The largest city in Poland in terms of population was the capital, ******, in 2024, with more than **** million inhabitants. Kraków and Wrocław followed it.

This statistic shows the biggest cities in Poland in 2023. In 2023, approximately **** million people lived in Warsaw, making it the biggest city in Poland.

The largest city in Poland in terms of area was Gdańsk in 2024, with *** square kilometers. Followed by the capital, Warsaw, and Gdynia.

Poland PL: Population in Largest City data was reported at 1,758,551.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,749,352.000 Person for 2016. Poland PL: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 1,618,666.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,758,551.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 1,119,181.000 Person in 1960. Poland PL: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Poland – Table PL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

Actual value and historical data chart for Poland Population In Largest City

Poland PL: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 7.704 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.656 % for 2016. Poland PL: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 7.389 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.885 % in 1960 and a record low of 6.959 % in 1995. Poland PL: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Poland – Table PL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted average;

In the observed period, the average temperature among the ten biggest cities in Poland increased. Wrocław had the highest average temperature, reaching over 11 degrees Celsius in 2023.

In 2024, Poznań had the most parking spaces in relation to its population of all cities with more than ******* inhabitants in Poland. There were almost * parking spaces per 1,000 inhabitants. The Polish capital Warszawa (Warsaw) had the most parking spaces in absolute terms with *****, while Wrocław had the most parking garages with **. The worst parking situation for people was in Lublin, where there were only *** parking spaces, which amounted to *** parking spaces per 1,000 residents.

Dataset containing distance data from every medium size city in Poland to closest one large city and metropolis

The dataset contains apartment sales and rent offers from the 15 largest cities in Poland (Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Katowice, Bialystok, Czestochowa). The data comes from local websites with apartments for sale. To fully capture the neighborhood of each apartment better, each offer was extended by data from the Open Street Map with distances to points of interest (POI). The data is collected monthly and covers a timespan between August 2023 and June 2024

Related work:

• Apartment for Sale in Poland - Data analysis
• Apartment for Sale in Poland - Deep Learning Model

Description

Files

• apartments_pl_YYYY_MM.csv - monthly snapshot of sell offers
• apartments_rent_pl_YYYY_MM.csv - a monthly snapshot of rent offers

Data Fields

• city - the name of the city where the property is located
• type - type of the building
• squareMeters - the size of the apartment in square meters
• rooms - number of rooms in the apartment
• floor / floorCount - the floor where the apartment is located and the total number of floors in the building
• buildYear - the year when the building was built
• latitude, longitude - geo coordinate of the property
• centreDistance - distance from the city centre in km
• poiCount - number of points of interest in 500m range from the apartment (schools, clinics, post offices, kindergartens, restaurants, colleges, pharmacies)
• [poiName]Distance - distance to the nearest point of interest (schools, clinics, post offices, kindergartens, restaurants, colleges, pharmacies)
• ownership - the type of property ownership
• condition - the condition of the apartment
• has[features] - whether the property has key features such as assigned parking space, balcony, elevator, security, storage room
• price - offer price in Polish Zloty
  • apartments_pl_YYYY_MM.csv: sale price
  • apartments_rent_pl_YYYY_MM.csv: monthly rent

In 2023, one of the ten biggest cities in Poland that noted the highest total annual atmospheric precipitation was Katowice, reaching 829 millimeters of precipitation. All the cities recorded an increase in precipitation compared to the previous year.

This horizontal bar chart displays death rate (per 1,000 people) by capital city using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Poland. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

This horizontal bar chart displays inflation (annual %) by capital city using the aggregation median in Poland. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

This horizontal bar chart displays news by news link using the aggregation count. The data is filtered where the entities includes cities and the keywords includes Farms-Poland-History.

In 2025, according to data provided by StartupBlink, the top city for startups in Poland was Warsaw, with a total score of ****. Wroclaw and Krakow followed.

Gdańsk won the ranking of the cities in Poland, where one travels most by bike. In 2020, the number of bicycle kilometers cycled there amounted to over 801 thousand kilometers. In the Polish capital, Warsaw cyclists traveled 246 thousand kilometers less than in Gdansk.

The top 5 Airbnb markets in 2025 are: 1. Warsaw - Lenient regulations, 9,408 listings, 67% occupancy rate, €72 daily rate. See other places.

This horizontal bar chart displays news by classification using the aggregation count. The data is filtered where the entities includes cities and the keywords includes Farms-Poland-History.

Radio RMF FM was the leading radio station in the largest cities in Poland, with a listenership rate of 18.5 percent in 2023. Compared to overall radio listenership in Poland, the leading radio stations - Radio RMF FM and Radio Zet - had a much lower reach in big cities, whereas Radio Tok FM was more popular.

PL：最大城市人口在12-01-2017达1,758,551.000人，相较于12-01-2016的1,749,352.000人有所增长。PL：最大城市人口数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为1,618,666.000人，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2017，达1,758,551.000人，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1960，为1,119,181.000人。CEIC提供的PL：最大城市人口数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的波兰 – 表 PL.世界银行：人口和城市化进程统计。