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Poland vs Thailand
How Poland and Thailand compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Poland was higher: 78.6 years against 76.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Poland was higher: $18,710 against $6,783
- Population · In 2023, Thailand was higher: 71.7 million people against 38.8 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Poland was higher: 4.5% of GDP against 1.04% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Poland was higher: 7.55 tonnes against 3.96 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personPoland: $1,219 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPoland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPoland: 59 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, 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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