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Czech Republic vs Poland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Czech Republic has a population of 10.9M (ranked 87/197), compared with 36.6M in Poland (ranked 42/197). The Czech Republic's land area is 29,794 sq mi versus 118,252 sq mi for Poland (ranked 114th vs. 69th).

By GDP, The Czech Republic ranks 45/197 ($345B) and Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B). By GDP per capita, The Czech Republic ranks 39/197 ($31,707), while Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023).

Main facts and rankings

Czech Republic Poland
Population
10753822
36176920
Population rank 91/197 46/197
GDP
$345B
2024
$915B
2024
GDP rank 45/197 21/197
GDP per capita
$31,707
2024
$25,023
2024
GDP per capita rank 39/197 48/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$56,806
2024
$50,378
2024
Government debt
$148B
2024
$506B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
44.2%
2025
60.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,630
2024
$13,833
2024
Government debt per person rank 43/185 41/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,451
2025
$19,229
2025
Land area
29,794 sq mi
2025
118,252 sq mi
2025
Population density
365 ppl/mi²
2024
309 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.45
2023
1.16
2023
Median age
44.1 years
2024
42.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
80.1 years
2025
79 years
2025

Czech Republic and Poland: Comparison Charts

Czech Republic and Poland economies compared

GDP
Czech Republic

Poland
Year GDP
Czech Republic Poland
1990 $41,016,881,802 $65,977,748,211
1991 $30,071,014,282 $85,500,935,935
1992 $35,051,065,440 $94,337,050,693
1993 $41,155,654,032 $96,043,157,273
1994 $48,188,478,339 $110,803,635,288
1995 $60,572,381,311 $142,838,527,115
1996 $67,804,105,330 $160,813,026,223
1997 $62,539,765,163 $159,893,964,917
1998 $67,187,217,328 $175,282,269,667
1999 $65,586,562,605 $170,704,452,715
2000 $62,175,642,238 $172,953,527,033
2001 $68,135,304,464 $191,823,200,371
2002 $82,607,869,610 $199,694,463,256
2003 $100,435,924,705 $218,561,225,998
2004 $120,147,899,984 $256,268,656,145
2005 $137,264,185,596 $306,999,913,151
2006 $156,236,258,387 $345,897,630,736
2007 $190,040,702,287 $429,715,132,138
2008 $236,506,264,754 $535,612,030,672
2009 $206,971,882,705 $440,891,472,247
2010 $211,168,667,286 $478,111,630,684
2011 $231,429,378,717 $527,848,543,023
2012 $210,363,223,088 $498,148,649,703
2013 $213,024,360,541 $518,179,836,405
2014 $210,911,285,078 $542,134,167,179
2015 $189,107,698,562 $480,054,118,583
2016 $198,160,659,304 $473,259,623,976
2017 $221,563,575,696 $528,356,723,263
2018 $251,992,360,762 $594,616,632,477
2019 $256,794,209,029 $602,683,770,145
2020 $251,109,660,603 $605,914,186,118
2021 $290,972,714,482 $689,170,171,187
2022 $301,831,228,326 $695,607,522,885
2023 $343,206,568,135 $812,451,128,979
2024 $345,036,675,975 $914,696,430,325

Czech Republic and Poland economies compared

GDP per capita
Czech Republic

Poland
Year GDP per capita
Czech Republic Poland
1990 $3,969 $1,731
1991 $2,917 $2,236
1992 $3,397 $2,459
1993 $3,984 $2,497
1994 $4,663 $2,875
1995 $5,865 $3,701
1996 $6,573 $4,164
1997 $6,069 $4,137
1998 $6,527 $4,534
1999 $6,378 $4,416
2000 $6,063 $4,521
2001 $6,669 $5,015
2002 $8,101 $5,223
2003 $9,852 $5,721
2004 $11,783 $6,712
2005 $13,442 $8,044
2006 $15,259 $9,069
2007 $18,453 $11,273
2008 $22,775 $14,049
2009 $19,817 $11,556
2010 $20,160 $12,568
2011 $22,049 $13,868
2012 $20,014 $13,087
2013 $20,260 $13,622
2014 $20,038 $14,262
2015 $17,932 $12,638
2016 $18,754 $12,464
2017 $20,913 $13,913
2018 $23,706 $15,658
2019 $24,063 $15,875
2020 $23,473 $16,151
2021 $27,696 $18,636
2022 $28,282 $18,891
2023 $31,591 $22,145
2024 $31,707 $25,023

Czech Republic vs. Poland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Czech Republic

Poland
Year Life expectancy, years
Czech Republic Poland
1950 64.4 58.3
1951 65.3 58.9
1952 66.9 59.7
1953 67.6 61.3
1954 68.1 62.3
1955 69 63.1
1956 69.4 63.4
1957 69 64.4
1958 70 64.9
1959 69.9 66.4
1960 70.5 67.1
1961 70.6 67.8
1962 69.9 68
1963 70.4 68.3
1964 70.6 68.9
1965 70.3 69.4
1966 70.5 69.7
1967 70.3 69.9
1968 69.9 69.8
1969 69.4 69.8
1970 69.5 69.6
1971 69.7 69.8
1972 70.2 70.1
1973 70.1 70.7
1974 70.2 70.7
1975 70.5 70.6
1976 70.6 70.4
1977 70.6 70.3
1978 70.7 70.4
1979 70.8 70.2
1980 70.3 70.5
1981 70.8 70.6
1982 70.9 70.9
1983 70.6 70.8
1984 70.9 70.6
1985 71.1 70.5
1986 71.1 70.6
1987 71.5 70.8
1988 71.7 70.8
1989 71.8 70.8
1990 71.4 70.6
1991 72 70.7
1992 72.3 70.9
1993 72.9 71.3
1994 73.1 71.7
1995 73.2 72
1996 73.8 72.3
1997 73.9 72.6
1998 74.6 72.8
1999 74.7 73.2
2000 75 73.6
2001 75.3 74.2
2002 75.4 74.5
2003 75.4 74.8
2004 75.9 74.9
2005 76.2 75.1
2006 76.7 75.3
2007 76.9 75.4
2008 77.2 75.6
2009 77.3 75.9
2010 77.6 76.3
2011 77.8 76.6
2012 78 76.8
2013 78.2 77.1
2014 78.7 77.3
2015 78.6 77.6
2016 79 77.6
2017 78.9 77.7
2018 79 77.6
2019 79.2 77.9
2020 78.2 76.6
2021 77.2 75.6
2022 79.2 77.9
2023 79.8 78.6
2024 80 78.8
2025 80.1 79

Czech Republic and Poland population clocks and comparison

Population
Czech Republic

Poland
Year Population
Czech Republic Poland
1960 9,602,006 29,637,450
1961 9,586,651 29,964,000
1962 9,624,660 30,308,500
1963 9,670,685 30,712,000
1964 9,727,804 31,139,450
1965 9,779,358 31,444,950
1966 9,821,040 31,681,000
1967 9,852,899 31,987,155
1968 9,876,346 32,294,655
1969 9,896,580 32,548,300
1970 9,858,071 32,664,300
1971 9,826,815 32,783,500
1972 9,867,632 33,055,650
1973 9,922,266 33,357,200
1974 9,988,459 33,678,899
1975 10,058,620 34,015,199
1976 10,125,939 34,356,300
1977 10,186,755 34,689,050
1978 10,242,098 34,965,600
1979 10,292,341 35,247,217
1980 10,304,193 35,574,150
1981 10,300,591 35,898,587
1982 10,314,826 36,230,481
1983 10,323,856 36,571,808
1984 10,330,213 36,904,134
1985 10,337,118 37,201,885
1986 10,342,227 37,456,119
1987 10,347,318 37,668,045
1988 10,355,276 37,824,487
1989 10,361,068 37,961,529
1990 10,333,355 38,110,782
1991 10,308,578 38,246,193
1992 10,319,123 38,363,667
1993 10,329,855 38,461,408
1994 10,333,587 38,542,652
1995 10,327,253 38,594,998
1996 10,315,241 38,624,370
1997 10,304,131 38,649,660
1998 10,294,373 38,663,481
1999 10,283,860 38,660,271
2000 10,255,063 38,258,629
2001 10,216,605 38,248,076
2002 10,196,916 38,230,364
2003 10,193,998 38,204,570
2004 10,197,101 38,182,222
2005 10,211,216 38,165,445
2006 10,238,905 38,141,267
2007 10,298,828 38,120,560
2008 10,384,603 38,125,759
2009 10,443,936 38,151,603
2010 10,474,410 38,042,794
2011 10,496,088 38,063,255
2012 10,510,785 38,063,164
2013 10,514,272 38,040,196
2014 10,525,347 38,011,735
2015 10,546,059 37,986,412
2016 10,566,332 37,970,087
2017 10,594,438 37,974,826
2018 10,629,928 37,974,750
2019 10,671,870 37,965,475
2020 10,697,858 37,515,748
2021 10,505,772 36,981,559
2022 10,672,118 36,821,749
2023 10,864,042 36,687,353
2024 10,882,164 36,554,707

Fertility rates in Czech Republic and Poland

Fertility rate
Czech Republic

Poland
Year Fertility rate
Czech Republic Poland
1960 2.09 2.98
1961 2.11 2.83
1962 2.12 2.72
1963 2.31 2.7
1964 2.34 2.57
1965 2.18 2.52
1966 2.02 2.34
1967 1.91 2.33
1968 1.84 2.24
1969 1.87 2.2
1970 1.92 2.2
1971 2 2.25
1972 2.09 2.24
1973 2.31 2.26
1974 2.46 2.26
1975 2.43 2.27
1976 2.39 2.3
1977 2.34 2.23
1978 2.33 2.21
1979 2.27 2.28
1980 2.08 2.28
1981 2 2.24
1982 2 2.34
1983 1.97 2.42
1984 1.97 2.37
1985 1.95 2.33
1986 1.92 2.22
1987 1.91 2.15
1988 1.94 2.13
1989 1.87 2.08
1990 1.9 2.06
1991 1.86 2.07
1992 1.71 1.95
1993 1.67 1.87
1994 1.44 1.81
1995 1.28 1.62
1996 1.18 1.59
1997 1.17 1.51
1998 1.16 1.44
1999 1.13 1.37
2000 1.15 1.37
2001 1.15 1.31
2002 1.17 1.25
2003 1.18 1.22
2004 1.23 1.23
2005 1.29 1.24
2006 1.34 1.27
2007 1.45 1.31
2008 1.51 1.39
2009 1.51 1.4
2010 1.51 1.41
2011 1.43 1.33
2012 1.45 1.33
2013 1.46 1.29
2014 1.53 1.32
2015 1.57 1.32
2016 1.63 1.39
2017 1.69 1.48
2018 1.71 1.46
2019 1.71 1.44
2020 1.74 1.39
2021 1.83 1.33
2022 1.64 1.29
2023 1.45 1.16

Czech Republic and Poland demographics compared

Median age
Czech Republic

Poland
Year Median age, years
Czech Republic Poland
1960 33.1 26.6
1961 33.3 26.8
1962 33.5 26.9
1963 33.6 27.1
1964 33.6 27.3
1965 33.7 27.5
1966 33.7 27.7
1967 33.8 27.8
1968 33.8 28
1969 33.7 28.1
1970 33.6 28.2
1971 33.4 28.4
1972 33.3 28.5
1973 33.1 28.5
1974 32.9 28.6
1975 32.8 28.6
1976 32.7 28.7
1977 32.8 28.9
1978 32.8 29.1
1979 32.9 29.3
1980 33 29.5
1981 33.1 29.8
1982 33.4 30.1
1983 33.6 30.3
1984 33.9 30.6
1985 34.1 30.8
1986 34.3 31.1
1987 34.6 31.4
1988 34.8 31.7
1989 35 32.1
1990 35.2 32.4
1991 35.4 32.6
1992 35.6 32.9
1993 35.8 33.2
1994 36 33.5
1995 36.1 33.9
1996 36.4 34.2
1997 36.7 34.4
1998 37 34.7
1999 37.3 35
2000 37.6 35.2
2001 37.8 35.5
2002 38 35.8
2003 38.2 36
2004 38.5 36.3
2005 38.7 36.6
2006 39 36.9
2007 39.2 37.2
2008 39.4 37.5
2009 39.5 37.8
2010 39.7 38.1
2011 39.9 38.2
2012 40.3 38.4
2013 40.7 38.7
2014 41.1 39
2015 41.5 39.3
2016 41.9 39.7
2017 42.2 40
2018 42.5 40.4
2019 42.9 40.8
2020 43.2 41.1
2021 43.5 41.5
2022 43.5 41.9
2023 43.6 42.4
2024 44.1 42.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Czech Republic Poland
GNI, Atlas method
$317B
2024
$788B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
43.3%
2025
50.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.3%
2022
4.31%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.52%
2023
3.83%
2023
Armed forces personnel
27,000
2020
189,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.56%
2025
-6.16%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.6%
2024
2.81%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.5%
2024
59.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
30.2%
2024
26.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
72.9
2025
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
21.5%
2023
22.9%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.8%
2023
3.3%
2023
Number of billionaires
11
2025
10
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
0.00003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
25
2024
749
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$34.6B
2024
$197B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$146B
2024
$223B
2024
Personal remittances received
$4.25B
2024
$8.69B
2024
International tourist arrivals
37,202,000
2019
88,515,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
2.28%
2020
2.63%
2020
Banked people share
92.3%
2024
86.1%
2024

Energy

Czech Republic Poland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,509 kg
2023
2,639 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.2
2023
$17.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
90.5 megatons
2023
286.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
8.33 tons
2023
7.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
67.8%
2023
84.6%
2023
Renewable energy use share
17.2%
2021
15.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
22.3%
2023
3.47%
2023
Net energy imports use share
42%
2023
48.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
5,965 kWh
2023
4,382 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
14%
2021
17.5%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.45%
2023
2.23%
2023
Nuclear share
39.5%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Czech Republic Poland
% of world population
0.13%
2024
0.45%
2024
Annual migration change
-86,169
2024
-238,062
2024
Urban population
74.7%
2024
60.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.94 ft
2025
5.93 ft
2025
Average female height
5.51 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Quality of life index
79.7
2025
74.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
56
2024
53
2024
Higher education index
90
2025
82
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2023
0.8
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.9
2019
9.4
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2011
99.8%
2021
English speaking
50.7%
2023
49.1%
2023
People using the Internet
87.7%
2024
88.6%
2024

Health

Czech Republic Poland
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,609
2023
$1,544
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$367
2023
$249.9
2023
Life expectancy
80.1 years
2025
79 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2020
0.07%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.25
2021
3.39
2021
Age at first childbirth
28.9 years
2023
28.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
2
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
4.4
2023
Obesity rate
26.9%
2022
28.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.6%
2024
8.1%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
51
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.9%
2022
23.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
12 liters
2020
11.7 liters
2020

Territory

Czech Republic Poland
% of world land
0.05%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
2,738 sq mi
2024
3,235 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
13,646 sq mi
2025
56,294 sq mi
2025
Forest area
10,357 sq mi
2025
36,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
34,638 mi
2018
267,065 mi
2024

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