1. PopulationPoland

   Poland: the UN expects the population to shrink by 50% by 2100

   38.8M in 2023; 19.3M in 2100 in the UN's medium variant. Between 11.5M and 28.5M with 95% probability. A calculation under assumptions about fertility and migration, not a certainty.

   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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