---
title: "Canada vs Poland — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Poland is 312,685 km² with 36,435,861. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-poland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Poland

**Canada vs Poland: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 312,685 km² · 41,651,653 vs 36,435,861

Canada is 32 times larger than Poland — 9,984,670 against 312,685 km². Canada is 1.1 times more populous than Poland — 41,651,653 against 36,435,861 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Poland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Warsaw |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 312,685 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 36,435,861 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 116.5 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Polish złoty (PLN) |
| Official languages | English, French | Polish |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +48 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | PL / POL |

## Population density

Poland is 28 times more densely populated than Canada — 117 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Polish złoty.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Poland

The Wieliczka salt mine near Kraków has been worked since the 13th century and holds chapels, chandeliers and statues carved entirely from rock salt, about 300 m down. Białowieża on the Belarusian border is the last large fragment of the primeval forest that once covered the European plain.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Poland?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 312,685 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Poland?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 36,435,861.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Poland?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Poland is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]