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Lithuania vs Poland
How Lithuania and Poland compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Poland was higher: 78.6 years against 76 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Lithuania was higher: $19,760 against $18,710
- Population · In 2023, Poland was higher: 38.8 million people against 2.85 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Poland was higher: 4.5% of GDP against 3.08% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Poland was higher: 7.55 tonnes against 4.49 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyLithuania: 76 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLithuania: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLithuania: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterLithuania: 95% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionLithuania: 4.14% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateLithuania: 28 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLithuania: 2.85 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthLithuania: 0.89% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLithuania: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLithuania: 69.1% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageLithuania: 42.1 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLithuania: 19.9% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateLithuania: 15.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLithuania: 3.08% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLithuania: $2.74B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personLithuania: $1,035 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLithuania: 7.6% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLithuania: 37,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerLithuania: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLithuania: 2.48% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLithuania: 29 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLithuania: 3 million TIV in 2024Poland: 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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