Ukraine’s coastline is 6.3 times as long as Poland’s

Poland: 440 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Poland’s highest peak towers 438 m above Ukraine’s

Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 46% of Poland

Poland: 46.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

Ukraine has 7% more people than Poland

Poland: 36.4 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Poland is 77% more densely populated than Ukraine

Poland: 119 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ukraine is 0.67 years older than in Poland

Poland: 41.3 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Women in Poland have 0.2 more children on average than in Ukraine

Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 19% in Ukraine

Poland: 20.8% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Poland hosts 447 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ukraine 1.3

Poland: 7.7 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Poland and Ukraine are practically level

Poland: 1 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 4.8 times the size of Ukraine’s

Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

Poland produces 2.9 times as much per person as Ukraine

Poland: Int$54,262 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Poland than in Ukraine (Gini 2.9 points higher)

Poland: 28.5 (2023) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

Poland and Ukraine are practically level

Poland: 0.2% (2023) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 3.0% in Poland

Poland: 3% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Poland 4.5%

Poland: 4.5% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Poland’s 17%

Poland: 17.4% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

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

Poland: 52% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Poland spends 5.4 times as much on health per person as Ukraine

Poland: $2,014 (2024) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

A baby in Ukraine is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Poland

Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 14% more doctors per person than Ukraine

Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Ukraine has 2% more hospital beds per person than Poland

Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 41% higher than in Poland

Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

28% of adults in Ukraine are obese, versus 26% in Poland

Poland: 25.9% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 22% in Poland

Poland: 21.7% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 2.11 points higher than in Ukraine

Poland: 6.77 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 3 times as much alcohol as in Ukraine

Poland: 11.5 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Poland has 68% more meat per person than Ukraine

Poland: 83.3 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Poland has 944 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ukraine put in 238 more hours a year than in Poland

Poland: 1,807 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 2.1 years longer than in Ukraine

Poland: 13.2 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Poland welcomed 8.2 times as many tourists per resident as Ukraine (2019)

Poland: 0.54 (2024) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

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

Poland: 18 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Ukraine 160

Poland: 335 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Poland are online, versus 82% in Ukraine

Poland: 89% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Poland is 61% faster than in Ukraine

Poland: 288 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Poland and Ukraine are practically level

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

70% of people in Ukraine live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Poland: 60% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ukraine 133

Poland: 138 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Ukraine’s railway network is 16% longer than Poland’s

Poland: 18,620 km (2021) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Airlines from Poland fly 21 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Poland: 0.24 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Forest covers 31% of Poland, but only 17% of Ukraine

Poland: 31% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 88% more CO₂ than someone in Ukraine

Poland: 7.1 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

32% of Poland’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Poland: 31.5% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

The air in Poland carries 10% more fine dust than in Ukraine

Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.7 times as likely to be murdered in Ukraine as in Poland

Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Ukraine are 63% deadlier than in Poland

Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Ukraine is on average 0.6 °C warmer than Poland

Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Poland gets 23% more rain than Ukraine

Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)