censuswall POL · 2026 · ages 0–100
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Poland population

Poland population now

37,807,895

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 37.5–38.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 38,762,844

Year
2026
projection · medium
Population, mid-2026
37.8432 million
95% range, 31 Dec: 37.5–38.1 million
Median age
44.0
Aged 65+
21.3%
2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

POL · 1950–2100 · in brief

Poland in numbers

38,762,844 people lived in Poland in mid-2023: 0.48% of the world's people, and the 39th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 1.6 times its 1950 population of 24.8 million.

Its population peaked in 2023 at 38.8 million. The UN's medium projection has 19.3 million in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 11.6 million to 28.6 million.

2018 was the last year births kept up with deaths. Every year since has had more deaths than births, as does every projected year to 2100. Deaths also outnumbered births in 2002–2005 and 2013–2015. The population still grew until 2023, because more people arrived than left.

The median age was 25.8 in 1950 and 42.3 in 2023; the projection has 56.3 in 2100. 19.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 39.1% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2010 at 27.2 million; in 2023 it was 25.3 million.

Its place in the world by population: 39th in 2023, 59th in 2050, 79th in 2100. It is overtaken by Angola in 2025, Morocco in 2025 and Ukraine in 2025.

Population, mid-2023
38,762,844
Rank by population, 2023
39 of 236
Share of the world, 2023
0.48%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
+0.98% · +377,105 people
People per km² of land, 2023
127
Land area, 2023
306,270 km²
Births, 2023
317,916
Deaths, 2023
412,310
Net migration, 2023
−7,824
Children per woman, 2023
1.30
Median age, 2023
42.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
78.6 years
In a city, 2025
29 of every 100
Population, mid-1950
24,780,161
Projected, mid-2050
32,814,096
Projected, mid-2100
19,329,838

POL · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

estimates | projections010 m20 m30 m40 m1950197520002025205020752100

estimate   projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range   95% range   medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Poland, 1950–2100
Poland: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
YearKindPopulation, 1 Jan95% rangeBirthsDeathsChildren per womanLife expectancy
1950estimate24,563,596754,898303,2573.6558.3
1951estimate24,996,726774,125302,2583.7058.9
1952estimate25,448,658771,156301,2093.6459.7
1953estimate25,896,261772,912286,5163.5961.3
1954estimate26,356,650772,954278,5983.5562.3
1955estimate26,824,298780,688273,8503.5663.1
1956estimate27,302,981767,196272,3933.4663.4
1957estimate27,768,155780,998262,0433.5064.4
1958estimate28,384,841757,294257,7873.3964.9
1959estimate28,902,438724,264239,8913.2566.4
1960estimate29,362,616667,311234,3083.0067.1
1961estimate29,789,316630,585229,7852.8667.8
1962estimate30,170,061599,261232,1822.7468.0
1963estimate30,506,112583,891234,3132.7068.3
1964estimate30,841,928558,131232,4412.6068.9
1965estimate31,144,342543,012233,3652.5469.4
1966estimate31,432,329526,165237,0972.4569.7
1967estimate31,704,239515,662241,4072.3569.9
1968estimate31,953,022513,725251,0902.3069.8
1969estimate32,203,753523,482258,6902.2669.8
1970estimate32,441,797541,223272,6902.2569.6
1971estimate32,643,470561,963274,5472.2569.8
1972estimate32,899,122578,463277,7202.2470.1
1973estimate33,184,870602,271276,1202.2570.7
1974estimate33,481,678626,273286,4342.2770.7
1975estimate33,803,245649,803296,1472.2870.6
1976estimate34,125,553675,695307,8782.3170.4
1977estimate34,467,660672,238317,0352.2570.3
1978estimate34,789,364676,605323,9682.2370.4
1979estimate35,079,062696,439335,6262.2870.3
1980estimate35,417,711699,317339,2832.2870.5
1981estimate35,735,327687,850340,5182.2570.6
1982estimate36,066,499710,210341,3122.3470.9
1983estimate36,400,421726,595353,3042.4270.8
1984estimate36,746,977704,313368,2802.3870.6
1985estimate37,064,623676,952377,2132.3270.5
1986estimate37,337,083634,304380,7222.2270.5
1987estimate37,568,138605,089377,6522.1670.8
1988estimate37,763,277590,147379,2952.1470.8
1989estimate37,872,451563,423382,9602.1070.8
1990estimate38,003,724547,537393,7342.0670.6
1991estimate38,107,186544,426397,5622.0770.7
1992estimate38,198,708514,078397,3211.9670.9
1993estimate38,268,572492,645391,2201.8771.3
1994estimate38,321,191476,078387,9941.8071.7
1995estimate38,367,434433,588386,1361.6372.0
1996estimate38,361,900423,874383,9881.5972.3
1997estimate38,356,441408,166380,1901.5272.6
1998estimate38,340,179390,824378,8021.4472.8
1999estimate38,312,694377,925374,8471.3873.2
2000estimate38,262,731377,996371,3951.3773.7
2001estimate38,253,412368,399363,8711.3174.2
2002estimate38,241,301355,115362,4321.2574.5
2003estimate38,217,515351,971360,9141.2374.8
2004estimate38,189,533356,549362,2561.2374.9
2005estimate38,145,611364,523365,0711.2475.1
2006estimate38,103,147374,507369,6331.2775.3
2007estimate38,039,187388,199374,5181.3175.4
2008estimate38,001,655411,707381,0061.3975.6
2009estimate37,990,149416,458384,1681.4075.9
2010estimate38,014,161422,071379,3021.4176.3
2011estimate38,176,542397,843379,5961.3476.6
2012estimate38,240,743392,217382,6041.3376.8
2013estimate38,254,992378,663382,5261.2977.1
2014estimate38,263,533382,547384,9061.3277.3
2015estimate38,266,693379,618384,2641.3277.6
2016estimate38,265,935392,402392,0801.3977.6
2017estimate38,260,595409,081398,8031.4777.7
2018estimate38,249,322392,611408,9001.4477.6
2019estimate38,232,819382,207403,7711.4477.9
2020estimate38,218,950359,575459,3751.3876.6
2021estimate38,123,074334,752502,5421.3275.6
2022estimate37,957,529310,232421,5531.2677.9
2023estimate38,813,949317,916412,3101.3078.6
2024estimate38,711,738309,612416,6181.3078.8
2025projection38,366,66438.3–38.5 million297,389418,0781.3179.0
2026projection37,915,15537.7–38.1 million283,495419,4561.3179.2
2027projection37,771,22237.5–38.1 million276,095421,2281.3279.3
2028projection37,618,81837.2–38.0 million269,461423,7891.3279.5
2029projection37,457,69537.0–37.9 million263,609426,6031.3379.7
2030projection37,286,85436.7–37.9 million258,896429,5571.3379.8
2031projection37,110,23136.4–37.8 million254,791432,9401.3380.0
2032projection36,925,79436.1–37.7 million253,042436,7951.3480.2
2033projection36,736,55935.8–37.6 million252,089440,9491.3480.4
2034projection36,543,08035.5–37.5 million252,043445,4661.3580.5
2035projection36,344,71835.2–37.5 million252,528450,3241.3580.7
2036projection36,142,85734.8–37.4 million253,729455,3701.3680.9
2037projection35,935,01634.5–37.3 million254,394460,5321.3681.0
2038projection35,724,49634.1–37.2 million255,824465,6811.3681.2
2039projection35,509,54933.8–37.1 million257,296470,7201.3781.3
2040projection35,290,71133.4–37.1 million258,072475,1081.3781.5
2041projection35,068,39633.1–37.0 million258,457478,7341.3781.7
2042projection34,844,27232.7–36.9 million258,491481,9921.3781.8
2043projection34,615,14432.4–36.8 million258,398484,5721.3882.0
2044projection34,383,35532.0–36.7 million257,228486,2921.3882.1
2045projection34,149,59231.7–36.6 million255,216487,3131.3982.3
2046projection33,912,52631.3–36.5 million252,286487,3111.3982.4
2047projection33,673,21430.9–36.4 million248,930486,6651.3982.6
2048projection33,431,16030.5–36.3 million244,726485,1201.3982.7
2049projection33,187,03130.1–36.2 million239,864483,0631.4082.9
2050projection32,939,44029.8–36.0 million234,744480,9541.4083.0
2051projection32,688,75329.4–35.9 million228,984478,4661.4083.2
2052projection32,434,21729.0–35.8 million223,205475,6861.4083.3
2053projection32,178,44628.6–35.6 million217,372473,1451.4083.4
2054projection31,917,67428.3–35.5 million211,640471,1141.4083.6
2055projection31,653,93627.9–35.3 million206,381469,1291.4183.7
2056projection31,386,28627.5–35.1 million201,402467,6811.4183.8
2057projection31,114,85227.1–35.0 million196,633466,8811.4184.0
2058projection30,840,81626.7–34.8 million192,317466,4301.4284.1
2059projection30,563,83126.3–34.7 million188,277466,7651.4284.2
2060projection30,281,43926.0–34.5 million184,928467,5821.4284.4
2061projection29,996,87725.6–34.4 million182,095468,9961.4284.5
2062projection29,707,25925.1–34.2 million180,048470,8941.4384.6
2063projection29,414,41324.7–34.1 million178,296473,1991.4384.7
2064projection29,116,22524.3–33.9 million176,965475,3341.4384.9
2065projection28,814,11023.9–33.7 million175,974478,2041.4485.0
2066projection28,508,83223.5–33.5 million175,356481,0371.4485.1
2067projection28,200,13423.0–33.4 million174,859483,2921.4485.2
2068projection27,888,66922.6–33.2 million174,589485,1691.4485.3
2069projection27,575,36422.2–33.0 million174,308486,6021.4485.5
2070projection27,260,94221.8–32.8 million174,131487,7261.4585.6
2071projection26,946,16921.4–32.7 million173,739487,4631.4485.7
2072projection26,630,64121.0–32.5 million173,601486,7091.4585.8
2073projection26,315,22320.6–32.2 million173,105485,0151.4586.0
2074projection26,000,17920.3–32.0 million172,608482,1621.4586.1
2075projection25,688,11019.8–31.8 million171,902478,3081.4586.2
2076projection25,379,22219.4–31.7 million170,773474,0301.4586.3
2077projection25,073,75619.0–31.5 million169,491468,5711.4686.5
2078projection24,770,77418.7–31.4 million167,841462,4261.4686.6
2079projection24,474,64818.4–31.3 million165,544455,8371.4686.7
2080projection24,181,44718.0–31.2 million163,058448,4101.4686.8
2081projection23,893,95917.6–31.1 million160,399440,2471.4686.9
2082projection23,611,35117.1–30.9 million157,604431,8381.4687.0
2083projection23,334,28216.9–30.7 million154,709422,9611.4687.2
2084projection23,063,40316.5–30.5 million151,861413,8981.4687.3
2085projection22,799,39916.1–30.3 million149,006404,9881.4687.4
2086projection22,541,56815.8–30.2 million145,934396,2081.4687.5
2087projection22,289,51115.4–30.0 million143,040387,3981.4687.6
2088projection22,043,06815.1–29.8 million140,472379,1041.4787.7
2089projection21,802,25014.8–29.7 million137,885370,5621.4787.8
2090projection21,567,53714.5–29.5 million135,704363,2591.4787.9
2091projection21,337,57814.3–29.4 million133,482356,3461.4788.0
2092projection21,112,45414.0–29.3 million131,572350,2001.4788.1
2093projection20,891,67913.7–29.2 million129,979344,3801.4888.3
2094projection20,674,66813.4–29.1 million128,586339,4901.4888.3
2095projection20,460,90013.1–29.0 million127,345335,1011.4888.5
2096projection20,251,03012.7–28.9 million126,234331,7721.4888.6
2097projection20,042,60712.4–28.9 million125,338329,1321.4988.7
2098projection19,837,00512.1–28.8 million124,760326,9241.4988.8
2099projection19,632,88311.8–28.7 million124,048325,2171.4988.9
2100projection19,430,41511.6–28.6 million123,614323,6931.4989.0
Show the numbers: Poland, mid-2026, by single year of age
Poland: population by single year of age, mid-2026
AgeMaleFemale
0146,976138,503
1150,191141,471
2154,392145,422
3157,235148,172
4164,281154,964
5177,592167,700
6190,302179,803
7196,321185,585
8196,502185,942
9196,986186,580
10197,914187,581
11199,619189,271
12202,330191,916
13206,102195,562
14210,757200,040
15215,542204,722
16218,959208,122
17218,119207,415
18211,772201,396
19201,645191,772
20190,141180,904
21180,444171,796
22174,520166,311
23172,548164,695
24174,588167,039
25179,788172,428
26186,652179,272
27194,520186,846
28203,464195,294
29213,294204,472
30223,465213,937
31233,828223,670
32243,962233,353
33253,429242,642
34262,530251,806
35271,198260,717
36279,374269,301
37288,045278,338
38297,758288,210
39308,156298,672
40318,788309,299
41327,744318,344
42333,026324,007
43333,770325,340
44330,448322,852
45325,366318,756
46319,634313,974
47313,002308,340
48306,004302,387
49299,006296,449
50291,097289,686
51281,818281,585
52271,504272,501
53260,260262,698
54248,286252,271
55236,263241,763
56225,544232,583
57217,210225,706
58211,354221,308
59207,844219,456
60206,490219,920
61206,770222,516
62208,222227,158
63210,754233,675
64214,516242,072
65218,969251,811
66222,620261,128
67223,872267,976
68222,058271,499
69217,447271,818
70210,878269,746
71202,842265,668
72193,800259,861
73184,058252,853
74173,276244,416
75161,086233,536
76147,752219,937
77133,351203,731
78117,437184,352
7999,735161,221
8081,230136,036
8165,672114,920
8254,789100,754
8347,35091,728
8442,90287,314
8540,28985,682
8637,60883,298
8734,05278,321
8829,85871,278
8925,35763,054
9020,77654,058
9116,51545,049
9212,83936,763
939,78129,416
947,29922,965
955,29217,322
963,69812,537
972,5008,788
981,6356,015
991,0424,030
100+1,4216,960

POL · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Poland, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

POL · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Poland

Poland had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2010: 27,183,300 people aged 15–64, against 25,328,500 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64
23 children
30 aged 65+

aged 15–64   children under 15   aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 23 years: 1997–2019.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100   the same, projected   50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

POL · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Poland, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Poland gains 112,133 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 40–44, at 11,752 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 2,000 people a year
020406080+

more arrive than leave   more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 967,744 (2022); its biggest loss, 101,671 (1988).

In 2024, 1,739,901 people living in Poland had been born in another country, 5 of every 100 people there, against 3 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

POL · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Poland

Of every 100 babies born in Poland in 2023, 2 had a mother under 20, 77 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 21 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 6 under 20 and 18 aged 35 or older.

1950
6 · 76 · 18
2023
2 · 77 · 21
2050 · projected
0 · 74 · 26

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023
317,916
Average age when women have a baby
29.9 years
28.9 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
6
39 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
Babies born in Poland by the mother's age
Mother's age19501975200020232050 projected2100 projected
10–1439971822963
15–1946,54154,34527,2095,8521,357721
20–24232,250287,186126,59636,27916,8219,878
25–29229,904192,137127,699101,76466,78136,578
30–34114,44067,47361,548106,82889,70344,697
35–3992,94236,43927,08754,13146,58624,134
40–4435,71111,1917,33812,33712,2626,667
45–492,6378284376741,177906
50–54741330225130
All babies754,898649,803377,996317,916234,744123,614

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

POL · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Poland

A baby born in Poland in 2021 could expect 75.4 years of life, 65.5 of them in full health (95% range 64.9–66.3). That leaves 9.9 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

68.1 in full health, 11.3 not: 79.4 years

Men

63.1 in full health, 8.5 not: 71.6 years

a year in full health   a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 68.1 healthy years of 79.4. Men: 63.1 of 71.6. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 67.6.

POL · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Poland

At the end of 2025, Poland was hosting 1,004,317 people who had crossed a border into it, about 26 of every 1,000 people living there.

  1. hosted from abroad1,004,317
  2. Poland nationals abroad1,775

stayed inside their own country   crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 20,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Poland living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 13,196 people asked for asylum in Poland for the first time; 274 people from Poland asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Poland whose claims were decided that year, 23 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

POL · of every 100 people

How people live in Poland

Of every 100 people in Poland in 2025, 29 lived in a city, 31 in a town or suburb and 40 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 11.4 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

POL · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Poland went in school

Almost every adult in Poland went to school: of every 100 in 2020, 86 finished upper secondary or went further.

1 finished primary 13 finished lower secondary 57 finished upper secondary 29 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; nor are the ones who finished upper secondary.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

POL · cities · 2025

Cities in Poland

Poland had 60 cities in 2025, home to 11.0 million people. The largest, Warsaw, holds 5 of every 100 people in Poland.

  1. Warsaw1,882,756
  2. Katowice865,777
  3. Krakow699,015
  4. Lodz582,659
  5. Wrocław508,528
  6. Poznan494,839
  7. Gdansk384,985
  8. Sosnowiec318,955
  9. Szczecin300,314
  10. Lublin300,013
All 11 cities in Poland that reach 300,000 people

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Poland are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.