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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

województwo	capital	area (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 Dolnośląskie	Wrocław	19,946.74	2,988,278	2,893,055	2,876,641
Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie	Bydgoszcz	17,971.69	2,092,977	2,068,258	2,068,809
Województwo Łódzkie	Łódź	18,218.88	2,687,761	2,587,702	2,545,493
Województwo Lubelskie	Lublin	25,122.50	2,244,628	2,185,562	2,159,800
Województwo Lubuskie	Zielona Góra	13,987.88	922,593	1,009,168	1,009,621
Województwo Małopolskie	Kraków	15,182.79	3,191,578	3,260,201	3,292,805
Województwo Mazowieckie	Warszawa	35,558.19	5,060,091	5,145,591	5,213,855
Województwo Opolskie	Opole	9,411.88	1,093,172	1,051,531	1,031,922
Województwo Podkarpackie	Rzeszów	17,845.73	2,097,283	2,097,975	2,100,389
Województwo Podlaskie	Białystok	20,187.01	1,221,877	1,202,425	1,190,828
Województwo Pomorskie	Gdańsk	18,310.05	2,165,684	2,194,041	2,224,942
Województwo Śląskie	Katowice	12,333.08	4,914,852	4,700,771	4,642,942
Województwo Świętokrzyskie	Kielce	11,710.53	1,331,481	1,288,693	1,271,213
Województwo Warmińsko-Mazurskie	Olsztyn	24,173.46	1,452,423	1,428,714	1,427,671
Województwo Wielkopolskie	Poznań	29,826.49	3,331,941	3,365,283	3,403,174
Województwo Zachodniopomorskie	Szczecin	22,892.48	1,720,782	1,694,865	1,693,284
total		312,679.38	38,517,401	38,173,835	38,153,389

Main cities

name	population 2002-05-20 census	population 2005-01-01 estimate	population 2009-06-30 estimate	latitude / longitude
Warszawa [EN Warsaw]	1,671,670	1,692,854	1,711,466	52.28/21.08
Kraków	758,544	757,430	754,854	50.08/19.92
Łódź	789,318	774,004	744,541	51.75/19.47
Wrocław	640,367	636,268	632,240	51.10/17.03
Poznań	578,886	570,828	556,022	52.42/16.97
Gdańsk	461,334	459,072	455,830	54.35/18.67
Szczecin	415,399	411,900	406,427	53.42/14.58
Bydgoszcz	373,804	368,235	358,029	53.15/18.00
Lublin	357,110	355,998	350,392	51.25/22.57
Katowice	327,222	319,904	308,724	50.27/19.02
Białystok	291,383	292,150	294,399	53.13/23.08
Gdynia	253,458	253,324	248,889	54.50/18.55
Częstochowa	251,436	248,032	240,027	50.80/19.12
Radom	229,699	228,192	223,914	51.42/21.15
Sosnowiec	232,622	227,613	220,450	50.29/19.10
Toruń	211,243	208,278	205,934	53.03/18.60
Kielce	212,429	209,455	204,891	50.83/20.67
Gliwice	203,814	200,361	196,361	50.28/18.67
Zabrze	195,293	192,546	188,122	50.32/18.78
Bytom	193,546	189,535	183,251	50.35/18.97
Olsztyn	173,102	173,850	176,387	53.78/20.48
Bielsko-Biała	178,028	176,987	175,513	49.82/19.03
Rzeszów	160,376	159,020	172,813	50.05/22.00
Ruda Śląska	150,595	147,403	143,583	50.25/18.85
Rybnik	142,731	141,755	141,387	50.10/18.55
Tychy	132,816	131,547	129,527	50.13/18.98
Dąbrowa Górnicza	132,236	130,789	128,040	50.33/19.20
Płock	128,361	127,655	126,675	52.55/19.70
Elbląg	128,134	127,566	126,432	54.17/19.38
Opole	129,946	128,864	125,992	50.67/17.95
Gorzów Wielkopolski	125,914	125,578	125,149	52.73/15.23
Wałbrzych	130,268	127,841	121,919	50.77/16.28
Włocławek	121,229	120,369	117,785	52.65/19.03
Zielona Góra	118,293	118,516	117,557	51.93/15.50
Tarnów	119,913	118,267	115,341	50.01/20.98
Chorzów	117,430	115,241	113,162	50.30/18.97
Koszalin	108,709	107,773	107,217	54.20/16.18
Kalisz	109,498	108,792	106,829	51.77/18.09
Legnica	107,100	106,143	104,393	51.20/16.20
Grudziądz	100,376	99,827	99,003
Słupsk	99,943	98,757	97,174
Jaworzno	96,826	96,476	95,124
Jastrzębie-Zdrój	97,116	96,009	93,455
Jelenia Góra	89,339	87,643	85,095
Nowy Sącz	84,477	84,463	84,558
Konin	82,353	81,266	79,622
Piotrków Trybunalski	80,979	80,085	78,073
Siedlce	76,656	77,017	77,246
Inowrocław	77,986	77,509	76,168
source: Glowny Urzad Statystyczny (Central Statistical Office), Warsaw.