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Data on Poland and the world: reliable official statistics

Population, prices, wages, health, and climate since 1960. Every figure comes directly from official sources (GUS, Eurostat, World Bank, OECD), with interactive charts and free CSV downloads. No account required.

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World population since 10,000 BCE

How many of us, and where we lived

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Whole world

8.09B

  • 8.2× more than in 1800
World population in numbers

Most populous in 2023

    Population density, people per km²

    1. <1
    2. 1
    3. 5
    4. 15
    5. 40
    6. 100
    7. 250

    Countries within today's borders. Estimates before 1800 are very rough. Sources: Our World in Data (population; HYDE 3.3, UN WPP 2024) and Gapminder (population 1800–1949, life expectancy, fertility), both CC BY 4.0; Natural Earth (borders), public domain.

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