🇵🇱Poland

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Population

36.4M

0.3%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.14

births/woman

Life Expectancy

78.4y

GDP / capita

$28.4K

Pop. Growth

-0.34%

Net Migration

-330.8K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Poland by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇦Ukraine1.1M(63.8%)

+362%

🇬🇧United Kingdom185K(10.7%)

12×

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Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male17.6MTotal 36.4M18.8MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.8

per 100,000

Divorce rate

1.7

per 1,000 · 2020

Births outside marriage

26.0%

of births · 2020

Home ownership

87.0%

of households · 2020

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Religious composition (2020)

Share of population by religion

Source: Pew Research / census

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇧🇾Belarus56.3K(3.3%)

−35%

🇮🇪Ireland34.3K(2.0%)

+791%

🇺🇸United States29.6K(1.7%)

+172%

🇮🇹Italy24.4K(1.4%)

+218%

🇫🇷France22.9K(1.3%)

−16%

🇱🇹Lithuania21.3K(1.2%)

−63%

🇳🇱Netherlands16.2K(0.9%)

+615%

🇷🇺Russian Federation15.9K(0.9%)

−63%

🇧🇪Belgium13.8K(0.8%)

+307%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Poland diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Poland who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇩🇪Germany1.9M(41.2%)

+24%

🇬🇧United Kingdom902.2K(19.7%)

+62%

🇺🇸United States396.6K(8.7%)

−16%

🇳🇱Netherlands211K(4.6%)

+240%

🇨🇦Canada123.8K(2.7%)

−21%

🇳🇴Norway111.7K(2.4%)

+128%

🇸🇪Sweden102.9K(2.3%)

+49%

🇮🇪Ireland102.7K(2.2%)

−5%

🇮🇹Italy92.1K(2.0%)

−5%

🇫🇷France84.4K(1.8%)

−18%

🇧🇪Belgium79.6K(1.7%)

+45%

🇦🇹Austria79.6K(1.7%)

+36%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Christian92.0%
Unaffiliated7.0%
Other1.0%