The figure fell to 1.1 in 2024, well below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 needed to prevent population decline.
demographics
Annual births in Poland hit new postwar low as population decline accelerates
2024 was the 12th year in a row in which deaths have exceeded births.
We can only do this thanks to your support!
We are an independent, nonprofit media outlet, funded through the support of our readers.
If you appreciate the work we do, please consider helping us to continue and expand it.
Poland’s population to shrink 23% by 2100 and old-age dependency ratio to double
The predicted population decline would have been even greater were it not for an assumed net migration of 5.3 million people to Poland.
Lowest number of births since WWII in Poland last year
Last year was the tenth in a row in which deaths outnumbered births.
Census will bring Poland demographic clarity amid falling births and rising immigration
Tim Judah
It will show to what extent Poland is becoming like a rich western country.
A quarter of children in Poland born out of wedlock as Poles increasingly marry later or not at all
In the early 1990s, less than 7% of children were born outside marriage.
Poland records biggest natural population drop since WW2
Yet experts are not surprised, warning that natalist policies need to help parents juggle duties
Migration, demographics, and history: Poland and Britain
Stanley Bill
Stanley Bill compares and contrasts the histories of immigration and attitudes towards the phenomenon in Poland and Britain.
