Sweden’s coastline is 7.3 times as long as Poland’s

Poland: 440 km (2026 edition) · Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition)

Poland’s highest peak towers 399 m above Sweden’s

Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition) · Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Poland: 46.2% (2024) · Sweden: 7.3% (2024)

Poland has 3.4 times as many people as Sweden

Poland: 36.4 million (2025) · Sweden: 10.6 million (2025)

Poland is 4.6 times as densely populated as Sweden

Poland: 119 per km² (2025) · Sweden: 26 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Poland is 1.4 years older than in Sweden

Poland: 41.3 years (2023) · Sweden: 39.9 years (2023)

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

Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

Sweden and Poland are practically level

Poland: 20.8% (2025) · Sweden: 20.9% (2025)

Poland hosts 2 times as many refugees per resident as Sweden

Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Poland 7.7

Poland: 7.7 (2026) · Sweden: 28.3 (2026)

Poland and Sweden are practically level

Poland: 1 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 55% larger than Sweden’s

Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Sweden: $669 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 34% more per person than Poland

Poland: Int$54,262 (2025) · Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sweden than in Poland (Gini 0.8 points higher)

Poland: 28.5 (2023) · Sweden: 29.3 (2023)

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

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

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 3.0% in Poland

Poland: 3% (2025) · Sweden: 8.7% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Sweden 2.5%

Poland: 4.5% (2025) · Sweden: 2.5% (2025)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Poland’s 17%

Poland: 17.4% (2024) · Sweden: 27.2% (2024)

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Poland’s

Poland: 52% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)

Sweden spends 3.2 times as much on health per person as Poland

Poland: $2,014 (2024) · Sweden: $6,485 (2024)

A baby in Poland is 80% more likely to die before turning one than in Sweden

Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sweden has 9% more doctors per person than Poland

Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021)

Poland has 3.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Sweden

Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022) · Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 6% higher than in Sweden

Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023)

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

Poland: 25.9% (2024) · Sweden: 18.7% (2024)

22% of adults in Poland smoke, versus 20% in Sweden

Poland: 21.7% (2024) · Sweden: 20.3% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 0.49 points higher than in Poland

Poland: 6.77 (2025) · Sweden: 7.26 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 33% more alcohol than in Sweden

Poland: 11.5 litres (2023) · Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023)

Poland has 22% more meat per person than Sweden

Poland: 83.3 kg (2023) · Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023)

Poland has 363 kcal more food per person per day than Sweden

Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023) · Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023)

Workers in Poland put in 375 more hours a year than in Sweden

Poland: 1,807 hours (2023) · Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 0.47 years longer than in Sweden

Poland: 13.2 years (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 years (2023)

Sweden welcomed 17% more tourists per resident than Poland (2019)

Poland: 0.54 (2024) · Sweden: 0.63 (2022)

Poland has 3 more World Heritage sites than Sweden (18 against 15)

Poland: 18 (2026) · Sweden: 15 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Poland 335

Poland: 335 (2026 edition) · Sweden: 709 (2026 edition)

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

Poland: 89% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)

Home internet in Poland is 16% faster than in Sweden

Poland: 288 Mbps (2026) · Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026)

Poland and Sweden are practically level

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

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Poland: 60% (2025) · Sweden: 89% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Poland 138

Poland: 138 (2024) · Sweden: 141 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 92% longer than Sweden’s

Poland: 18,620 km (2021) · Sweden: 9,714 km (2021)

Airlines from Sweden fly 7.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Poland: 0.24 (2023) · Sweden: 1.85 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 31% of Poland

Poland: 31% (2024) · Sweden: 68.6% (2024)

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

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

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Poland: 31.5% (2025) · Sweden: 71.2% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Sweden

Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 43% more likely to be murdered in Sweden than in Poland

Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Poland are 3.4 times as deadly as in Sweden

Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023)

Poland is on average 5.4 °C warmer than Sweden

Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sweden gets 5% more rain than Poland

Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg)