Japan vs Poland: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Japan

775.35 articles per million people

in 2023

Poland

850.93 articles per million people

in 2023

Japan rank

43rd

Poland rank

40th

Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people over time

Japan
Poland

How they compare

Poland currently reports 850.93 articles per million people against 775.35 articles per million people in Japan, a difference of 75.59 articles per million people.

That makes Poland's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 43rd and Poland ranks 40th of 196 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people
Unit: articles per million people
Source: National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Indicators, via World Bank (2026); United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 196 places, 5,488 data points, 1996–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Scientific and technical journal articles per million people. Disciplines include physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.