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World population has grown from 3 to 8 billion since 1960. Poland is growing more slowly and has recorded a declining population in recent years.

36.4M peoplePoland · 2025

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13
population
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID 49766010d676Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 1960–2025; observations: 66; missing years: 0

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

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66 rows for Poland

Time range:
27.5M30M32.5M35M37.5M40M1960197019801990200020102020202536.4M
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Poland

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Poland

29.6M→36.4M

Total change
+22.9 %
Annual growth (CAGR)
+0.3 %
Period
1960–2025

Poland: 29.6M (1960) → 36.4M (2025). Change of +22.9 % over 65 years. Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +0.3 % per year.

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Population — Poland
YearCountryValue
2025Poland36,435,861 people
2024Poland36,559,233 people
2023Poland36,687,353 people
2022Poland36,821,749 people
2021Poland36,981,559 people
2020Poland37,515,748 people
2019Poland37,965,475 people
2018Poland37,974,750 people
2017Poland37,974,826 people
2016Poland37,970,087 people
2015Poland37,986,412 people
2014Poland38,011,735 people
2013Poland38,040,196 people
2012Poland38,063,164 people
2011Poland38,063,255 people
2010Poland38,042,794 people
2009Poland38,151,603 people
2008Poland38,125,759 people
2007Poland38,120,560 people
2006Poland38,141,267 people
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.TOTL
Unit of measure
people
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Population”. World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.TOTL), 1960–2025, 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: 49766010d676acc6343150b906c21f75c9b296d608f13f91a1fcd704f9fcdc1f. https://longseries.com/en/d/world-population/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — India; lowest — Sweden

Only the first rows are shown here. Use “Remaining locations” below for the full list.

15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
World20258,215,424,893 people8.2B people
Highest value in the comparable yearIndia20251,463,865,525 people1.5B people
China20251,406,585,000 people1.4B people
United States2025341,784,857 people341.8M people
Brazil2025212,812,405 people212.8M people
Japan2025123,366,734 people123.4M people
Germany202583,491,249 people83.5M people
United Kingdom202569,487,000 people69.5M people
Remaining locations (7)

About this series

Time series of population figures from 1960 for multiple countries and the world. The full list of available places is shown in the table below. Source attribution and licence are provided directly on the page.

Indicator definition

Mid-year population stock, not an annual growth rate. For the pace of change see Population growth; for family and urbanization see Fertility and Urban population.

How to read the data

World population grew from roughly 3.0 to over 8.2 billion. Poland’s population rose from 29.6 to 36.4 million before declining in recent years, while the US expanded steadily from 181 to 342 million. Complement with net migration Net migration.

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