Poland - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Poland was 37,899,070 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38,663,480 in 1998 and a minimum value of 29,637,450 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 29,637,450
1961 29,964,000
1962 30,308,500
1963 30,712,000
1964 31,139,450
1965 31,444,950
1966 31,681,000
1967 31,987,160
1968 32,294,660
1969 32,548,300
1970 32,664,300
1971 32,783,500
1972 33,055,650
1973 33,357,200
1974 33,678,900
1975 34,015,200
1976 34,356,300
1977 34,689,050
1978 34,965,600
1979 35,247,220
1980 35,574,150
1981 35,898,590
1982 36,230,480
1983 36,571,810
1984 36,904,140
1985 37,201,880
1986 37,456,120
1987 37,668,040
1988 37,824,490
1989 37,961,530
1990 38,110,780
1991 38,246,190
1992 38,363,670
1993 38,461,410
1994 38,542,650
1995 38,595,000
1996 38,624,370
1997 38,649,660
1998 38,663,480
1999 38,660,270
2000 38,258,630
2001 38,248,080
2002 38,230,360
2003 38,204,570
2004 38,182,220
2005 38,165,440
2006 38,141,270
2007 38,120,560
2008 38,125,760
2009 38,151,600
2010 38,042,790
2011 38,063,260
2012 38,063,160
2013 38,040,200
2014 38,011,740
2015 37,986,410
2016 37,970,090
2017 37,974,820
2018 37,974,750
2019 37,965,480
2020 37,899,070

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population