1. ForecastsPoland

   Poland: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected women to have more children

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 1.70 for 2020–2025; the outcome was 1.24 (−27%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 1.48 for 2025; the outcome was 1.07 (−28%).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Poland: an older population than the UK
• Poland: higher GDP per person than Russia
• Poland and Russia: women born in 1974 had almost the same number of children, but 19% and 10% stayed childless
• Poland: fewer babies die than in the US
• Poland: more people now die than are born
• Poland: half as many marriages as in 2008

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