Poland vs Ukraine: Population

Poland

38.76 million people

in 2023

Ukraine

37.73 million people

in 2023

Poland rank

39th

Ukraine rank

40th

Population over time

Poland currently reports 38.76 million people against 37.73 million people in Ukraine, a difference of 1.03 million people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Poland ahead.

Poland ranks 39th and Ukraine ranks 40th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.