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Poland vs Russia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Poland has a population of 36.6M (ranked 42/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). Poland's land area is 118,252 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 69th vs. 1st).

By GDP, Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Main facts and rankings

Poland Russia
Population
36176920
142718132
Population rank 46/197 9/197
GDP
$915B
2024
$2.17T
2024
GDP rank 21/197 11/197
GDP per capita
$25,023
2024
$15,145
2024
GDP per capita rank 48/197 69/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$50,378
2024
$47,405
2024
Government debt
$506B
2024
$441B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
60.7%
2025
21.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,833
2024
$3,075
2024
Government debt per person rank 41/185 98/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$19,229
2025
$9,262
2025
Land area
118,252 sq mi
2025
6,323,145 sq mi
2025
Population density
309 ppl/mi²
2024
22.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.16
2023
1.41
2023
Median age
42.9 years
2024
40.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
79 years
2025
73.5 years
2025

Poland and Russia: Comparison Charts

Poland and Russia economies compared

GDP
Poland

Russia
Year GDP
Poland Russia
1988 - $554,828,660,436
1989 - $506,631,299,735
1990 $65,977,748,211 $517,014,446,228
1991 $85,500,935,935 $517,962,962,963
1992 $94,337,050,693 $460,290,556,901
1993 $96,043,157,273 $435,083,713,851
1994 $110,803,635,288 $395,077,301,248
1995 $142,838,527,115 $395,537,185,735
1996 $160,813,026,223 $391,724,890,744
1997 $159,893,964,917 $404,928,954,192
1998 $175,282,269,667 $270,955,486,862
1999 $170,704,452,715 $195,907,128,351
2000 $172,953,527,033 $259,710,142,197
2001 $191,823,200,371 $306,602,070,621
2002 $199,694,463,256 $345,470,494,418
2003 $218,561,225,998 $430,347,420,185
2004 $256,268,656,145 $591,016,690,732
2005 $306,999,913,151 $764,015,973,481
2006 $345,897,630,736 $989,932,071,353
2007 $429,715,132,138 $1,299,703,478,482
2008 $535,612,030,672 $1,660,848,058,303
2009 $440,891,472,247 $1,222,645,900,056
2010 $478,111,630,684 $1,524,916,715,224
2011 $527,848,543,023 $2,045,922,753,398
2012 $498,148,649,703 $2,208,293,553,878
2013 $518,179,836,405 $2,292,470,078,346
2014 $542,134,167,179 $2,059,241,589,895
2015 $480,054,118,583 $1,363,482,182,198
2016 $473,259,623,976 $1,276,786,350,881
2017 $528,356,723,263 $1,574,199,360,089
2018 $594,616,632,477 $1,657,328,773,461
2019 $602,683,770,145 $1,693,115,002,708
2020 $605,914,186,118 $1,493,075,894,362
2021 $689,170,171,187 $1,829,186,719,575
2022 $695,607,522,885 $2,291,612,121,335
2023 $812,451,128,979 $2,071,505,725,031
2024 $914,696,430,325 $2,173,835,806,672

Poland and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita
Poland

Russia
Year GDP per capita
Poland Russia
1988 - $3,778
1989 - $3,430
1990 $1,731 $3,494
1991 $2,236 $3,490
1992 $2,459 $3,099
1993 $2,497 $2,931
1994 $2,875 $2,662
1995 $3,701 $2,666
1996 $4,164 $2,644
1997 $4,137 $2,738
1998 $4,534 $1,835
1999 $4,416 $1,331
2000 $4,521 $1,772
2001 $5,015 $2,100
2002 $5,223 $2,378
2003 $5,721 $2,975
2004 $6,712 $4,102
2005 $8,044 $5,323
2006 $9,069 $6,920
2007 $11,273 $9,101
2008 $14,049 $11,635
2009 $11,556 $8,563
2010 $12,568 $10,675
2011 $13,868 $14,305
2012 $13,087 $15,402
2013 $13,622 $15,941
2014 $14,262 $14,277
2015 $12,638 $9,427
2016 $12,464 $8,804
2017 $13,913 $10,835
2018 $15,658 $11,399
2019 $15,875 $11,640
2020 $16,151 $10,280
2021 $18,636 $12,637
2022 $18,891 $15,888
2023 $22,145 $14,403
2024 $25,023 $15,145

Poland vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Poland

Russia
Year Life expectancy, years
Poland Russia
1950 58.3 55.5
1951 58.9 55.3
1952 59.7 57.6
1953 61.3 58.8
1954 62.3 59.9
1955 63.1 62.1
1956 63.4 66.5
1957 64.4 66
1958 64.9 67.7
1959 66.4 67.4
1960 67.1 68.3
1961 67.8 68.6
1962 68 68.5
1963 68.3 69.1
1964 68.9 69.5
1965 69.4 69.3
1966 69.7 69.4
1967 69.9 69.2
1968 69.8 69.1
1969 69.8 68.6
1970 69.6 68.7
1971 69.8 68.9
1972 70.1 68.8
1973 70.7 68.9
1974 70.7 68.7
1975 70.6 68.3
1976 70.4 68.1
1977 70.3 67.9
1978 70.4 67.8
1979 70.2 67.6
1980 70.5 67.5
1981 70.6 67.6
1982 70.9 68.1
1983 70.8 68
1984 70.6 67.6
1985 70.5 68.3
1986 70.6 70
1987 70.8 70.1
1988 70.8 69.9
1989 70.8 69.7
1990 70.6 69.3
1991 70.7 69
1992 70.9 67.8
1993 71.3 65
1994 71.7 63.8
1995 72 64
1996 72.3 65.4
1997 72.6 66.6
1998 72.8 66.9
1999 73.2 65.6
2000 73.6 65
2001 74.2 65
2002 74.5 64.7
2003 74.8 64.7
2004 74.9 65.1
2005 75.1 65.2
2006 75.3 66.5
2007 75.4 67.5
2008 75.6 67.9
2009 75.9 68.7
2010 76.3 68.2
2011 76.6 69.7
2012 76.8 70.1
2013 77.1 70.6
2014 77.3 70.8
2015 77.6 71.3
2016 77.6 71.9
2017 77.7 72.8
2018 77.6 72.9
2019 77.9 73.1
2020 76.6 71.2
2021 75.6 69.8
2022 77.9 72.5
2023 78.6 73.2
2024 78.8 73.3
2025 79 73.5

Poland and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population
Poland

Russia
Year Population
Poland Russia
1960 29,637,450 119,897,000
1961 29,964,000 121,236,000
1962 30,308,500 122,591,000
1963 30,712,000 123,960,000
1964 31,139,450 125,345,000
1965 31,444,950 126,745,000
1966 31,681,000 127,468,000
1967 31,987,155 128,196,000
1968 32,294,655 128,928,000
1969 32,548,300 129,664,000
1970 32,664,300 130,404,000
1971 32,783,500 131,155,000
1972 33,055,650 131,909,000
1973 33,357,200 132,669,000
1974 33,678,899 133,432,000
1975 34,015,199 134,200,000
1976 34,356,300 135,147,000
1977 34,689,050 136,100,000
1978 34,965,600 137,060,000
1979 35,247,217 138,027,000
1980 35,574,150 139,010,000
1981 35,898,587 139,941,000
1982 36,230,481 140,823,000
1983 36,571,808 141,668,000
1984 36,904,134 142,745,000
1985 37,201,885 143,858,000
1986 37,456,119 144,894,000
1987 37,668,045 145,908,000
1988 37,824,487 146,857,000
1989 37,961,529 147,721,000
1990 38,110,782 147,969,406
1991 38,246,193 148,394,216
1992 38,363,667 148,538,197
1993 38,461,408 148,458,777
1994 38,542,652 148,407,912
1995 38,594,998 148,375,787
1996 38,624,370 148,160,129
1997 38,649,660 147,915,361
1998 38,663,481 147,670,784
1999 38,660,271 147,214,776
2000 38,258,629 146,596,869
2001 38,248,076 145,976,482
2002 38,230,364 145,306,497
2003 38,204,570 144,648,618
2004 38,182,222 144,067,316
2005 38,165,445 143,518,814
2006 38,141,267 143,049,637
2007 38,120,560 142,805,114
2008 38,125,759 142,742,366
2009 38,151,603 142,785,348
2010 38,042,794 142,849,468
2011 38,063,255 143,018,195
2012 38,063,164 143,378,447
2013 38,040,196 143,805,638
2014 38,011,735 144,237,223
2015 37,986,412 144,640,716
2016 37,970,087 145,015,460
2017 37,974,826 145,293,260
2018 37,974,750 145,398,106
2019 37,965,475 145,453,291
2020 37,515,748 145,245,148
2021 36,981,559 144,746,762
2022 36,821,749 144,236,933
2023 36,687,353 143,826,130
2024 36,554,707 143,533,851

Fertility rates in Poland and Russia

Fertility rate
Poland

Russia
Year Fertility rate
Poland Russia
1960 2.98 2.52
1961 2.83 2.45
1962 2.72 2.36
1963 2.7 2.27
1964 2.57 2.18
1965 2.52 2.13
1966 2.34 2.1
1967 2.33 2.04
1968 2.24 1.99
1969 2.2 1.97
1970 2.2 1.99
1971 2.25 2.03
1972 2.24 2.04
1973 2.26 2.01
1974 2.26 2
1975 2.27 1.98
1976 2.3 1.97
1977 2.23 1.95
1978 2.21 1.92
1979 2.28 1.9
1980 2.28 1.89
1981 2.24 1.91
1982 2.34 2.04
1983 2.42 2.11
1984 2.37 2.06
1985 2.33 2.05
1986 2.22 2.15
1987 2.15 2.22
1988 2.13 2.12
1989 2.08 2.01
1990 2.06 1.89
1991 2.07 1.73
1992 1.95 1.55
1993 1.87 1.39
1994 1.81 1.4
1995 1.62 1.34
1996 1.59 1.27
1997 1.51 1.22
1998 1.44 1.23
1999 1.37 1.16
2000 1.37 1.2
2001 1.31 1.22
2002 1.25 1.29
2003 1.22 1.32
2004 1.23 1.34
2005 1.24 1.29
2006 1.27 1.31
2007 1.31 1.42
2008 1.39 1.5
2009 1.4 1.54
2010 1.41 1.57
2011 1.33 1.58
2012 1.33 1.69
2013 1.29 1.71
2014 1.32 1.75
2015 1.32 1.78
2016 1.39 1.76
2017 1.48 1.62
2018 1.46 1.58
2019 1.44 1.5
2020 1.39 1.51
2021 1.33 1.51
2022 1.29 1.42
2023 1.16 1.41

Poland and Russia demographics compared

Median age
Poland

Russia
Year Median age, years
Poland Russia
1960 26.6 27.1
1961 26.8 27.4
1962 26.9 27.7
1963 27.1 28.1
1964 27.3 28.3
1965 27.5 28.6
1966 27.7 28.9
1967 27.8 29.2
1968 28 29.8
1969 28.1 30.3
1970 28.2 30.7
1971 28.4 31
1972 28.5 31.1
1973 28.5 31.1
1974 28.6 30.9
1975 28.6 30.7
1976 28.7 30.6
1977 28.9 30.9
1978 29.1 31
1979 29.3 31.1
1980 29.5 31.3
1981 29.8 31.4
1982 30.1 31.6
1983 30.3 31.7
1984 30.6 31.8
1985 30.8 32
1986 31.1 32.2
1987 31.4 32.4
1988 31.7 32.6
1989 32.1 32.9
1990 32.4 33.2
1991 32.6 33.6
1992 32.9 33.9
1993 33.2 34.4
1994 33.5 34.7
1995 33.9 35
1996 34.2 35.3
1997 34.4 35.7
1998 34.7 36
1999 35 36.3
2000 35.2 36.6
2001 35.5 36.8
2002 35.8 36.9
2003 36 37
2004 36.3 37.2
2005 36.6 37.4
2006 36.9 37.6
2007 37.2 37.7
2008 37.5 37.8
2009 37.8 37.9
2010 38.1 38
2011 38.2 38.1
2012 38.4 38.3
2013 38.7 38.4
2014 39 38.6
2015 39.3 38.7
2016 39.7 38.8
2017 40 39
2018 40.4 39.2
2019 40.8 39.4
2020 41.1 39.7
2021 41.5 39.9
2022 41.9 40.1
2023 42.4 40.5
2024 42.9 40.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Poland Russia
GNI, Atlas method
$788B
2024
$2.24T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
50.1%
2025
37.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.31%
2022
4.16%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.83%
2023
5.86%
2023
Armed forces personnel
189,000
2020
1,454,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-6.16%
2025
-1.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.81%
2024
2.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.9%
2024
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
26.4%
2024
30.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
67.1
2025
51.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.9%
2023
25.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.3%
2023
3.1%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
381,726
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.34%
2024
Number of billionaires
10
2025
140
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
749
2024
194
2023
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$197B
2024
$650B
2023
Total reserves including gold
$223B
2024
$597B
2023
Personal remittances received
$8.69B
2024
$1.91B
2024
International tourist arrivals
88,515,000
2019
6,359,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.63%
2020
1.3%
2020
Banked people share
86.1%
2024
79.3%
2024

Energy

Poland Russia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,639 kg
2023
5,601 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$17.7
2023
$7.43
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
286.9 megatons
2023
2,070 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.82 tons
2023
14.4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
84.6%
2023
89.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
15.2%
2021
3.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
3.47%
2023
9.45%
2022
Net energy imports use share
48.8%
2023
-75.1%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
4,382 kWh
2023
7,184 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
17.5%
2021
19.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
2.23%
2023
17.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.4%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Poland Russia
% of world population
0.45%
2024
1.76%
2024
Annual migration change
-238,062
2024
-178,042
2024
Urban population
60.3%
2024
75.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
74.1
2025
48.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
53
2024
22
2024
Higher education index
82
2025
84
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.8
2023
6.8
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
9.4
2019
12
2019
Visa free countries
174
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.8%
2021
99.9%
2021
English speaking
49.1%
2023
4.84%
2023
People using the Internet
88.6%
2024
94.4%
2024

Health

Poland Russia
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,544
2023
$1,078
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$249.9
2023
$298.7
2022
Life expectancy
79 years
2025
73.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.07%
2022
0.05%
2008
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.39
2021
3.83
2020
Age at first childbirth
28.4 years
2023
25.2 years
2013
Maternal mortality per 100K births
2
2023
9
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.4
2023
4.5
2023
Obesity rate
28.3%
2022
24.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.1%
2024
5.9%
2024
Air quality index
51
2025
69
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
23.6%
2022
29.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.7 liters
2020
10.5 liters
2020

Territory

Poland Russia
% of world land
0.21%
2025
11%
2025
Land area per capita
3,235 sq mi
2024
44,053 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
56,294 sq mi
2025
832,826 sq mi
2025
Forest area
36,753 sq mi
2025
3,147,937 sq mi
2025
Roads length
267,065 mi
2024
981,326 mi
2023

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