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Poland — Population
Population, Total for Poland, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
36.44 million
Population, Total · people · +22.9% since 1960
Population for Poland was 36.44 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 38.66 million in 1998. The lowest was 29.64 million in 1960 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.32% per year.
Poland ranks 44 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 20%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 6.01 million, so Poland sits above it. It peaked in 1998 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
36.44 million
First (1960)
29.64 million
Change
+22.9%
Highest
38.66 million
in 1998
Lowest
29.64 million
in 1960
Average
36.18 million
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.32%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | people |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 36,435,861 |
| 2024 | 36,559,233 |
| 2023 | 36,687,353 |
| 2022 | 36,821,749 |
| 2021 | 36,981,559 |
| 2020 | 37,515,748 |
| 2019 | 37,965,475 |
| 2018 | 37,974,750 |
| 2017 | 37,974,826 |
| 2016 | 37,970,087 |
| 2015 | 37,986,412 |
| 2014 | 38,011,735 |
Reading this correctly. Total population based on the de facto definition, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Figures are in people. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.