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Germany vs Poland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Germany has a population of 83.5M (ranked 19/197), compared with 36.6M in Poland (ranked 42/197). Germany's land area is 134,916 sq mi versus 118,252 sq mi for Poland (ranked 63rd vs. 69th).

By GDP, Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T) and Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B). By GDP per capita, Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800), while Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023).

Main facts and rankings

Germany Poland
Population
83039665
36176920
Population rank 19/197 46/197
GDP
$4.66T
2024
$915B
2024
GDP rank 3/197 21/197
GDP per capita
$55,800
2024
$25,023
2024
GDP per capita rank 18/197 48/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$72,300
2024
$50,378
2024
Government debt
$2.98T
2024
$506B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
65.4%
2025
60.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$35,650
2024
$13,833
2024
Government debt per person rank 21/185 41/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$39,481
2025
$19,229
2025
Land area
134,916 sq mi
2025
118,252 sq mi
2025
Population density
619 ppl/mi²
2024
309 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.39
2023
1.16
2023
Median age
46.3 years
2024
42.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
81.7 years
2025
79 years
2025

Germany and Poland: Comparison Charts

Germany and Poland economies compared

GDP
Germany

Poland
Year GDP
Germany Poland
1960 $84,619,845,881 -
1961 $96,558,204,043 -
1962 $105,895,435,234 -
1963 $112,232,503,744 -
1964 $123,330,404,665 -
1965 $134,774,688,191 -
1966 $143,304,275,684 -
1967 $145,100,667,773 -
1968 $156,527,292,653 -
1969 $177,733,486,326 -
1970 $216,629,229,947 -
1971 $250,900,942,397 -
1972 $300,899,944,795 -
1973 $399,833,571,167 -
1974 $446,934,971,657 -
1975 $492,434,094,920 -
1976 $521,658,712,133 -
1977 $602,698,323,086 -
1978 $743,182,891,918 -
1979 $884,574,218,333 -
1980 $953,772,499,462 -
1981 $803,404,797,058 -
1982 $779,421,633,755 -
1983 $773,507,930,295 -
1984 $727,767,760,979 -
1985 $735,218,723,093 -
1986 $1,050,092,624,516 -
1987 $1,302,932,318,825 -
1988 $1,406,367,016,372 -
1989 $1,404,092,925,205 -
1990 $1,778,162,195,860 $65,977,748,211
1991 $1,875,792,575,133 $85,500,935,935
1992 $2,141,377,582,968 $94,337,050,693
1993 $2,078,954,217,438 $96,043,157,273
1994 $2,215,282,632,277 $110,803,635,288
1995 $2,593,053,091,306 $142,838,527,115
1996 $2,506,576,553,158 $160,813,026,223
1997 $2,218,790,886,533 $159,893,964,917
1998 $2,247,760,364,566 $175,282,269,667
1999 $2,213,873,468,587 $170,704,452,715
2000 $1,966,980,701,145 $172,953,527,033
2001 $1,966,381,496,642 $191,823,200,371
2002 $2,102,350,798,306 $199,694,463,256
2003 $2,534,715,518,349 $218,561,225,998
2004 $2,852,317,768,062 $256,268,656,145
2005 $2,893,393,187,362 $306,999,913,151
2006 $3,046,308,753,671 $345,897,630,736
2007 $3,484,056,680,855 $429,715,132,138
2008 $3,808,786,022,313 $535,612,030,672
2009 $3,479,800,820,863 $440,891,472,247
2010 $3,468,154,343,000 $478,111,630,684
2011 $3,824,828,563,521 $527,848,543,023
2012 $3,597,896,500,945 $498,148,649,703
2013 $3,808,086,291,482 $518,179,836,405
2014 $3,965,800,686,310 $542,134,167,179
2015 $3,423,568,450,957 $480,054,118,583
2016 $3,537,784,107,981 $473,259,623,976
2017 $3,763,092,263,753 $528,356,723,263
2018 $4,052,008,447,224 $594,616,632,477
2019 $3,957,208,055,216 $602,683,770,145
2020 $3,940,142,541,354 $605,914,186,118
2021 $4,348,297,440,388 $689,170,171,187
2022 $4,163,596,357,879 $695,607,522,885
2023 $4,525,703,903,628 $812,451,128,979
2024 $4,659,929,336,891 $914,696,430,325

Germany and Poland economies compared

GDP per capita
Germany

Poland
Year GDP per capita
Germany Poland
1960 $1,162 -
1961 $1,316 -
1962 $1,431 -
1963 $1,502 -
1964 $1,637 -
1965 $1,774 -
1966 $1,871 -
1967 $1,886 -
1968 $2,025 -
1969 $2,281 -
1970 $2,771 -
1971 $3,204 -
1972 $3,824 -
1973 $5,065 -
1974 $5,660 -
1975 $6,259 -
1976 $6,659 -
1977 $7,711 -
1978 $9,517 -
1979 $11,322 -
1980 $12,183 -
1981 $10,246 -
1982 $9,950 -
1983 $9,900 -
1984 $9,347 -
1985 $9,464 -
1986 $13,511 -
1987 $16,739 -
1988 $17,997 -
1989 $17,829 -
1990 $22,386 $1,731
1991 $23,443 $2,236
1992 $26,560 $2,459
1993 $25,617 $2,497
1994 $27,202 $2,875
1995 $31,747 $3,701
1996 $30,600 $4,164
1997 $27,047 $4,137
1998 $27,396 $4,534
1999 $26,965 $4,416
2000 $23,926 $4,521
2001 $23,878 $5,015
2002 $25,487 $5,223
2003 $30,711 $5,721
2004 $34,567 $6,712
2005 $35,084 $8,044
2006 $36,980 $9,069
2007 $42,351 $11,273
2008 $46,386 $14,049
2009 $42,487 $11,556
2010 $42,410 $12,568
2011 $47,647 $13,868
2012 $44,736 $13,087
2013 $47,220 $13,622
2014 $48,971 $14,262
2015 $41,911 $12,638
2016 $42,961 $12,464
2017 $45,527 $13,913
2018 $48,875 $15,658
2019 $47,624 $15,875
2020 $47,380 $16,151
2021 $52,266 $18,636
2022 $49,686 $18,891
2023 $53,940 $22,145
2024 $55,800 $25,023

Germany vs. Poland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Germany

Poland
Year Life expectancy, years
Germany Poland
1950 66.8 58.3
1951 67.1 58.9
1952 67.5 59.7
1953 67.8 61.3
1954 68.1 62.3
1955 68.3 63.1
1956 68.6 63.4
1957 68.5 64.4
1958 69.2 64.9
1959 69.3 66.4
1960 69.3 67.1
1961 69.8 67.8
1962 70 68
1963 70.1 68.3
1964 70.6 68.9
1965 70.6 69.4
1966 70.7 69.7
1967 71 69.9
1968 70.6 69.8
1969 70.5 69.8
1970 70.7 69.6
1971 70.9 69.8
1972 71.1 70.1
1973 71.4 70.7
1974 71.7 70.7
1975 71.5 70.6
1976 72 70.4
1977 72.6 70.3
1978 72.6 70.4
1979 72.9 70.2
1980 73.1 70.5
1981 73.3 70.6
1982 73.6 70.9
1983 73.9 70.8
1984 74.4 70.6
1985 74.5 70.5
1986 74.7 70.6
1987 75.1 70.8
1988 75.3 70.8
1989 75.5 70.8
1990 75.3 70.6
1991 75.6 70.7
1992 76 70.9
1993 76.1 71.3
1994 76.4 71.7
1995 76.6 72
1996 76.8 72.3
1997 77.2 72.6
1998 77.6 72.8
1999 77.8 73.2
2000 78.1 73.6
2001 78.4 74.2
2002 78.5 74.5
2003 78.5 74.8
2004 79.1 74.9
2005 79.3 75.1
2006 79.6 75.3
2007 79.7 75.4
2008 79.8 75.6
2009 79.9 75.9
2010 80.1 76.3
2011 80.4 76.6
2012 80.5 76.8
2013 80.5 77.1
2014 80.9 77.3
2015 80.6 77.6
2016 80.8 77.6
2017 80.9 77.7
2018 80.9 77.6
2019 81.2 77.9
2020 81 76.6
2021 81.1 75.6
2022 80.6 77.9
2023 81.4 78.6
2024 81.5 78.8
2025 81.7 79

Germany and Poland population clocks and comparison

Population
Germany

Poland
Year Population
Germany Poland
1960 72,814,900 29,637,450
1961 73,377,632 29,964,000
1962 74,025,784 30,308,500
1963 74,714,353 30,712,000
1964 75,318,337 31,139,450
1965 75,963,695 31,444,950
1966 76,600,311 31,681,000
1967 76,951,336 31,987,155
1968 77,294,314 32,294,655
1969 77,909,682 32,548,300
1970 78,169,289 32,664,300
1971 78,312,842 32,783,500
1972 78,688,452 33,055,650
1973 78,936,666 33,357,200
1974 78,967,433 33,678,899
1975 78,673,554 34,015,199
1976 78,336,950 34,356,300
1977 78,159,814 34,689,050
1978 78,091,820 34,965,600
1979 78,126,350 35,247,217
1980 78,288,576 35,574,150
1981 78,407,907 35,898,587
1982 78,333,366 36,230,481
1983 78,128,282 36,571,808
1984 77,858,685 36,904,134
1985 77,684,873 37,201,885
1986 77,720,436 37,456,119
1987 77,839,920 37,668,045
1988 78,144,619 37,824,487
1989 78,751,283 37,961,529
1990 79,433,029 38,110,782
1991 80,013,896 38,246,193
1992 80,624,598 38,363,667
1993 81,156,363 38,461,408
1994 81,438,348 38,542,652
1995 81,678,051 38,594,998
1996 81,914,831 38,624,370
1997 82,034,771 38,649,660
1998 82,047,195 38,663,481
1999 82,100,243 38,660,271
2000 82,211,508 38,258,629
2001 82,349,925 38,248,076
2002 82,488,495 38,230,364
2003 82,534,176 38,204,570
2004 82,516,260 38,182,222
2005 82,469,422 38,165,445
2006 82,376,451 38,141,267
2007 82,266,372 38,120,560
2008 82,110,097 38,125,759
2009 81,902,307 38,151,603
2010 81,776,930 38,042,794
2011 80,274,983 38,063,255
2012 80,425,823 38,063,164
2013 80,645,605 38,040,196
2014 80,982,500 38,011,735
2015 81,686,611 37,986,412
2016 82,348,669 37,970,087
2017 82,657,002 37,974,826
2018 82,905,782 37,974,750
2019 83,092,962 37,965,475
2020 83,160,871 37,515,748
2021 83,196,078 36,981,559
2022 83,797,985 36,821,749
2023 83,901,923 36,687,353
2024 83,510,950 36,554,707

Fertility rates in Germany and Poland

Fertility rate
Germany

Poland
Year Fertility rate
Germany Poland
1960 2.37 2.98
1961 2.45 2.83
1962 2.44 2.72
1963 2.51 2.7
1964 2.54 2.57
1965 2.5 2.52
1966 2.53 2.34
1967 2.48 2.33
1968 2.38 2.24
1969 2.21 2.2
1970 2.03 2.2
1971 1.92 2.25
1972 1.71 2.24
1973 1.54 2.26
1974 1.51 2.26
1975 1.45 2.27
1976 1.45 2.3
1977 1.4 2.23
1978 1.38 2.21
1979 1.38 2.28
1980 1.44 2.28
1981 1.43 2.24
1982 1.41 2.34
1983 1.33 2.42
1984 1.29 2.37
1985 1.37 2.33
1986 1.43 2.22
1987 1.43 2.15
1988 1.46 2.13
1989 1.42 2.08
1990 1.45 2.06
1991 1.33 2.07
1992 1.29 1.95
1993 1.28 1.87
1994 1.24 1.81
1995 1.25 1.62
1996 1.3 1.59
1997 1.35 1.51
1998 1.36 1.44
1999 1.36 1.37
2000 1.38 1.37
2001 1.35 1.31
2002 1.34 1.25
2003 1.34 1.22
2004 1.36 1.23
2005 1.34 1.24
2006 1.33 1.27
2007 1.37 1.31
2008 1.38 1.39
2009 1.36 1.4
2010 1.39 1.41
2011 1.39 1.33
2012 1.41 1.33
2013 1.42 1.29
2014 1.47 1.32
2015 1.5 1.32
2016 1.6 1.39
2017 1.57 1.48
2018 1.57 1.46
2019 1.54 1.44
2020 1.53 1.39
2021 1.58 1.33
2022 1.46 1.29
2023 1.39 1.16

Germany and Poland demographics compared

Median age
Germany

Poland
Year Median age, years
Germany Poland
1960 34.7 26.6
1961 34.7 26.8
1962 34.7 26.9
1963 34.6 27.1
1964 34.5 27.3
1965 34.4 27.5
1966 34.4 27.7
1967 34.3 27.8
1968 34.2 28
1969 34.1 28.1
1970 34.3 28.2
1971 34.4 28.4
1972 34.6 28.5
1973 34.7 28.5
1974 35 28.6
1975 35.5 28.6
1976 35.8 28.7
1977 36.1 28.9
1978 36.3 29.1
1979 36.4 29.3
1980 36.5 29.5
1981 36.5 29.8
1982 36.6 30.1
1983 36.7 30.3
1984 37 30.6
1985 37.1 30.8
1986 37.2 31.1
1987 37.4 31.4
1988 37.6 31.7
1989 37.6 32.1
1990 37.6 32.4
1991 37.7 32.6
1992 37.8 32.9
1993 37.9 33.2
1994 38.1 33.5
1995 38.4 33.9
1996 38.6 34.2
1997 38.9 34.4
1998 39.3 34.7
1999 39.7 35
2000 40 35.2
2001 40.4 35.5
2002 40.8 35.8
2003 41.2 36
2004 41.6 36.3
2005 42 36.6
2006 42.5 36.9
2007 43.1 37.2
2008 43.5 37.5
2009 43.9 37.8
2010 44.2 38.1
2011 44.6 38.2
2012 45.1 38.4
2013 45.5 38.7
2014 45.7 39
2015 45.7 39.3
2016 45.7 39.7
2017 45.8 40
2018 45.8 40.4
2019 45.8 40.8
2020 45.8 41.1
2021 45.9 41.5
2022 46 41.9
2023 46.2 42.4
2024 46.3 42.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Germany Poland
GNI, Atlas method
$4.59T
2024
$788B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49.9%
2025
50.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.24%
2022
4.31%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.52%
2023
3.83%
2023
Armed forces personnel
183,000
2020
189,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.95%
2025
-6.16%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.37%
2024
2.81%
2024
Services, % of GDP
63.9%
2024
59.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.8%
2024
26.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
71.6
2025
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25%
2020
22.9%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2020
3.3%
2023
Number of millionaires
2,820,819
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
4.14%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
171
2025
10
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
0.00003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
435
2024
749
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.04T
2024
$197B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$378B
2024
$223B
2024
Personal remittances received
$21.2B
2024
$8.69B
2024
International tourist arrivals
12,449,000
2020
88,515,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
3.47%
2019
2.63%
2020
Banked people share
98.3%
2024
86.1%
2024

Energy

Germany Poland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,907 kg
2023
2,639 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$23.6
2023
$17.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
583 megatons
2023
286.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
6.95 tons
2023
7.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
77.6%
2023
84.6%
2023
Renewable energy use share
17.6%
2021
15.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
9.15%
2023
3.47%
2023
Net energy imports use share
70.5%
2023
48.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
5,904 kWh
2023
4,382 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
39.8%
2021
17.5%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.95%
2023
2.23%
2023
Nuclear share
1.41%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Germany Poland
% of world population
1.03%
2024
0.45%
2024
Annual migration change
+36,954
2024
-238,062
2024
Urban population
77.9%
2024
60.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.92 ft
2025
5.93 ft
2025
Average female height
5.45 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Quality of life index
91.1
2025
74.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
75
2024
53
2024
Higher education index
93
2025
82
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.82
2022
0.8
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
3.8
2019
9.4
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.8%
2021
English speaking
56.3%
2023
49.1%
2023
People using the Internet
93.5%
2024
88.6%
2024

Health

Germany Poland
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,233
2023
$1,544
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$703
2023
$249.9
2023
Life expectancy
81.7 years
2025
79 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0.07%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2021
3.39
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
28.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
4
2023
2
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
4.4
2023
Obesity rate
21%
2022
28.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.8%
2024
8.1%
2024
Air quality index
76
2025
51
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
21.3%
2022
23.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.8 liters
2020
11.7 liters
2020

Territory

Germany Poland
% of world land
0.23%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
1,616 sq mi
2024
3,235 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
64,039 sq mi
2025
56,294 sq mi
2025
Forest area
44,089 sq mi
2025
36,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
515,738 mi
2022
267,065 mi
2024

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