Poland: 335 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Poland are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Poland: 89% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Poland is 4.6 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Poland: 288 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

Poland and Sri Lanka are practically level

Poland: 100% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

60% of people in Poland live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Poland: 60% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sri Lanka 133

Poland: 138 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 12 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Poland: 18,620 km (2021) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Poland fly 36% more passengers per resident than those from Sri Lanka

Poland: 0.24 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 31% of Poland

Poland: 31% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 7.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Poland: 7.1 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Poland: 31.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Sri Lanka carries 33% more fine dust than in Poland

Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.1 times as likely to be murdered in Sri Lanka as in Poland

Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Sri Lanka are 83% deadlier than in Poland

Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 17.1 °C warmer than Poland

Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 2.4 times as much rain as Poland

Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)