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Population growth

Annual population change in percent. Growth in Poland is currently negative, and global population growth is slower than in the 1960s.

−0.3%Poland · 2025

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13
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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID 97264df1e0cfWarehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 1961–2025; observations: 65; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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65 rows for Poland

Time range:
−1.5%−1.0%−0.5%0.0%+0.5%+1.0%+1.5%19611970198019902000201020202025−0.3%
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Poland

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Poland

+1.1%→−0.3%

Total change
−1.4 pp
Period
1961–2025

Poland: +1.1% (1961) → −0.3% (2025). Difference: −1.4 pp. Peak value of +1.4% in 1964; lowest value of −1.4% in 2021.

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Population growth — Poland
YearCountryValue
2025Poland−0.338%
2024Poland−0.3498%
2023Poland−0.3657%
2022Poland−0.4331%
2021Poland−1.4341%
2020Poland−1.1916%
2019Poland−0.0244%
2018Poland−0.0002%
2017Poland+0.0125%
2016Poland−0.043%
2015Poland−0.0666%
2014Poland−0.0748%
2013Poland−0.0604%
2012Poland−0.0002%
2011Poland+0.0538%
2010Poland−0.2856%
2009Poland+0.0678%
2008Poland+0.0136%
2007Poland−0.0543%
2006Poland−0.0634%
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-07-13
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Indicator code in source
SP.POP.GROW
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Population growth”. World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.GROW), 1961–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 97264df1e0cf207801c55e28079afe0e61a7b7f75b5aa10113f958a1a8e064b3. https://longseries.com/en/d/population-growth/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Spain; lowest — Japan

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearSpain2025+1.0311%+1%
World2025+0.9113%+0.9%
India2025+0.8872%+0.9%
United States2025+0.5225%+0.5%
Netherlands2025+0.5219%+0.5%
Brazil2025+0.3832%+0.4%
United Kingdom2025+0.2969%+0.3%
Sweden2025+0.2543%+0.3%
Remaining locations (7)

About this series

Annual population change in percent across countries and the world. Each row carries the year, country, and value.

Indicator definition

Annual population growth rate combining natural increase and net migration. The percentage alone does not distinguish between birth rates and migration flows — see Fertility and Net migration.

How to read the data

Poland is already negative (~−0.3% in 2025). Germany is near zero. The US ~0.5%, the world ~0.9% — slower than the 1960s. Do not confuse this with GDP growth.

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