The demographics of Poland constitute all demographic features of the population of Poland including population density , ethnicity , education level, the health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. As of 31 December , the population of Poland was 37,,, [ 1 ] while the usually resident population was 36,, The population density was people per square kilometer.
The proportion of the population residing in urban areas was The sex ratio was women per men, per in urban areas, and per in rural areas. The median age was nearly 43 years over 41 years for males and over 44 years for females. According to the census by the Polish Central Statistical Office GUS , as of March 31, , Poland had an official population of 38,,, [ 3 ] a decrease of 0.
The difference between official and usually resident population comes from two different methodologies used by GUS for population counts. As of the census, there were 1,, of them in Poland. Poland's population has been growing quickly after World War II , during which the country lost millions of citizens. Population passed 38 million in the late s and has since then stagnated within the In , the average life expectancy was Population distribution is uneven, with densely populated south, moderately populated center and south-east and scarcely populated north.
It hosted the largest Jewish community in Europe, with Warsaw being the largest concentration of Jews in the world besides New York City.
In the eastern parts of the country, Ukrainians and Belarusians often outnumbered Poles , while in the west there were large German communities. After the war, Poland became an ethnically homogeneous country. However, in the last decade Poland witnessed a mass-scale migration to the country, mostly from the neighboring Ukraine and Belarus and increasingly from Central, South Asia and the Middle East.
