Topics
Country or area · Eastern Europe · Europe · UN WPP 2024
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%
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.
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
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
| Year | Kind | Population, 1 Jan | 95% range | Births | Deaths | Children per woman | Life expectancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | estimate | 24,563,596 | 754,898 | 303,257 | 3.65 | 58.3 | |
| 1951 | estimate | 24,996,726 | 774,125 | 302,258 | 3.70 | 58.9 | |
| 1952 | estimate | 25,448,658 | 771,156 | 301,209 | 3.64 | 59.7 | |
| 1953 | estimate | 25,896,261 | 772,912 | 286,516 | 3.59 | 61.3 | |
| 1954 | estimate | 26,356,650 | 772,954 | 278,598 | 3.55 | 62.3 | |
| 1955 | estimate | 26,824,298 | 780,688 | 273,850 | 3.56 | 63.1 | |
| 1956 | estimate | 27,302,981 | 767,196 | 272,393 | 3.46 | 63.4 | |
| 1957 | estimate | 27,768,155 | 780,998 | 262,043 | 3.50 | 64.4 | |
| 1958 | estimate | 28,384,841 | 757,294 | 257,787 | 3.39 | 64.9 | |
| 1959 | estimate | 28,902,438 | 724,264 | 239,891 | 3.25 | 66.4 | |
| 1960 | estimate | 29,362,616 | 667,311 | 234,308 | 3.00 | 67.1 | |
| 1961 | estimate | 29,789,316 | 630,585 | 229,785 | 2.86 | 67.8 | |
| 1962 | estimate | 30,170,061 | 599,261 | 232,182 | 2.74 | 68.0 | |
| 1963 | estimate | 30,506,112 | 583,891 | 234,313 | 2.70 | 68.3 | |
| 1964 | estimate | 30,841,928 | 558,131 | 232,441 | 2.60 | 68.9 | |
| 1965 | estimate | 31,144,342 | 543,012 | 233,365 | 2.54 | 69.4 | |
| 1966 | estimate | 31,432,329 | 526,165 | 237,097 | 2.45 | 69.7 | |
| 1967 | estimate | 31,704,239 | 515,662 | 241,407 | 2.35 | 69.9 | |
| 1968 | estimate | 31,953,022 | 513,725 | 251,090 | 2.30 | 69.8 | |
| 1969 | estimate | 32,203,753 | 523,482 | 258,690 | 2.26 | 69.8 | |
| 1970 | estimate | 32,441,797 | 541,223 | 272,690 | 2.25 | 69.6 | |
| 1971 | estimate | 32,643,470 | 561,963 | 274,547 | 2.25 | 69.8 | |
| 1972 | estimate | 32,899,122 | 578,463 | 277,720 | 2.24 | 70.1 | |
| 1973 | estimate | 33,184,870 | 602,271 | 276,120 | 2.25 | 70.7 | |
| 1974 | estimate | 33,481,678 | 626,273 | 286,434 | 2.27 | 70.7 | |
| 1975 | estimate | 33,803,245 | 649,803 | 296,147 | 2.28 | 70.6 | |
| 1976 | estimate | 34,125,553 | 675,695 | 307,878 | 2.31 | 70.4 | |
| 1977 | estimate | 34,467,660 | 672,238 | 317,035 | 2.25 | 70.3 | |
| 1978 | estimate | 34,789,364 | 676,605 | 323,968 | 2.23 | 70.4 | |
| 1979 | estimate | 35,079,062 | 696,439 | 335,626 | 2.28 | 70.3 | |
| 1980 | estimate | 35,417,711 | 699,317 | 339,283 | 2.28 | 70.5 | |
| 1981 | estimate | 35,735,327 | 687,850 | 340,518 | 2.25 | 70.6 | |
| 1982 | estimate | 36,066,499 | 710,210 | 341,312 | 2.34 | 70.9 | |
| 1983 | estimate | 36,400,421 | 726,595 | 353,304 | 2.42 | 70.8 | |
| 1984 | estimate | 36,746,977 | 704,313 | 368,280 | 2.38 | 70.6 | |
| 1985 | estimate | 37,064,623 | 676,952 | 377,213 | 2.32 | 70.5 | |
| 1986 | estimate | 37,337,083 | 634,304 | 380,722 | 2.22 | 70.5 | |
| 1987 | estimate | 37,568,138 | 605,089 | 377,652 | 2.16 | 70.8 | |
| 1988 | estimate | 37,763,277 | 590,147 | 379,295 | 2.14 | 70.8 | |
| 1989 | estimate | 37,872,451 | 563,423 | 382,960 | 2.10 | 70.8 | |
| 1990 | estimate | 38,003,724 | 547,537 | 393,734 | 2.06 | 70.6 | |
| 1991 | estimate | 38,107,186 | 544,426 | 397,562 | 2.07 | 70.7 | |
| 1992 | estimate | 38,198,708 | 514,078 | 397,321 | 1.96 | 70.9 | |
| 1993 | estimate | 38,268,572 | 492,645 | 391,220 | 1.87 | 71.3 | |
| 1994 | estimate | 38,321,191 | 476,078 | 387,994 | 1.80 | 71.7 | |
| 1995 | estimate | 38,367,434 | 433,588 | 386,136 | 1.63 | 72.0 | |
| 1996 | estimate | 38,361,900 | 423,874 | 383,988 | 1.59 | 72.3 | |
| 1997 | estimate | 38,356,441 | 408,166 | 380,190 | 1.52 | 72.6 | |
| 1998 | estimate | 38,340,179 | 390,824 | 378,802 | 1.44 | 72.8 | |
| 1999 | estimate | 38,312,694 | 377,925 | 374,847 | 1.38 | 73.2 | |
| 2000 | estimate | 38,262,731 | 377,996 | 371,395 | 1.37 | 73.7 | |
| 2001 | estimate | 38,253,412 | 368,399 | 363,871 | 1.31 | 74.2 | |
| 2002 | estimate | 38,241,301 | 355,115 | 362,432 | 1.25 | 74.5 | |
| 2003 | estimate | 38,217,515 | 351,971 | 360,914 | 1.23 | 74.8 | |
| 2004 | estimate | 38,189,533 | 356,549 | 362,256 | 1.23 | 74.9 | |
| 2005 | estimate | 38,145,611 | 364,523 | 365,071 | 1.24 | 75.1 | |
| 2006 | estimate | 38,103,147 | 374,507 | 369,633 | 1.27 | 75.3 | |
| 2007 | estimate | 38,039,187 | 388,199 | 374,518 | 1.31 | 75.4 | |
| 2008 | estimate | 38,001,655 | 411,707 | 381,006 | 1.39 | 75.6 | |
| 2009 | estimate | 37,990,149 | 416,458 | 384,168 | 1.40 | 75.9 | |
| 2010 | estimate | 38,014,161 | 422,071 | 379,302 | 1.41 | 76.3 | |
| 2011 | estimate | 38,176,542 | 397,843 | 379,596 | 1.34 | 76.6 | |
| 2012 | estimate | 38,240,743 | 392,217 | 382,604 | 1.33 | 76.8 | |
| 2013 | estimate | 38,254,992 | 378,663 | 382,526 | 1.29 | 77.1 | |
| 2014 | estimate | 38,263,533 | 382,547 | 384,906 | 1.32 | 77.3 | |
| 2015 | estimate | 38,266,693 | 379,618 | 384,264 | 1.32 | 77.6 | |
| 2016 | estimate | 38,265,935 | 392,402 | 392,080 | 1.39 | 77.6 | |
| 2017 | estimate | 38,260,595 | 409,081 | 398,803 | 1.47 | 77.7 | |
| 2018 | estimate | 38,249,322 | 392,611 | 408,900 | 1.44 | 77.6 | |
| 2019 | estimate | 38,232,819 | 382,207 | 403,771 | 1.44 | 77.9 | |
| 2020 | estimate | 38,218,950 | 359,575 | 459,375 | 1.38 | 76.6 | |
| 2021 | estimate | 38,123,074 | 334,752 | 502,542 | 1.32 | 75.6 | |
| 2022 | estimate | 37,957,529 | 310,232 | 421,553 | 1.26 | 77.9 | |
| 2023 | estimate | 38,813,949 | 317,916 | 412,310 | 1.30 | 78.6 | |
| 2024 | estimate | 38,711,738 | 309,612 | 416,618 | 1.30 | 78.8 | |
| 2025 | projection | 38,366,664 | 38.3–38.5 million | 297,389 | 418,078 | 1.31 | 79.0 |
| 2026 | projection | 37,915,155 | 37.7–38.1 million | 283,495 | 419,456 | 1.31 | 79.2 |
| 2027 | projection | 37,771,222 | 37.5–38.1 million | 276,095 | 421,228 | 1.32 | 79.3 |
| 2028 | projection | 37,618,818 | 37.2–38.0 million | 269,461 | 423,789 | 1.32 | 79.5 |
| 2029 | projection | 37,457,695 | 37.0–37.9 million | 263,609 | 426,603 | 1.33 | 79.7 |
| 2030 | projection | 37,286,854 | 36.7–37.9 million | 258,896 | 429,557 | 1.33 | 79.8 |
| 2031 | projection | 37,110,231 | 36.4–37.8 million | 254,791 | 432,940 | 1.33 | 80.0 |
| 2032 | projection | 36,925,794 | 36.1–37.7 million | 253,042 | 436,795 | 1.34 | 80.2 |
| 2033 | projection | 36,736,559 | 35.8–37.6 million | 252,089 | 440,949 | 1.34 | 80.4 |
| 2034 | projection | 36,543,080 | 35.5–37.5 million | 252,043 | 445,466 | 1.35 | 80.5 |
| 2035 | projection | 36,344,718 | 35.2–37.5 million | 252,528 | 450,324 | 1.35 | 80.7 |
| 2036 | projection | 36,142,857 | 34.8–37.4 million | 253,729 | 455,370 | 1.36 | 80.9 |
| 2037 | projection | 35,935,016 | 34.5–37.3 million | 254,394 | 460,532 | 1.36 | 81.0 |
| 2038 | projection | 35,724,496 | 34.1–37.2 million | 255,824 | 465,681 | 1.36 | 81.2 |
| 2039 | projection | 35,509,549 | 33.8–37.1 million | 257,296 | 470,720 | 1.37 | 81.3 |
| 2040 | projection | 35,290,711 | 33.4–37.1 million | 258,072 | 475,108 | 1.37 | 81.5 |
| 2041 | projection | 35,068,396 | 33.1–37.0 million | 258,457 | 478,734 | 1.37 | 81.7 |
| 2042 | projection | 34,844,272 | 32.7–36.9 million | 258,491 | 481,992 | 1.37 | 81.8 |
| 2043 | projection | 34,615,144 | 32.4–36.8 million | 258,398 | 484,572 | 1.38 | 82.0 |
| 2044 | projection | 34,383,355 | 32.0–36.7 million | 257,228 | 486,292 | 1.38 | 82.1 |
| 2045 | projection | 34,149,592 | 31.7–36.6 million | 255,216 | 487,313 | 1.39 | 82.3 |
| 2046 | projection | 33,912,526 | 31.3–36.5 million | 252,286 | 487,311 | 1.39 | 82.4 |
| 2047 | projection | 33,673,214 | 30.9–36.4 million | 248,930 | 486,665 | 1.39 | 82.6 |
| 2048 | projection | 33,431,160 | 30.5–36.3 million | 244,726 | 485,120 | 1.39 | 82.7 |
| 2049 | projection | 33,187,031 | 30.1–36.2 million | 239,864 | 483,063 | 1.40 | 82.9 |
| 2050 | projection | 32,939,440 | 29.8–36.0 million | 234,744 | 480,954 | 1.40 | 83.0 |
| 2051 | projection | 32,688,753 | 29.4–35.9 million | 228,984 | 478,466 | 1.40 | 83.2 |
| 2052 | projection | 32,434,217 | 29.0–35.8 million | 223,205 | 475,686 | 1.40 | 83.3 |
| 2053 | projection | 32,178,446 | 28.6–35.6 million | 217,372 | 473,145 | 1.40 | 83.4 |
| 2054 | projection | 31,917,674 | 28.3–35.5 million | 211,640 | 471,114 | 1.40 | 83.6 |
| 2055 | projection | 31,653,936 | 27.9–35.3 million | 206,381 | 469,129 | 1.41 | 83.7 |
| 2056 | projection | 31,386,286 | 27.5–35.1 million | 201,402 | 467,681 | 1.41 | 83.8 |
| 2057 | projection | 31,114,852 | 27.1–35.0 million | 196,633 | 466,881 | 1.41 | 84.0 |
| 2058 | projection | 30,840,816 | 26.7–34.8 million | 192,317 | 466,430 | 1.42 | 84.1 |
| 2059 | projection | 30,563,831 | 26.3–34.7 million | 188,277 | 466,765 | 1.42 | 84.2 |
| 2060 | projection | 30,281,439 | 26.0–34.5 million | 184,928 | 467,582 | 1.42 | 84.4 |
| 2061 | projection | 29,996,877 | 25.6–34.4 million | 182,095 | 468,996 | 1.42 | 84.5 |
| 2062 | projection | 29,707,259 | 25.1–34.2 million | 180,048 | 470,894 | 1.43 | 84.6 |
| 2063 | projection | 29,414,413 | 24.7–34.1 million | 178,296 | 473,199 | 1.43 | 84.7 |
| 2064 | projection | 29,116,225 | 24.3–33.9 million | 176,965 | 475,334 | 1.43 | 84.9 |
| 2065 | projection | 28,814,110 | 23.9–33.7 million | 175,974 | 478,204 | 1.44 | 85.0 |
| 2066 | projection | 28,508,832 | 23.5–33.5 million | 175,356 | 481,037 | 1.44 | 85.1 |
| 2067 | projection | 28,200,134 | 23.0–33.4 million | 174,859 | 483,292 | 1.44 | 85.2 |
| 2068 | projection | 27,888,669 | 22.6–33.2 million | 174,589 | 485,169 | 1.44 | 85.3 |
| 2069 | projection | 27,575,364 | 22.2–33.0 million | 174,308 | 486,602 | 1.44 | 85.5 |
| 2070 | projection | 27,260,942 | 21.8–32.8 million | 174,131 | 487,726 | 1.45 | 85.6 |
| 2071 | projection | 26,946,169 | 21.4–32.7 million | 173,739 | 487,463 | 1.44 | 85.7 |
| 2072 | projection | 26,630,641 | 21.0–32.5 million | 173,601 | 486,709 | 1.45 | 85.8 |
| 2073 | projection | 26,315,223 | 20.6–32.2 million | 173,105 | 485,015 | 1.45 | 86.0 |
| 2074 | projection | 26,000,179 | 20.3–32.0 million | 172,608 | 482,162 | 1.45 | 86.1 |
| 2075 | projection | 25,688,110 | 19.8–31.8 million | 171,902 | 478,308 | 1.45 | 86.2 |
| 2076 | projection | 25,379,222 | 19.4–31.7 million | 170,773 | 474,030 | 1.45 | 86.3 |
| 2077 | projection | 25,073,756 | 19.0–31.5 million | 169,491 | 468,571 | 1.46 | 86.5 |
| 2078 | projection | 24,770,774 | 18.7–31.4 million | 167,841 | 462,426 | 1.46 | 86.6 |
| 2079 | projection | 24,474,648 | 18.4–31.3 million | 165,544 | 455,837 | 1.46 | 86.7 |
| 2080 | projection | 24,181,447 | 18.0–31.2 million | 163,058 | 448,410 | 1.46 | 86.8 |
| 2081 | projection | 23,893,959 | 17.6–31.1 million | 160,399 | 440,247 | 1.46 | 86.9 |
| 2082 | projection | 23,611,351 | 17.1–30.9 million | 157,604 | 431,838 | 1.46 | 87.0 |
| 2083 | projection | 23,334,282 | 16.9–30.7 million | 154,709 | 422,961 | 1.46 | 87.2 |
| 2084 | projection | 23,063,403 | 16.5–30.5 million | 151,861 | 413,898 | 1.46 | 87.3 |
| 2085 | projection | 22,799,399 | 16.1–30.3 million | 149,006 | 404,988 | 1.46 | 87.4 |
| 2086 | projection | 22,541,568 | 15.8–30.2 million | 145,934 | 396,208 | 1.46 | 87.5 |
| 2087 | projection | 22,289,511 | 15.4–30.0 million | 143,040 | 387,398 | 1.46 | 87.6 |
| 2088 | projection | 22,043,068 | 15.1–29.8 million | 140,472 | 379,104 | 1.47 | 87.7 |
| 2089 | projection | 21,802,250 | 14.8–29.7 million | 137,885 | 370,562 | 1.47 | 87.8 |
| 2090 | projection | 21,567,537 | 14.5–29.5 million | 135,704 | 363,259 | 1.47 | 87.9 |
| 2091 | projection | 21,337,578 | 14.3–29.4 million | 133,482 | 356,346 | 1.47 | 88.0 |
| 2092 | projection | 21,112,454 | 14.0–29.3 million | 131,572 | 350,200 | 1.47 | 88.1 |
| 2093 | projection | 20,891,679 | 13.7–29.2 million | 129,979 | 344,380 | 1.48 | 88.3 |
| 2094 | projection | 20,674,668 | 13.4–29.1 million | 128,586 | 339,490 | 1.48 | 88.3 |
| 2095 | projection | 20,460,900 | 13.1–29.0 million | 127,345 | 335,101 | 1.48 | 88.5 |
| 2096 | projection | 20,251,030 | 12.7–28.9 million | 126,234 | 331,772 | 1.48 | 88.6 |
| 2097 | projection | 20,042,607 | 12.4–28.9 million | 125,338 | 329,132 | 1.49 | 88.7 |
| 2098 | projection | 19,837,005 | 12.1–28.8 million | 124,760 | 326,924 | 1.49 | 88.8 |
| 2099 | projection | 19,632,883 | 11.8–28.7 million | 124,048 | 325,217 | 1.49 | 88.9 |
| 2100 | projection | 19,430,415 | 11.6–28.6 million | 123,614 | 323,693 | 1.49 | 89.0 |
Show the numbers: Poland, mid-2026, by single year of age
| Age | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 146,976 | 138,503 |
| 1 | 150,191 | 141,471 |
| 2 | 154,392 | 145,422 |
| 3 | 157,235 | 148,172 |
| 4 | 164,281 | 154,964 |
| 5 | 177,592 | 167,700 |
| 6 | 190,302 | 179,803 |
| 7 | 196,321 | 185,585 |
| 8 | 196,502 | 185,942 |
| 9 | 196,986 | 186,580 |
| 10 | 197,914 | 187,581 |
| 11 | 199,619 | 189,271 |
| 12 | 202,330 | 191,916 |
| 13 | 206,102 | 195,562 |
| 14 | 210,757 | 200,040 |
| 15 | 215,542 | 204,722 |
| 16 | 218,959 | 208,122 |
| 17 | 218,119 | 207,415 |
| 18 | 211,772 | 201,396 |
| 19 | 201,645 | 191,772 |
| 20 | 190,141 | 180,904 |
| 21 | 180,444 | 171,796 |
| 22 | 174,520 | 166,311 |
| 23 | 172,548 | 164,695 |
| 24 | 174,588 | 167,039 |
| 25 | 179,788 | 172,428 |
| 26 | 186,652 | 179,272 |
| 27 | 194,520 | 186,846 |
| 28 | 203,464 | 195,294 |
| 29 | 213,294 | 204,472 |
| 30 | 223,465 | 213,937 |
| 31 | 233,828 | 223,670 |
| 32 | 243,962 | 233,353 |
| 33 | 253,429 | 242,642 |
| 34 | 262,530 | 251,806 |
| 35 | 271,198 | 260,717 |
| 36 | 279,374 | 269,301 |
| 37 | 288,045 | 278,338 |
| 38 | 297,758 | 288,210 |
| 39 | 308,156 | 298,672 |
| 40 | 318,788 | 309,299 |
| 41 | 327,744 | 318,344 |
| 42 | 333,026 | 324,007 |
| 43 | 333,770 | 325,340 |
| 44 | 330,448 | 322,852 |
| 45 | 325,366 | 318,756 |
| 46 | 319,634 | 313,974 |
| 47 | 313,002 | 308,340 |
| 48 | 306,004 | 302,387 |
| 49 | 299,006 | 296,449 |
| 50 | 291,097 | 289,686 |
| 51 | 281,818 | 281,585 |
| 52 | 271,504 | 272,501 |
| 53 | 260,260 | 262,698 |
| 54 | 248,286 | 252,271 |
| 55 | 236,263 | 241,763 |
| 56 | 225,544 | 232,583 |
| 57 | 217,210 | 225,706 |
| 58 | 211,354 | 221,308 |
| 59 | 207,844 | 219,456 |
| 60 | 206,490 | 219,920 |
| 61 | 206,770 | 222,516 |
| 62 | 208,222 | 227,158 |
| 63 | 210,754 | 233,675 |
| 64 | 214,516 | 242,072 |
| 65 | 218,969 | 251,811 |
| 66 | 222,620 | 261,128 |
| 67 | 223,872 | 267,976 |
| 68 | 222,058 | 271,499 |
| 69 | 217,447 | 271,818 |
| 70 | 210,878 | 269,746 |
| 71 | 202,842 | 265,668 |
| 72 | 193,800 | 259,861 |
| 73 | 184,058 | 252,853 |
| 74 | 173,276 | 244,416 |
| 75 | 161,086 | 233,536 |
| 76 | 147,752 | 219,937 |
| 77 | 133,351 | 203,731 |
| 78 | 117,437 | 184,352 |
| 79 | 99,735 | 161,221 |
| 80 | 81,230 | 136,036 |
| 81 | 65,672 | 114,920 |
| 82 | 54,789 | 100,754 |
| 83 | 47,350 | 91,728 |
| 84 | 42,902 | 87,314 |
| 85 | 40,289 | 85,682 |
| 86 | 37,608 | 83,298 |
| 87 | 34,052 | 78,321 |
| 88 | 29,858 | 71,278 |
| 89 | 25,357 | 63,054 |
| 90 | 20,776 | 54,058 |
| 91 | 16,515 | 45,049 |
| 92 | 12,839 | 36,763 |
| 93 | 9,781 | 29,416 |
| 94 | 7,299 | 22,965 |
| 95 | 5,292 | 17,322 |
| 96 | 3,698 | 12,537 |
| 97 | 2,500 | 8,788 |
| 98 | 1,635 | 6,015 |
| 99 | 1,042 | 4,030 |
| 100+ | 1,421 | 6,960 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
6 · 76 · 18
2 · 77 · 21
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
| Mother's age | 1950 | 1975 | 2000 | 2023 | 2050 projected | 2100 projected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10–14 | 399 | 71 | 82 | 29 | 6 | 3 |
| 15–19 | 46,541 | 54,345 | 27,209 | 5,852 | 1,357 | 721 |
| 20–24 | 232,250 | 287,186 | 126,596 | 36,279 | 16,821 | 9,878 |
| 25–29 | 229,904 | 192,137 | 127,699 | 101,764 | 66,781 | 36,578 |
| 30–34 | 114,440 | 67,473 | 61,548 | 106,828 | 89,703 | 44,697 |
| 35–39 | 92,942 | 36,439 | 27,087 | 54,131 | 46,586 | 24,134 |
| 40–44 | 35,711 | 11,191 | 7,338 | 12,337 | 12,262 | 6,667 |
| 45–49 | 2,637 | 828 | 437 | 674 | 1,177 | 906 |
| 50–54 | 74 | 133 | 0 | 22 | 51 | 30 |
| All babies | 754,898 | 649,803 | 377,996 | 317,916 | 234,744 | 123,614 |
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.
68.1 in full health, 11.3 not: 79.4 years
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.
- hosted from abroad1,004,317
- 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
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.
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).
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.
- Warsaw1,882,756
- Katowice865,777
- Krakow699,015
- Lodz582,659
- Wrocław508,528
- Poznan494,839
- Gdansk384,985
- Sosnowiec318,955
- Szczecin300,314
- 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.
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.