In 2024, the number of live births in Poland was the lowest since 2017 and amounted to *** per 1,000 population. The highest rate was recorded in 1950 when the number of births per **** people was nearly **. Population in Poland Since 2010, the year in which the census was conducted in Poland, the population has been gradually and systematically decreasing. The society has reduced by ******* since 2010. Many factors influence this state. Both the birth and death rate and the migration rate. When analyzing the birth and death rate, one must consider both the size of the group of women at reproductive age, the number of elderly, and the fertility rate. The latter can be stimulated by an increase in household income as well as by social transfers, such as the government program for families with children called “500+”. It is predicted that by **** the population of Poland will decline to over **** million people. Situation of Polish families In developed countries, the financial situation plays a key role in family planning. The average family in Poland had **** people in 2023, and since 2010 this indicator has been systematically decreasing. Although the financial situation of Poles is improving every year, their increasing costs of living, lack of stability, and awareness of investments related to having a family make Poles postpone their decision on parenthood. The government's “500 plus” family support program was designed to help Polish families with children to develop further. However, recent surveys of birth rates indicate that this goal has not been fully achieved.

The fertility rate of a country is the average number of children that women from that country will have throughout their reproductive years. From 1800 until today, Poland's fertility rate has gradually declined, however it was very sporadic along the way. Poland's fertility rate reached it's highest point in the early 1860s, where it was 6.4 children per woman. Between 1795 and the end of the First World War there was no official country of Poland, and this is a tumultuous time in the area's history, and many different factors would have affected the fertility rate. In the Second World War, Poland's lost a higher percentage of people than any other nation in the world, and the fertility rate dropped to just over 3 children per woman during this time. Poland did experience a brief 'baby boom' during the two decades after the war, before the rate fell to it's lowest point ever in 2005, where it was below 1.3 children per woman, and this number is expected to rise slightly by 2020, to 1.4.

In Poland, the crude birth rate in 1800 was 43.6 live births per thousand people, meaning that approximately 4.4 percent of the population had been born in that year. Throughout Poland's history, including the area of modern-day Poland that did not exist as a state until 1918, the crude birth rate has gradually decreased over the past 220 years, however it did fluctuate greatly over this period. In the nineteenth century, modern-day Poland was a part of many other states and empires, such as Austria, Germany, Lithuania and Russia, and the crude birth rate fluctuated between 38 and 48 throughout this period. In the twentieth century, Poland's crude birth rate declined, particularly before and during both World Wars, and in both cases there was a baby boom in the aftermath of the war. The rate did grow in the 1970s and 80s, however the fall of communism in 1989 caused the birth rate to drop again, reaching its lowest point of 9.4 in 2005. Since 2005, the crude birth rate has increased above ten again, but is expected to drop to 9.9 in 2020.

Historical dataset showing Poland birth rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

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Actual value and historical data chart for Poland Fertility Rate Total Births Per Woman

Poland PL: Crude Birth Rate: per 1000 Persons data was reported at 8.300 NA in 2050. This stayed constant from the previous number of 8.300 NA for 2049. Poland PL: Crude Birth Rate: per 1000 Persons data is updated yearly, averaging 9.000 NA from Jun 1989 (Median) to 2050, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.900 NA in 1989 and a record low of 7.600 NA in 2031. Poland PL: Crude Birth Rate: per 1000 Persons data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Poland – Table PL.US Census Bureau: Demographic Projection.

The fertility rate in Poland in 2023 reached **** children per woman, a decrease over the previous year.

Poland PL: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data was reported at 1.320 Ratio in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.320 Ratio for 2015. Poland PL: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data is updated yearly, averaging 2.130 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.980 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 1.220 Ratio in 2003. Poland PL: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman 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: Health Statistics. Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: it can indicate the status of women within households and a woman’s decision about the number and spacing of children.

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Historical dataset showing Poland fertility rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

Poland PL: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data was reported at 10.100 Ratio in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.700 Ratio for 2015. Poland PL: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 15.600 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.600 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 9.200 Ratio in 2003. Poland PL: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People 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. Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

Actual value and historical data chart for Poland Birth Rate Crude Per 1 000 People

This scatter chart displays birth rate (per 1,000 people) against fertility rate (births per woman) in Poland. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

This dataset is about countries per year in Poland. It has 64 rows. It features 3 columns: country, and birth rate.

Graph and download economic data for Adolescent Fertility Rate for Poland (SPADOTFRTPOL) from 1960 to 2023 about 15 to 19 years, fertility, Poland, and rate.

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

In 2023, the total fertility rate in children per woman in Poland stood at 1.16. Between 1960 and 2023, the figure dropped by 1.82, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

In 2023, the regions of Masovian (Mazowieckie), and Lesser Poland (Małopolskie), and Pomeria (Pomorskie) had the highest birth rate per 1,000 people in Poland.

In 2023, almost half of the Polish respondents stated that the cause of low fertility in Poland is that people do not want to have children. They prefer to live a comfortable life and focus on their own needs. It was followed by ** percent of Poles who thought that maintaining a child is expensive and requires a lot of money.