Demographic profile
Poland is the 42nd most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.45% of everyone alive. Within Eastern Europe, it ranks 2 of 10.
Each day brings roughly 866 births and 1,269 deaths — a net decline of about 147,192 people a year. At -0.39% annually, the population would halve in roughly 179 years if the trend held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Podlaskie, holding an estimated 24.7% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 16 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 99.8% and adult smoking prevalence around 24.0%, with life expectancy at about 73.2 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Poland in 2026? Approximately 37,693,496 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Poland shrinking? About -0.39% per year — roughly 866 births and 1,269 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Poland? Around 0.45% — ranked 42 worldwide by population.