Poland vs Spain
Poland vs Spain: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 88.6% in Poland and 95.8% in Spain, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Spain, by 7.2 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Poland.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Poland.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Poland | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 88.6 | 95.8 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 86.4 | 95.5 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 86.9 | 94.5 | 67 |
| 2021 | 85.4 | 93.9 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 83.2 | 93.2 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 80.4 | 90.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 77.5 | 86.1 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 76 | 84.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 73.3 | 80.6 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 68 | 78.7 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 66.6 | 76.2 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 62.9 | 71.6 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 62.3 | 69.8 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 62 | 67.1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 62.3 | 65.8 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 59 | 62.4 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 53.1 | 59.6 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 48.6 | 55.1 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 44.6 | 50.4 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 38.8 | 47.9 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 32.5 | 44 | – |
| 2003 | 24.9 | 39.9 | – |
| 2002 | 21.2 | 20.4 | – |
| 2001 | 9.9 | 18.2 | – |
| 2000 | 7.3 | 13.6 | – |
| 1999 | 5.5 | 7.1 | – |
| 1998 | 4.1 | 4.4 | – |
| 1997 | 2.1 | 2.8 | – |
| 1996 | 1.3 | 1.3 | – |
| 1995 | 0.6 | 0.4 | – |
| 1994 | 0.4 | 0.3 | – |
| 1993 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 1992 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Poland vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPoland: 88.9% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personPoland: $1,219 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPoland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPoland: 59 million TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025