What is the difference in population by world region between Israel and Poland?

417,200 people, with Israel ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Poland?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Israel vs Poland: Population by world region

Israel

19.75 million people

in 2100

Poland

19.33 million people

in 2100

Israel rank

77th

Poland rank

79th

Population by world region over time

Israel
Poland

How they compare

Israel currently reports 19.75 million people against 19.33 million people in Poland, a difference of 417,200 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Poland ahead.

Israel ranks 77th and Poland ranks 79th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 1 and Poland in 47.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Poland	Difference	Ahead
1000s	327,262 people	1.25 million people	922,738 people	Poland
1100s	332,859 people	1.50 million people	1.17 million people	Poland
1200s	338,500 people	2.25 million people	1.91 million people	Poland
1300s	344,185 people	3.50 million people	3.16 million people	Poland
1400s	273,245 people	3.50 million people	3.23 million people	Poland
1500s	317,346 people	4.00 million people	3.68 million people	Poland
1600s	315,487 people	5.00 million people	4.68 million people	Poland
1700s	267,668 people	6.00 million people	5.73 million people	Poland
1710s	293,408 people	6.25 million people	5.96 million people	Poland
1720s	320,180 people	6.55 million people	6.23 million people	Poland
1730s	348,100 people	6.86 million people	6.51 million people	Poland
1740s	377,296 people	7.19 million people	6.81 million people	Poland
1750s	407,908 people	7.53 million people	7.12 million people	Poland
1760s	440,095 people	7.89 million people	7.45 million people	Poland
1770s	474,031 people	8.26 million people	7.79 million people	Poland
1780s	509,911 people	8.66 million people	8.15 million people	Poland
1790s	547,950 people	9.07 million people	8.52 million people	Poland
1800s	209,954 people	9.30 million people	9.09 million people	Poland
1810s	209,954 people	10.02 million people	9.81 million people	Poland
1820s	209,954 people	10.78 million people	10.57 million people	Poland
1830s	209,954 people	11.60 million people	11.39 million people	Poland
1840s	209,988 people	12.49 million people	12.28 million people	Poland
1850s	217,910 people	13.78 million people	13.56 million people	Poland
1860s	246,705 people	15.63 million people	15.39 million people	Poland
1870s	275,211 people	17.93 million people	17.65 million people	Poland
1880s	296,648 people	20.79 million people	20.49 million people	Poland
1890s	335,234 people	23.32 million people	22.98 million people	Poland
1900s	382,017 people	25.10 million people	24.71 million people	Poland
1910s	428,569 people	24.83 million people	24.40 million people	Poland
1920s	507,857 people	25.27 million people	24.76 million people	Poland
1930s	707,370 people	28.30 million people	27.59 million people	Poland
1940s	1.05 million people	26.93 million people	25.88 million people	Poland
1950s	1.57 million people	26.88 million people	25.32 million people	Poland
1960s	2.30 million people	31.06 million people	28.77 million people	Poland
1970s	3.27 million people	33.84 million people	30.57 million people	Poland
1980s	4.06 million people	36.93 million people	32.87 million people	Poland
1990s	5.28 million people	38.28 million people	32.99 million people	Poland
2000s	6.67 million people	38.13 million people	31.46 million people	Poland
2010s	7.99 million people	38.23 million people	30.25 million people	Poland
2020s	9.44 million people	38.05 million people	28.61 million people	Poland
2030s	10.80 million people	36.33 million people	25.53 million people	Poland
2040s	12.26 million people	34.14 million people	21.88 million people	Poland
2050s	13.78 million people	31.64 million people	17.86 million people	Poland
2060s	15.23 million people	28.80 million people	13.57 million people	Poland
2070s	16.61 million people	25.70 million people	9.09 million people	Poland
2080s	17.98 million people	22.83 million people	4.85 million people	Poland
2090s	19.18 million people	20.47 million people	1.30 million people	Poland
2100s	19.75 million people	19.33 million people	417,200 people	Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Israel or Poland?: Israel, at 19.75 million people against 19.33 million people in Poland as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Israel and Poland?: 417,200 people, with Israel ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Poland?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Israel and Poland rank globally for population by world region?: Israel ranks 77th and Poland ranks 79th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.