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New Zealand vs Poland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 36.6M in Poland (ranked 42/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 118,252 sq mi for Poland (ranked 74th vs. 69th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023).

Main facts and rankings

New Zealand Poland
Population
5406623
36176920
Population rank 124/197 46/197
GDP
$260B
2024
$915B
2024
GDP rank 53/197 21/197
GDP per capita
$48,747
2024
$25,023
2024
GDP per capita rank 26/197 48/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$55,094
2024
$50,378
2024
Government debt
$133B
2024
$506B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.3%
2025
60.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$24,936
2024
$13,833
2024
Government debt per person rank 28/185 41/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$36,132
2025
$19,229
2025
Land area
101,665 sq mi
2025
118,252 sq mi
2025
Population density
52.5 ppl/mi²
2024
309 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.56
2023
1.16
2023
Median age
38.6 years
2024
42.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
79 years
2025

New Zealand and Poland: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and Poland economies compared

GDP
New Zealand

Poland
Year GDP
New Zealand Poland
1960 $5,536,098,360 -
1961 $5,721,994,864 -
1962 $6,133,158,532 -
1963 $6,699,741,645 -
1964 $7,340,766,415 -
1965 $5,706,251,400 -
1966 $5,917,437,693 -
1967 $6,016,017,227 -
1968 $5,228,045,415 -
1969 $5,814,357,709 -
1970 $6,495,605,331 -
1971 $7,911,136,757 -
1972 $9,567,331,065 -
1973 $12,802,281,898 -
1974 $13,940,981,798 -
1975 $12,861,983,284 -
1976 $13,604,832,424 -
1977 $15,446,825,318 -
1978 $18,530,518,395 -
1979 $20,731,243,113 -
1980 $23,244,547,385 -
1981 $24,417,617,184 -
1982 $24,164,603,059 -
1983 $24,309,279,706 -
1984 $21,665,975,319 -
1985 $24,679,795,396 -
1986 $30,604,668,357 -
1987 $40,376,354,070 -
1988 $45,176,811,594 -
1989 $43,920,222,525 -
1990 $45,495,129,385 $65,977,748,211
1991 $42,745,329,732 $85,500,935,935
1992 $41,649,829,860 $94,337,050,693
1993 $46,775,620,817 $96,043,157,273
1994 $55,314,732,279 $110,803,635,288
1995 $63,918,703,507 $142,838,527,115
1996 $70,140,835,299 $160,813,026,223
1997 $66,075,143,415 $159,893,964,917
1998 $56,227,169,851 $175,282,269,667
1999 $58,762,260,626 $170,704,452,715
2000 $52,623,281,957 $172,953,527,033
2001 $53,872,425,917 $191,823,200,371
2002 $66,627,729,311 $199,694,463,256
2003 $88,250,885,550 $218,561,225,998
2004 $103,905,210,084 $256,268,656,145
2005 $114,720,129,550 $306,999,913,151
2006 $111,538,810,713 $345,897,630,736
2007 $137,188,946,866 $429,715,132,138
2008 $133,437,126,590 $535,612,030,672
2009 $121,663,439,315 $440,891,472,247
2010 $146,887,902,524 $478,111,630,684
2011 $168,484,908,960 $527,848,543,023
2012 $176,560,711,239 $498,148,649,703
2013 $191,012,364,177 $518,179,836,405
2014 $201,518,402,787 $542,134,167,179
2015 $178,224,167,088 $480,054,118,583
2016 $189,100,085,275 $473,259,623,976
2017 $206,745,969,246 $528,356,723,263
2018 $211,985,631,173 $594,616,632,477
2019 $213,006,341,102 $602,683,770,145
2020 $213,029,554,654 $605,914,186,118
2021 $253,977,931,815 $689,170,171,187
2022 $249,509,991,440 $695,607,522,885
2023 $255,194,972,673 $812,451,128,979
2024 $260,235,932,559 $914,696,430,325

New Zealand and Poland economies compared

GDP per capita
New Zealand

Poland
Year GDP per capita
New Zealand Poland
1960 $2,334 -
1961 $2,365 -
1962 $2,471 -
1963 $2,646 -
1964 $2,839 -
1965 $2,171 -
1966 $2,211 -
1967 $2,208 -
1968 $1,902 -
1969 $2,097 -
1970 $2,311 -
1971 $2,773 -
1972 $3,295 -
1973 $4,323 -
1974 $4,611 -
1975 $4,172 -
1976 $4,374 -
1977 $4,951 -
1978 $5,937 -
1979 $6,668 -
1980 $7,467 -
1981 $7,814 -
1982 $7,656 -
1983 $7,598 -
1984 $6,714 -
1985 $7,601 -
1986 $9,428 -
1987 $12,331 -
1988 $13,759 -
1989 $13,312 -
1990 $13,663 $1,731
1991 $12,230 $2,236
1992 $11,793 $2,459
1993 $13,094 $2,497
1994 $15,280 $2,875
1995 $17,400 $3,701
1996 $18,794 $4,164
1997 $17,474 $4,137
1998 $14,738 $4,534
1999 $15,322 $4,416
2000 $13,641 $4,521
2001 $13,883 $5,015
2002 $16,874 $5,223
2003 $21,914 $5,721
2004 $25,420 $6,712
2005 $27,751 $8,044
2006 $26,655 $9,069
2007 $32,480 $11,273
2008 $31,325 $14,049
2009 $28,277 $11,556
2010 $33,762 $12,568
2011 $38,432 $13,868
2012 $40,054 $13,087
2013 $43,000 $13,622
2014 $44,618 $14,262
2015 $38,665 $12,638
2016 $40,114 $12,464
2017 $42,950 $13,913
2018 $43,257 $15,658
2019 $42,779 $15,875
2020 $41,851 $16,151
2021 $49,689 $18,636
2022 $48,760 $18,891
2023 $48,655 $22,145
2024 $48,747 $25,023

New Zealand vs. Poland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
New Zealand

Poland
Year Life expectancy, years
New Zealand Poland
1950 69.3 58.3
1951 69.1 58.9
1952 69.4 59.7
1953 70.2 61.3
1954 70.3 62.3
1955 70.5 63.1
1956 70.7 63.4
1957 70.3 64.4
1958 70.9 64.9
1959 70.8 66.4
1960 71.2 67.1
1961 70.9 67.8
1962 71.2 68
1963 71.3 68.3
1964 71.3 68.9
1965 71.2 69.4
1966 71.1 69.7
1967 71.4 69.9
1968 71.1 69.8
1969 71.5 69.8
1970 71.2 69.6
1971 71.7 69.8
1972 71.8 70.1
1973 71.7 70.7
1974 71.9 70.7
1975 72.2 70.6
1976 72.4 70.4
1977 72.1 70.3
1978 73 70.4
1979 73.1 70.2
1980 72.9 70.5
1981 73.6 70.6
1982 73.7 70.9
1983 73.8 70.8
1984 74.4 70.6
1985 73.9 70.5
1986 74.1 70.6
1987 74.2 70.8
1988 74.5 70.8
1989 74.9 70.8
1990 75.4 70.6
1991 76.1 70.7
1992 76.2 70.9
1993 76.5 71.3
1994 76.9 71.7
1995 76.8 72
1996 76.8 72.3
1997 77.3 72.6
1998 78.2 72.8
1999 77.9 73.2
2000 78.7 73.6
2001 78.7 74.2
2002 78.9 74.5
2003 79.1 74.8
2004 79.4 74.9
2005 80 75.1
2006 80 75.3
2007 80.1 75.4
2008 80.2 75.6
2009 80.5 75.9
2010 81.1 76.3
2011 80.8 76.6
2012 81.2 76.8
2013 81.6 77.1
2014 81.4 77.3
2015 81.6 77.6
2016 82 77.6
2017 81.6 77.7
2018 81.9 77.6
2019 81.8 77.9
2020 82.7 76.6
2021 82.3 75.6
2022 81 77.9
2023 82.1 78.6
2024 82.2 78.8
2025 82.4 79

New Zealand and Poland population clocks and comparison

Population
New Zealand

Poland
Year Population
New Zealand Poland
1960 2,371,800 29,637,450
1961 2,419,700 29,964,000
1962 2,482,000 30,308,500
1963 2,531,800 30,712,000
1964 2,585,400 31,139,450
1965 2,628,400 31,444,950
1966 2,675,900 31,681,000
1967 2,724,100 31,987,155
1968 2,748,100 32,294,655
1969 2,772,800 32,548,300
1970 2,810,700 32,664,300
1971 2,853,000 32,783,500
1972 2,903,900 33,055,650
1973 2,961,300 33,357,200
1974 3,023,700 33,678,899
1975 3,083,100 34,015,199
1976 3,110,500 34,356,300
1977 3,120,200 34,689,050
1978 3,121,200 34,965,600
1979 3,109,000 35,247,217
1980 3,112,900 35,574,150
1981 3,124,900 35,898,587
1982 3,156,100 36,230,481
1983 3,199,300 36,571,808
1984 3,227,100 36,904,134
1985 3,247,100 37,201,885
1986 3,246,300 37,456,119
1987 3,274,400 37,668,045
1988 3,283,400 37,824,487
1989 3,299,200 37,961,529
1990 3,329,800 38,110,782
1991 3,495,100 38,246,193
1992 3,531,700 38,363,667
1993 3,572,200 38,461,408
1994 3,620,000 38,542,652
1995 3,673,400 38,594,998
1996 3,732,000 38,624,370
1997 3,781,300 38,649,660
1998 3,815,000 38,663,481
1999 3,835,100 38,660,271
2000 3,857,700 38,258,629
2001 3,880,500 38,248,076
2002 3,948,500 38,230,364
2003 4,027,200 38,204,570
2004 4,087,500 38,182,222
2005 4,133,900 38,165,445
2006 4,184,600 38,141,267
2007 4,223,800 38,120,560
2008 4,259,800 38,125,759
2009 4,302,600 38,151,603
2010 4,350,700 38,042,794
2011 4,384,000 38,063,255
2012 4,408,100 38,063,164
2013 4,442,100 38,040,196
2014 4,516,500 38,011,735
2015 4,609,400 37,986,412
2016 4,714,100 37,970,087
2017 4,813,600 37,974,826
2018 4,900,600 37,974,750
2019 4,979,200 37,965,475
2020 5,090,200 37,515,748
2021 5,111,300 36,981,559
2022 5,117,100 36,821,749
2023 5,245,000 36,687,353
2024 5,338,500 36,554,707

Fertility rates in New Zealand and Poland

Fertility rate
New Zealand

Poland
Year Fertility rate
New Zealand Poland
1960 4.24 2.98
1961 4.31 2.83
1962 4.19 2.72
1963 4.05 2.7
1964 3.8 2.57
1965 3.54 2.52
1966 3.41 2.34
1967 3.35 2.33
1968 3.34 2.24
1969 3.28 2.2
1970 3.17 2.2
1971 3.18 2.25
1972 3 2.24
1973 2.76 2.26
1974 2.58 2.26
1975 2.37 2.27
1976 2.27 2.3
1977 2.21 2.23
1978 2.07 2.21
1979 2.12 2.28
1980 2.03 2.28
1981 2.01 2.24
1982 1.95 2.34
1983 1.92 2.42
1984 1.93 2.37
1985 1.93 2.33
1986 1.96 2.22
1987 2.03 2.15
1988 2.1 2.13
1989 2.12 2.08
1990 2.18 2.06
1991 2.09 2.07
1992 2.06 1.95
1993 2.04 1.87
1994 1.98 1.81
1995 1.98 1.62
1996 1.96 1.59
1997 1.96 1.51
1998 1.89 1.44
1999 1.97 1.37
2000 1.98 1.37
2001 1.97 1.31
2002 1.89 1.25
2003 1.93 1.22
2004 1.98 1.23
2005 1.97 1.24
2006 2.01 1.27
2007 2.18 1.31
2008 2.19 1.39
2009 2.13 1.4
2010 2.17 1.41
2011 2.09 1.33
2012 2.1 1.33
2013 2.01 1.29
2014 1.92 1.32
2015 1.99 1.32
2016 1.87 1.39
2017 1.81 1.48
2018 1.71 1.46
2019 1.72 1.44
2020 1.61 1.39
2021 1.64 1.33
2022 1.66 1.29
2023 1.56 1.16

New Zealand and Poland demographics compared

Median age
New Zealand

Poland
Year Median age, years
New Zealand Poland
1960 27.5 26.6
1961 27.1 26.8
1962 26.8 26.9
1963 26.4 27.1
1964 26.2 27.3
1965 26 27.5
1966 25.9 27.7
1967 25.8 27.8
1968 25.7 28
1969 25.7 28.1
1970 25.6 28.2
1971 25.7 28.4
1972 25.9 28.5
1973 26 28.5
1974 26.2 28.6
1975 26.3 28.6
1976 26.5 28.7
1977 26.8 28.9
1978 27.1 29.1
1979 27.5 29.3
1980 27.9 29.5
1981 28.2 29.8
1982 28.5 30.1
1983 28.8 30.3
1984 29.1 30.6
1985 29.4 30.8
1986 29.8 31.1
1987 30.1 31.4
1988 30.4 31.7
1989 30.8 32.1
1990 31.1 32.4
1991 31.4 32.6
1992 31.7 32.9
1993 32 33.2
1994 32.3 33.5
1995 32.6 33.9
1996 32.8 34.2
1997 33.2 34.4
1998 33.6 34.7
1999 34 35
2000 34.3 35.2
2001 34.6 35.5
2002 34.8 35.8
2003 35 36
2004 35.2 36.3
2005 35.5 36.6
2006 35.8 36.9
2007 36.1 37.2
2008 36.4 37.5
2009 36.6 37.8
2010 36.8 38.1
2011 37 38.2
2012 37.2 38.4
2013 37.4 38.7
2014 37.5 39
2015 37.4 39.3
2016 37.3 39.7
2017 37.2 40
2018 37.3 40.4
2019 37.3 40.8
2020 37.5 41.1
2021 37.8 41.5
2022 38.1 41.9
2023 38.3 42.4
2024 38.6 42.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

New Zealand Poland
GNI, Atlas method
$247B
2024
$788B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
43%
2025
50.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.28%
2023
4.31%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.22%
2023
3.83%
2023
Armed forces personnel
10,000
2020
189,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.18%
2025
-6.16%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.72%
2024
2.81%
2024
Services, % of GDP
67.4%
2022
59.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.6%
2022
26.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
78.1
2025
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
22.9%
2023
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
3.3%
2023
Number of billionaires
5
2025
10
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
0.00003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
112
2024
749
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$92.9B
2024
$197B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$22.1B
2024
$223B
2024
Personal remittances received
$598M
2024
$8.69B
2024
International tourist arrivals
996,000
2020
88,515,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
18.8%
2018
2.63%
2020
Banked people share
97.9%
2024
86.1%
2024

Energy

New Zealand Poland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,629 kg
2023
2,639 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.8
2023
$17.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
35.8 megatons
2023
286.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
6.82 tons
2023
7.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
55.4%
2023
84.6%
2023
Renewable energy use share
28.9%
2021
15.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
39.7%
2023
3.47%
2023
Net energy imports use share
31.6%
2023
48.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
7,952 kWh
2023
4,382 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
81.4%
2021
17.5%
2021
Hydroelectric share
59.5%
2023
2.23%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

New Zealand Poland
% of world population
0.07%
2024
0.45%
2024
Annual migration change
+18,766
2024
-238,062
2024
Urban population
87.1%
2024
60.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.83 ft
2025
5.93 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Quality of life index
89
2025
74.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
83
2024
53
2024
Higher education index
91
2025
82
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.11
2021
0.8
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
9.6
2019
9.4
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.8%
2021
English speaking
97.8%
2023
49.1%
2023
People using the Internet
96.2%
2023
88.6%
2024

Health

New Zealand Poland
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,804
2022
$1,544
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$561
2022
$249.9
2023
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
79 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0.07%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.57
2022
3.39
2021
Age at first childbirth
27.8 years
2025
28.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
2
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.7
2023
4.4
2023
Obesity rate
34.3%
2022
28.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.7%
2024
8.1%
2024
Air quality index
90
2025
51
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12.2%
2022
23.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10 liters
2020
11.7 liters
2020

Territory

New Zealand Poland
% of world land
0.18%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
19,044 sq mi
2024
3,235 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
37,494 sq mi
2025
56,294 sq mi
2025
Forest area
38,418 sq mi
2025
36,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
60,159 mi
2020
267,065 mi
2024

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