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Poland: Poland People Profile 2011

2010/06/11

Between 2010 and 2030 the population of Poland will be both ageing and declining. After a brief resurgence in the 2010s total population will fall to 37.4 million in 2030 - a decline of 2.3% from its 1997 peak. The median age will first reach 40 years in 2017. The proportion of foreign citizens is very low but emigration particularly to other EU countries has been a major driver of population change in recent years.

Population

Value:

38 463 689

Date:

July. 2010

Comparison to the world:

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

14.8% (male 2,931,732/female 2,769,021)

Year:

2010

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

71.7% (male 13,725,939/female 13,863,103)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

13.5% (male 1,971,763/female 3,202,131) (2010 est.)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

38.2 years

Year:

2010

Name:

male

Value:

36.5 years

Name:

female

Value:

40 years

Population growth rate

Value:

-0,053%

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

204

Birth rate

Value:

10.04 births/1,000 population

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

193

Death rate

Value:

10.1 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July. 2010

Comparison to the world:

Net migration rate

Value:

—0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

107

Urbanization

Urban population:

61% of total population

Rate of urbanization:

-0.3% annual rate of change

Sex ratio

Range:

at brith

Value:

1.061 male(s)/female

Year:

2010

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.06 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

0.99 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.62 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

0.94 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

6.66 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

174

Male value:

7.38 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

5.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2010

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

75.85 years

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

71.88 years

Female value:

80.06 years

Year:

2010

Total fertility rate

Value:

1.29 children born/woman

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

209

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

0.1%; note - no country specific models provided

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

126

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

20 000

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

fewer than 200

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

120

Nationality

Noun:

Pole(s)

Adjective:

Polish

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7%</p>

Religions

Value:

Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3%

Languages

Languages info:

Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2%

Year:

2002

Literacy

Definition:

age 15 and over can read and write

Total population:

99,8%

Male:

99,8%

Female:

99,7%

Year:

2003

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Total:

15 years

Male:

15 years

Female:

16 years

Year:

2006

Education expenditures

Value:

5.5% of GDP

Comparison to the world:

Year:

2005

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