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Canada vs Poland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Canada has a population of 41.3M (ranked 37/197), compared with 36.6M in Poland (ranked 42/197). Canada's land area is 3,393,336 sq mi versus 118,252 sq mi for Poland (ranked 4th vs. 69th).

By GDP, Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T) and Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B). By GDP per capita, Canada ranks 19/197 ($54,283), while Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023).

Main facts and rankings

Canada Poland
Population
41972421
36176920
Population rank 38/197 46/197
GDP
$2.24T
2024
$915B
2024
GDP rank 9/197 21/197
GDP per capita
$54,283
2024
$25,023
2024
GDP per capita rank 19/197 48/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$65,463
2024
$50,378
2024
Government debt
$2.48T
2024
$506B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
112.5%
2025
60.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$60,128
2024
$13,833
2024
Government debt per person rank 4/185 41/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$34,544
2025
$19,229
2025
Land area
3,393,336 sq mi
2025
118,252 sq mi
2025
Population density
12.2 ppl/mi²
2024
309 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.26
2023
1.16
2023
Median age
41.5 years
2024
42.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.9 years
2025
79 years
2025

Canada and Poland: Comparison Charts

Canada and Poland economies compared

GDP
Canada

Poland
Year GDP
Canada Poland
1960 $40,563,768,947 -
1961 $41,038,192,838 -
1962 $42,336,211,556 -
1963 $45,140,337,827 -
1964 $49,503,663,836 -
1965 $54,649,410,479 -
1966 $61,252,415,405 -
1967 $65,856,924,424 -
1968 $72,048,833,006 -
1969 $79,405,011,125 -
1970 $88,192,257,632 -
1971 $99,606,454,744 -
1972 $113,463,848,874 -
1973 $131,764,343,566 -
1974 $160,949,188,139 -
1975 $174,419,757,177 -
1976 $207,271,612,576 -
1977 $212,325,176,305 -
1978 $219,369,542,386 -
1979 $243,891,124,296 -
1980 $274,776,566,028 -
1981 $307,246,642,756 -
1982 $314,647,807,409 -
1983 $341,866,277,183 -
1984 $356,718,400,124 -
1985 $366,186,012,450 -
1986 $379,006,836,992 -
1987 $433,134,238,311 -
1988 $509,380,027,627 -
1989 $567,211,993,243 -
1990 $596,075,591,361 $65,977,748,211
1991 $612,527,712,316 $85,500,935,935
1992 $594,387,358,319 $94,337,050,693
1993 $579,053,561,739 $96,043,157,273
1994 $579,944,346,807 $110,803,635,288
1995 $605,961,090,061 $142,838,527,115
1996 $630,607,994,133 $160,813,026,223
1997 $654,986,999,856 $159,893,964,917
1998 $634,000,000,000 $175,282,269,667
1999 $678,412,196,271 $170,704,452,715
2000 $744,773,415,932 $172,953,527,033
2001 $738,981,792,355 $191,823,200,371
2002 $760,649,334,098 $199,694,463,256
2003 $895,540,646,635 $218,561,225,998
2004 $1,026,690,238,278 $256,268,656,145
2005 $1,173,108,598,779 $306,999,913,151
2006 $1,319,264,809,591 $345,897,630,736
2007 $1,468,820,407,783 $429,715,132,138
2008 $1,552,989,690,722 $535,612,030,672
2009 $1,374,625,142,157 $440,891,472,247
2010 $1,617,343,367,486 $478,111,630,684
2011 $1,793,326,630,175 $527,848,543,023
2012 $1,828,366,481,522 $498,148,649,703
2013 $1,846,597,421,835 $518,179,836,405
2014 $1,805,749,878,440 $542,134,167,179
2015 $1,556,508,816,217 $480,054,118,583
2016 $1,527,994,741,907 $473,259,623,976
2017 $1,649,265,644,244 $528,356,723,263
2018 $1,725,329,192,783 $594,616,632,477
2019 $1,743,725,183,673 $602,683,770,145
2020 $1,655,684,730,000 $605,914,186,118
2021 $2,022,378,748,423 $689,170,171,187
2022 $2,190,411,080,134 $695,607,522,885
2023 $2,173,339,670,064 $812,451,128,979
2024 $2,241,253,230,970 $914,696,430,325

Canada and Poland economies compared

GDP per capita
Canada

Poland
Year GDP per capita
Canada Poland
1960 $2,265 -
1961 $2,246 -
1962 $2,274 -
1963 $2,380 -
1964 $2,562 -
1965 $2,777 -
1966 $3,055 -
1967 $3,226 -
1968 $3,473 -
1969 $3,776 -
1970 $4,136 -
1971 $4,535 -
1972 $5,107 -
1973 $5,858 -
1974 $7,057 -
1975 $7,537 -
1976 $8,839 -
1977 $8,949 -
1978 $9,154 -
1979 $10,078 -
1980 $11,208 -
1981 $12,379 -
1982 $12,527 -
1983 $13,477 -
1984 $13,930 -
1985 $14,170 -
1986 $14,521 -
1987 $16,378 -
1988 $19,013 -
1989 $20,795 -
1990 $21,526 $1,731
1991 $21,847 $2,236
1992 $20,950 $2,459
1993 $20,187 $2,497
1994 $19,998 $2,875
1995 $20,680 $3,701
1996 $21,297 $4,164
1997 $21,902 $4,137
1998 $21,025 $4,534
1999 $22,315 $4,416
2000 $24,271 $4,521
2001 $23,822 $5,015
2002 $24,256 $5,223
2003 $28,302 $5,721
2004 $32,146 $6,712
2005 $36,384 $8,044
2006 $40,504 $9,069
2007 $44,660 $11,273
2008 $46,710 $14,049
2009 $40,875 $11,556
2010 $47,561 $12,568
2011 $52,224 $13,868
2012 $52,670 $13,087
2013 $52,638 $13,622
2014 $50,961 $14,262
2015 $43,594 $12,638
2016 $42,314 $12,464
2017 $45,130 $13,913
2018 $46,539 $15,658
2019 $46,353 $15,875
2020 $43,538 $16,151
2021 $52,887 $18,636
2022 $56,257 $18,891
2023 $54,220 $22,145
2024 $54,283 $25,023

Canada vs. Poland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Canada

Poland
Year Life expectancy, years
Canada Poland
1950 68.2 58.3
1951 68.5 58.9
1952 68.7 59.7
1953 69.1 61.3
1954 69.9 62.3
1955 70 63.1
1956 70 63.4
1957 69.9 64.4
1958 70.6 64.9
1959 70.6 66.4
1960 71 67.1
1961 71.2 67.8
1962 71.2 68
1963 71.3 68.3
1964 71.6 68.9
1965 71.7 69.4
1966 71.9 69.7
1967 72.1 69.9
1968 72.2 69.8
1969 72.4 69.8
1970 72.6 69.6
1971 72.9 69.8
1972 72.8 70.1
1973 73.1 70.7
1974 73.1 70.7
1975 73.4 70.6
1976 73.9 70.4
1977 74.2 70.3
1978 74.5 70.4
1979 74.8 70.2
1980 75.1 70.5
1981 75.5 70.6
1982 75.7 70.9
1983 76.1 70.8
1984 76.4 70.6
1985 76.3 70.5
1986 76.5 70.6
1987 76.8 70.8
1988 76.9 70.8
1989 77.1 70.8
1990 77.4 70.6
1991 77.6 70.7
1992 77.9 70.9
1993 77.7 71.3
1994 77.9 71.7
1995 78 72
1996 78.3 72.3
1997 78.5 72.6
1998 78.7 72.8
1999 78.9 73.2
2000 79.2 73.6
2001 79.4 74.2
2002 79.6 74.5
2003 79.7 74.8
2004 80 74.9
2005 80.1 75.1
2006 80.5 75.3
2007 80.5 75.4
2008 80.7 75.6
2009 81.1 75.9
2010 81.3 76.3
2011 81.5 76.6
2012 81.7 76.8
2013 81.8 77.1
2014 81.8 77.3
2015 81.9 77.6
2016 82 77.6
2017 81.9 77.7
2018 81.9 77.6
2019 82.3 77.9
2020 81.7 76.6
2021 82 75.6
2022 81.2 77.9
2023 82.6 78.6
2024 82.7 78.8
2025 82.9 79

Canada and Poland population clocks and comparison

Population
Canada

Poland
Year Population
Canada Poland
1960 17,909,356 29,637,450
1961 18,271,000 29,964,000
1962 18,614,000 30,308,500
1963 18,964,000 30,712,000
1964 19,325,000 31,139,450
1965 19,678,000 31,444,950
1966 20,048,000 31,681,000
1967 20,412,000 31,987,155
1968 20,744,000 32,294,655
1969 21,028,000 32,548,300
1970 21,324,000 32,664,300
1971 21,962,032 32,783,500
1972 22,218,463 33,055,650
1973 22,491,777 33,357,200
1974 22,807,969 33,678,899
1975 23,143,275 34,015,199
1976 23,449,808 34,356,300
1977 23,725,843 34,689,050
1978 23,963,203 34,965,600
1979 24,201,544 35,247,217
1980 24,515,667 35,574,150
1981 24,819,915 35,898,587
1982 25,116,942 36,230,481
1983 25,366,451 36,571,808
1984 25,607,053 36,904,134
1985 25,842,116 37,201,885
1986 26,100,278 37,456,119
1987 26,446,601 37,668,045
1988 26,791,747 37,824,487
1989 27,276,781 37,961,529
1990 27,691,138 38,110,782
1991 28,037,420 38,246,193
1992 28,371,264 38,363,667
1993 28,684,764 38,461,408
1994 29,000,663 38,542,652
1995 29,302,311 38,594,998
1996 29,610,218 38,624,370
1997 29,905,948 38,649,660
1998 30,155,173 38,663,481
1999 30,401,286 38,660,271
2000 30,685,730 38,258,629
2001 31,020,855 38,248,076
2002 31,359,199 38,230,364
2003 31,642,461 38,204,570
2004 31,938,807 38,182,222
2005 32,242,732 38,165,445
2006 32,571,193 38,141,267
2007 32,888,886 38,120,560
2008 33,247,298 38,125,759
2009 33,630,069 38,151,603
2010 34,005,902 38,042,794
2011 34,339,221 38,063,255
2012 34,713,395 38,063,164
2013 35,080,992 38,040,196
2014 35,434,066 38,011,735
2015 35,704,498 37,986,412
2016 36,110,803 37,970,087
2017 36,545,075 37,974,826
2018 37,072,620 37,974,750
2019 37,618,495 37,965,475
2020 38,028,638 37,515,748
2021 38,239,864 36,981,559
2022 38,935,934 36,821,749
2023 40,083,484 36,687,353
2024 41,288,599 36,554,707

Fertility rates in Canada and Poland

Fertility rate
Canada

Poland
Year Fertility rate
Canada Poland
1960 3.81 2.98
1961 3.75 2.83
1962 3.68 2.72
1963 3.61 2.7
1964 3.46 2.57
1965 3.12 2.52
1966 2.75 2.34
1967 2.53 2.33
1968 2.39 2.24
1969 2.33 2.2
1970 2.26 2.2
1971 2.14 2.25
1972 1.98 2.24
1973 1.89 2.26
1974 1.84 2.26
1975 1.82 2.27
1976 1.8 2.3
1977 1.78 2.23
1978 1.77 2.21
1979 1.75 2.28
1980 1.74 2.28
1981 1.7 2.24
1982 1.69 2.34
1983 1.68 2.42
1984 1.65 2.37
1985 1.67 2.33
1986 1.68 2.22
1987 1.68 2.15
1988 1.68 2.13
1989 1.77 2.08
1990 1.83 2.06
1991 1.72 2.07
1992 1.71 1.95
1993 1.69 1.87
1994 1.69 1.81
1995 1.67 1.62
1996 1.63 1.59
1997 1.57 1.51
1998 1.56 1.44
1999 1.55 1.37
2000 1.51 1.37
2001 1.54 1.31
2002 1.52 1.25
2003 1.55 1.22
2004 1.56 1.23
2005 1.58 1.24
2006 1.63 1.27
2007 1.67 1.31
2008 1.7 1.39
2009 1.69 1.4
2010 1.65 1.41
2011 1.63 1.33
2012 1.63 1.33
2013 1.61 1.29
2014 1.61 1.32
2015 1.6 1.32
2016 1.59 1.39
2017 1.55 1.48
2018 1.51 1.46
2019 1.47 1.44
2020 1.41 1.39
2021 1.44 1.33
2022 1.33 1.29
2023 1.26 1.16

Canada and Poland demographics compared

Median age
Canada

Poland
Year Median age, years
Canada Poland
1960 26.4 26.6
1961 26.3 26.8
1962 26 26.9
1963 25.8 27.1
1964 25.6 27.3
1965 25.5 27.5
1966 25.5 27.7
1967 25.5 27.8
1968 25.7 28
1969 25.8 28.1
1970 26 28.2
1971 26.3 28.4
1972 26.6 28.5
1973 26.9 28.5
1974 27.2 28.6
1975 27.4 28.6
1976 27.7 28.7
1977 28.1 28.9
1978 28.5 29.1
1979 28.8 29.3
1980 29.2 29.5
1981 29.5 29.8
1982 29.8 30.1
1983 30.2 30.3
1984 30.6 30.6
1985 31 30.8
1986 31.4 31.1
1987 31.8 31.4
1988 32.2 31.7
1989 32.5 32.1
1990 32.9 32.4
1991 33.2 32.6
1992 33.6 32.9
1993 33.9 33.2
1994 34.3 33.5
1995 34.7 33.9
1996 35.1 34.2
1997 35.5 34.4
1998 36 34.7
1999 36.4 35
2000 36.7 35.2
2001 37.1 35.5
2002 37.4 35.8
2003 37.8 36
2004 38.1 36.3
2005 38.5 36.6
2006 38.8 36.9
2007 39.1 37.2
2008 39.3 37.5
2009 39.5 37.8
2010 39.7 38.1
2011 39.9 38.2
2012 40.1 38.4
2013 40.3 38.7
2014 40.5 39
2015 40.6 39.3
2016 40.7 39.7
2017 40.8 40
2018 40.8 40.4
2019 40.8 40.8
2020 40.9 41.1
2021 41.1 41.5
2022 41.3 41.9
2023 41.4 42.4
2024 41.5 42.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Canada Poland
GNI, Atlas method
$2.2T
2024
$788B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.2%
2025
50.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.88%
2022
4.31%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.29%
2023
3.83%
2023
Armed forces personnel
72,000
2020
189,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.87%
2025
-6.16%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.35%
2024
2.81%
2024
Services, % of GDP
66.4%
2021
59.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.3%
2021
26.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
75.5
2025
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.1%
2021
22.9%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.3%
2021
3.3%
2023
Number of millionaires
1,991,416
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
6.07%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
76
2025
10
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
0.00003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
4,226
2024
749
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$3.37T
2024
$197B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$120B
2024
$223B
2024
Personal remittances received
$851M
2024
$8.69B
2024
International tourist arrivals
32,430,000
2019
88,515,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
3.66%
2011
2.63%
2020
Banked people share
98.4%
2024
86.1%
2024

Energy

Canada Poland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
7,336 kg
2023
2,639 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.79
2023
$17.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
575 megatons
2023
286.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
14.3 tons
2023
7.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
76.8%
2023
84.6%
2023
Renewable energy use share
23.8%
2021
15.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
19.8%
2023
3.47%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-89.6%
2023
48.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
14,460 kWh
2023
4,382 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
67%
2021
17.5%
2021
Hydroelectric share
57%
2023
2.23%
2023
Nuclear share
14.1%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Canada Poland
% of world population
0.51%
2024
0.45%
2024
Annual migration change
+368,599
2024
-238,062
2024
Urban population
82%
2024
60.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.93 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Quality of life index
89.6
2025
74.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
75
2024
53
2024
Higher education index
99
2025
82
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.27
2022
0.8
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.3
2019
9.4
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.8%
2021
English speaking
82.1%
2023
49.1%
2023
People using the Internet
94%
2023
88.6%
2024

Health

Canada Poland
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,112
2023
$1,544
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$935
2023
$249.9
2023
Life expectancy
82.9 years
2025
79 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2023
0.07%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.5
2022
3.39
2021
Age at first childbirth
30 years
2021
28.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
12
2023
2
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.1
2023
4.4
2023
Obesity rate
26.7%
2022
28.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.7%
2024
8.1%
2024
Air quality index
85
2025
51
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12%
2022
23.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.89 liters
2020
11.7 liters
2020

Territory

Canada Poland
% of world land
5.9%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
82,186 sq mi
2024
3,235 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
219,596 sq mi
2025
56,294 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,339,068 sq mi
2025
36,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
647,655 mi
2014
267,065 mi
2024

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