Vietnam’s coastline is 7.8 times as long as Poland’s

Poland: 440 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 645 m above Poland’s

Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 39% of Vietnam

Poland: 46.2% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 2.8 times as many people as Poland

Poland: 36.4 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 2.7 times as densely populated as Poland

Poland: 119 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Poland is 8.9 years older than in Vietnam

Poland: 41.3 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Vietnam have 0.8 more children on average than in Poland

Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Poland: 20.8% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Poland hosts 212,449 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Poland: 7.7 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Poland and Vietnam are practically level

Poland: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 2 times the size of Vietnam’s

Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Poland produces 3 times as much per person as Vietnam

Poland: Int$54,262 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Poland (Gini 7.6 points higher)

Poland: 28.5 (2023) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

1.6% of people in Vietnam live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Poland

Poland: 0.2% (2023) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.0% in Poland, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Poland: 3% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Vietnam 2.2%

Poland: 4.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Poland: 17.4% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Poland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Vietnam’s

Poland: 52% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

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

Poland: $2,014 (2024) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Vietnam is 3.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Poland

Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 3.6 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Poland has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Vietnam

Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Poland is 34% higher than in Vietnam

Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Poland are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Poland: 25.9% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

22% of adults in Poland smoke, versus 21% in Vietnam

Poland: 21.7% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 0.34 points higher than in Vietnam

Poland: 6.77 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 7% more alcohol than in Vietnam

Poland: 11.5 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Poland has 38% more meat per person than Vietnam

Poland: 83.3 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Poland has 644 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 354 more hours a year than in Poland

Poland: 1,807 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 4.2 years longer than in Vietnam

Poland: 13.2 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Poland welcomed 6.6 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Poland: 0.54 (2024) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Poland has 9 more World Heritage sites than Vietnam (18 against 9)

Poland: 18 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Poland: 335 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Poland are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Poland: 89% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Poland is 18% faster than in Vietnam

Poland: 288 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Poland and Vietnam are practically level

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

60% of people in Poland live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Poland: 60% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Vietnam 128

Poland: 138 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 5.9 times as long as Vietnam’s

Poland: 18,620 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Vietnam fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Poland: 0.24 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 31% of Poland

Poland: 31% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 93% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

Poland: 7.1 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

45% of Vietnam’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Poland: 31.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 64% more fine dust than in Poland

Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 60% deadlier than in Poland

Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 14.6 °C warmer than Poland

Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 2.8 times as much rain as Poland

Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)