CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan is 43% bigger than Poland

Poland: 313,940 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 2,144 m above Poland’s

Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 46% of Poland

Poland: 46.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uzbekistan has 2% more people than Poland

Poland: 36.4 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Poland is 41% more densely populated than Uzbekistan

Poland: 119 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Poland are 9.8 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Poland: 180.7 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Poland are 5.5 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Poland: 165.8 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Poland is 14 years older than in Uzbekistan

Poland: 41.3 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 2.3 more children on average than in Poland

Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 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 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Poland: 20.8% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Poland hosts 201,452 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 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, Uzbekistan none

Poland: 7.7 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Poland 1

Poland: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 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 7 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Poland produces 4 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Poland: Int$54,262 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in Poland (Gini 4.2 points higher)

Poland: 28.5 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Poland

Poland: 0.2% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.6% in Uzbekistan, versus 3.0% in Poland

Poland: 3% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

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

Poland: 4.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Poland’s central government collects 17% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Poland: 17.4% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

Poland: 52% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Poland spends 10 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Poland: $2,014 (2024) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Poland live 5.9 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Poland: 78.4 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 3.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Poland

Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Poland has 44% more doctors per person than Uzbekistan

Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Poland has 24% more hospital beds per person than Uzbekistan

Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Poland is 72% higher than in Uzbekistan

Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 26% in Poland

Poland: 25.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Poland smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Poland: 21.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Poland rate their lives 0.48 points higher than in Uzbekistan

Poland: 6.77 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Poland drink 5.5 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Poland: 11.5 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Poland has 76% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Poland: 83.3 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Poland has 433 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 292 more hours a year than in Poland

Poland: 1,807 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Poland went to school 1.3 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Poland: 13.2 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Poland welcomed 2.5 times as many tourists per resident as Uzbekistan (2019)

Poland: 0.54 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Poland: 18 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Poland: 335 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 89% in Poland

Poland: 89% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Poland is 34% faster than in Uzbekistan

Poland: 288 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Poland and Uzbekistan are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

60% of people in Poland live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Poland: 60% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Poland: 138 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Poland’s railway network is 3.9 times as long as Uzbekistan’s

Poland: 18,620 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Poland fly 84% more passengers per resident than those from Uzbekistan

Poland: 0.24 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 31% of Poland, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Poland: 31% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Poland emits 85% more CO₂ than someone in Uzbekistan

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

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

32% of Poland’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Poland: 31.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 92% more fine dust than in Poland

Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 74% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in Poland

Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uzbekistan are 13% deadlier than in Poland

Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uzbekistan is on average 4.6 °C warmer than Poland

Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Poland gets 3.5 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan is larger. Uzbekistan is 43% bigger than Poland.

Which has more people, Poland or Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan has 2% more people than Poland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Poland or Uzbekistan?

People in Poland live 5.9 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 78.4 years in Poland and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Poland or Uzbekistan?

Men in Poland are 9.8 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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