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Belarus vs Poland
How Belarus and Poland compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Poland was higher: 78.6 years against 74.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Poland was higher: $18,710 against $6,938
- Population · In 2023, Poland was higher: 38.8 million people against 9.12 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Poland was higher: 4.5% of GDP against 2.4% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Poland was higher: 7.55 tonnes against 5.94 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBelarus: 74.4 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelarus: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelarus: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelarus: 93.1% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionBelarus: 4.02% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelarus: 19 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelarus: 9.12 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelarus: -0.65% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelarus: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelarus: 79.5% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageBelarus: 40.5 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelarus: 17.1% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelarus: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelarus: 2.4% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelarus: $1.83B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelarus: $215 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelarus: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelarus: 158,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelarus: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelarus: 3.17% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelarus: 466 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelarus: 1 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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