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Poland Republic of Poland
Capital Warsaw
Languages Polish
Currency Polish złoty
People 36.4 million (2025)
Neighbours 7 Greetings from
Poland
10th highest daily calories 3,730 kcal · #10 of 189 · 2023 13th lowest fertility rate 1.14 children per woman · #13 of 210 · 2024 21st highest economy size (GDP) $1.04 trillion · #21 of 207 · 2025 POL COUNTRYDUEL EUROPE
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Picked for surprise among Poland’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Poland among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Poland sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 313,930 km² 69th of 205 2023 Coastline 440 km 107th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 2,499 m 99th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 31.1% 105th of 207 2023 Population 36.4 million 44th of 210 2025 Population density 119 per km² 87th of 209 2025 Height of men 180.7 cm 15th of 196 2019 Height of women 165.8 cm 27th of 196 2019 Median age 41.3 years 39th of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.14 children per woman 198th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 20.8% 31st of 210 2025 Economy size (GDP) $1.04 trillion 21st of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$54,262 45th of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 28.5 135th of 155 2023 Unemployment 3% 148th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $2,014 40th of 193 2024 Military spending 4.2% 17th of 158 2024 Life expectancy 78.4 years 59th of 210 2024 Infant mortality 3.6 per 1,000 160th of 194 2024 Doctors 4 per 1,000 30th of 190 2023 Adult obesity 25.9% 89th of 195 2024 Smoking 21.7% 69th of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 6.77 25th of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 11.5 litres 17th of 195 2023 Meat supply 83.3 kg 39th of 189 2023 Daily calories 3,730 kcal 10th of 189 2023 Working hours 1,807 hours 83rd of 130 2023 Years of schooling 13.2 years 12th of 193 2023 Internet users 89% 72nd of 208 2024 Access to electricity 100% 1st of 209 2024 Urban population 60% 120th of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 138 44th of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 7.1 t 36th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 31.5% 99th of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 15.6 µg/m³ 112th of 213 2024 Homicide rate 0.8 per 100k 127th of 160 2023 Road deaths 6.5 per 100k 150th of 193 2021 Average temperature 9.7°C 159th of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 763 mm 126th of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 7.7 16th of 160 2025 Railway network 18,620 km 14th of 133 2021 Air passengers per resident 0.24 82nd of 165 2023 Tourists per resident 0.54 77th of 179 2024 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 52% 79th of 198 2025
World twins The countries most like Poland across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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