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Israel vs Poland
How Israel and Poland compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Israel was higher: 82.4 years against 78.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Israel was higher: $42,600 against $18,710
- Population · In 2023, Poland was higher: 38.8 million people against 9.26 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Israel was higher: 7.81% of GDP against 4.5% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Poland was higher: 7.55 tonnes against 5.77 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion 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, 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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