Poland

Official name:
the Republic of Poland
Name in native language:
Polska
Capital:
Warszawa
ISO country code
PL
Nat. statistical agency:
Główny Urząd Statystyczny (Central Statistical Office)
Region:
Eastern Europe

Census Results

1921-09-30 : 27,176,717
1931-12-09 : 32,132,936
1946-02-14 : 23,929,757
1950-12-03 : 24,613,684
1960-12-06 : 29,405,729
1970-12-08 : 32,749,400
1978-12-07 : 35,061,450
1988-12-06 : 37,878,641
2002-05-20 : 38,230,000

the Republic of Poland

Administrative units

województwocapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1995-12-31
estimate
population
2005-01-01
estimate
population
2009-06-30
estimate
source: Glowny Urzad Statystyczny (Central Statistical Office), Warsaw.
source: area - Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography (GUGiK) of Poland, changes to administrative division effective on January 1, 2010.
note: Powiat m. = miasto na prawach powiatu = city with powiat rights.
Województwo DolnośląskieWrocław19,946.742,988,2782,893,0552,876,641
Województwo Kujawsko-PomorskieBydgoszcz17,971.692,092,9772,068,2582,068,809
Województwo ŁódzkieŁódź18,218.882,687,7612,587,7022,545,493
Województwo LubelskieLublin25,122.502,244,6282,185,5622,159,800
Województwo LubuskieZielona Góra13,987.88922,5931,009,1681,009,621
Województwo MałopolskieKraków15,182.793,191,5783,260,2013,292,805
Województwo MazowieckieWarszawa35,558.195,060,0915,145,5915,213,855
Województwo OpolskieOpole9,411.881,093,1721,051,5311,031,922
Województwo PodkarpackieRzeszów17,845.732,097,2832,097,9752,100,389
Województwo PodlaskieBiałystok20,187.011,221,8771,202,4251,190,828
Województwo PomorskieGdańsk18,310.052,165,6842,194,0412,224,942
Województwo ŚląskieKatowice12,333.084,914,8524,700,7714,642,942
Województwo ŚwiętokrzyskieKielce11,710.531,331,4811,288,6931,271,213
Województwo Warmińsko-MazurskieOlsztyn24,173.461,452,4231,428,7141,427,671
Województwo WielkopolskiePoznań29,826.493,331,9413,365,2833,403,174
Województwo ZachodniopomorskieSzczecin22,892.481,720,7821,694,8651,693,284
total 312,679.3838,517,40138,173,83538,153,389

Main cities

namepopulation
2002-05-20
census
population
2005-01-01
estimate
population
2009-06-30
estimate
latitude /
longitude
Warszawa [EN Warsaw]1,671,6701,692,8541,711,46652.28/21.08
Kraków758,544757,430754,85450.08/19.92
Łódź789,318774,004744,54151.75/19.47
Wrocław640,367636,268632,24051.10/17.03
Poznań578,886570,828556,02252.42/16.97
Gdańsk461,334459,072455,83054.35/18.67
Szczecin415,399411,900406,42753.42/14.58
Bydgoszcz373,804368,235358,02953.15/18.00
Lublin357,110355,998350,39251.25/22.57
Katowice327,222319,904308,72450.27/19.02
Białystok291,383292,150294,39953.13/23.08
Gdynia253,458253,324248,88954.50/18.55
Częstochowa251,436248,032240,02750.80/19.12
Radom229,699228,192223,91451.42/21.15
Sosnowiec232,622227,613220,45050.29/19.10
Toruń211,243208,278205,93453.03/18.60
Kielce212,429209,455204,89150.83/20.67
Gliwice203,814200,361196,36150.28/18.67
Zabrze195,293192,546188,12250.32/18.78
Bytom193,546189,535183,25150.35/18.97
Olsztyn173,102173,850176,38753.78/20.48
Bielsko-Biała178,028176,987175,51349.82/19.03
Rzeszów160,376159,020172,81350.05/22.00
Ruda Śląska150,595147,403143,58350.25/18.85
Rybnik142,731141,755141,38750.10/18.55
Tychy132,816131,547129,52750.13/18.98
Dąbrowa Górnicza132,236130,789128,04050.33/19.20
Płock128,361127,655126,67552.55/19.70
Elbląg128,134127,566126,43254.17/19.38
Opole129,946128,864125,99250.67/17.95
Gorzów Wielkopolski125,914125,578125,14952.73/15.23
Wałbrzych130,268127,841121,91950.77/16.28
Włocławek121,229120,369117,78552.65/19.03
Zielona Góra118,293118,516117,55751.93/15.50
Tarnów119,913118,267115,34150.01/20.98
Chorzów117,430115,241113,16250.30/18.97
Koszalin108,709107,773107,21754.20/16.18
Kalisz109,498108,792106,82951.77/18.09
Legnica107,100106,143104,39351.20/16.20
Grudziądz100,37699,82799,003 
Słupsk99,94398,75797,174 
Jaworzno96,82696,47695,124 
Jastrzębie-Zdrój97,11696,00993,455 
Jelenia Góra89,33987,64385,095 
Nowy Sącz84,47784,46384,558 
Konin82,35381,26679,622 
Piotrków Trybunalski80,97980,08578,073 
Siedlce76,65677,01777,246 
Inowrocław77,98677,50976,168 
source: Glowny Urzad Statystyczny (Central Statistical Office), Warsaw.