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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Poland is 30% bigger than Uganda

Poland: 313,940 km² (2024) · Uganda: 241,551 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Poland: 440 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uganda’s highest peak towers 2,611 m above Poland’s

Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 46% of Poland

Poland: 46.2% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uganda has 41% more people than Poland

Poland: 36.4 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uganda is 2.2 times as densely populated as Poland

Poland: 119 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Poland are 11.9 cm taller than in Uganda

Poland: 180.7 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Poland are 7.3 cm taller than in Uganda

Poland: 165.8 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Poland is 25 years older than in Uganda

Poland: 41.3 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uganda have 3.0 more children on average than in Poland

Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

Poland: 20.8% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Uganda hosts 39% more refugees per resident than Poland

Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

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

Poland: 7.7 (2026) · Uganda: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uganda has 2 official languages, Poland 1

Poland: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Poland’s economy is 17 times the size of Uganda’s

Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Poland produces 16 times as much per person as Uganda

Poland: Int$54,262 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Poland (Gini 9.7 points higher)

Poland: 28.5 (2023) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Poland

Poland: 0.2% (2023) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Poland and Uganda are practically level

Poland: 3% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Uganda 2.0%

Poland: 4.5% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Poland’s central government collects 17% of GDP in tax, Uganda’s 13%

Poland: 17.4% (2024) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Poland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Uganda’s

Poland: 52% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Poland spends 45 times as much on health per person as Uganda

Poland: $2,014 (2024) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Poland live 9.9 years longer than in Uganda

Poland: 78.4 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uganda is 10 times as likely to die before turning one as in Poland

Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Poland has 21 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: no data

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uganda is 28% higher than in Poland

Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

26% of adults in Poland are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda

Poland: 25.9% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Poland smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

Poland: 21.7% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Poland rate their lives 2.28 points higher than in Uganda

Poland: 6.77 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Poland drink 2.9 times as much alcohol as in Uganda

Poland: 11.5 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Poland has 7.7 times as much meat per person as Uganda

Poland: 83.3 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Poland has 1,352 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uganda put in 321 more hours a year than in Poland

Poland: 1,807 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Poland went to school 6.9 years longer than in Uganda

Poland: 13.2 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Poland welcomed 15 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)

Poland: 0.54 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Poland: 18 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Uganda 13

Poland: 335 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

89% of people in Poland are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Poland: 89% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Poland is 5.4 times as fast as in Uganda

Poland: 288 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Poland have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda

Poland: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

60% of people in Poland live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda

Poland: 60% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

Poland: 138 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Poland’s railway network is 15 times as long as Uganda’s

Poland: 18,620 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Poland fly 572 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Poland: 0.24 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 31% of Poland, but only 12% of Uganda

Poland: 31% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Poland emits 56 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

Poland: 7.1 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Poland: 31.5% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uganda carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Poland

Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Poland

Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uganda are 2.1 times as deadly as in Poland

Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uganda is on average 14.0 °C warmer than Poland

Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Uganda gets 93% more rain than Poland

Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Poland bigger than Uganda?

Poland is larger. Poland is 30% bigger than Uganda.

Which has more people, Poland or Uganda?

Uganda has 41% more people than Poland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Poland or Uganda?

People in Poland live 9.9 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 78.4 years in Poland and 68.5 in Uganda.

Are people taller in Poland or Uganda?

Men in Poland are 11.9 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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