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Canada vs Poland
How Canada and Poland compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Canada was higher: 82.6 years against 78.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Canada was higher: $45,420 against $18,710
- Population · In 2023, Canada was higher: 39.3 million people against 38.8 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Poland was higher: 4.5% of GDP against 1.63% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Canada was higher: 14.01 tonnes against 7.55 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, 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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