The latest officially reported population of Italy was 58,986,023 in 2024 vs 36,554,707 people in Poland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Italy's population is 58,790,597 people compared to 36,176,920 in Poland.
Population statistics:
- Italy's population is 1.63 times bigger than Poland's.
- Italy is ranked the 25th most populous country in the world, while Poland is the 46th.
- The countries together account for 1.15% of the world: 0.71% for Italy vs 0.44% for Poland.
- For the last 10 years, Italy has had an average growth rate of -0.2% per year vs -0.36% in Poland.
- Since 2005, the population of Italy has increased from 58.2M people to 58.8M (1.07% growth), while Poland has declined from 38.2M to 36.2M (5.21% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 29.6% of the population in Italy and 33.1% in Poland.
Italy vs Poland: live population counter
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| Current population |
58790597
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36176920
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| Population rank | 25/197 | 46/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.71% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
1.18 hours
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3.96 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
47.7 seconds
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1.29 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.52 minutes
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2.21 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +95,246 | -238,062 |
| Daily growth/decline | -20 | -363 |
| Annual growth/decline | -7,452 | -132,646 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.01% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 166/197 | 179/197 |
Italy and Poland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 50,199,700 | 29,637,450 | - | - |
| 1961 | 50,536,350 | 29,964,000 | 0.67% | 1.1% |
| 1962 | 50,879,450 | 30,308,500 | 0.68% | 1.15% |
| 1963 | 51,252,000 | 30,712,000 | 0.73% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 51,675,350 | 31,139,450 | 0.83% | 1.39% |
| 1965 | 52,112,350 | 31,444,950 | 0.85% | 0.98% |
| 1966 | 52,519,000 | 31,681,000 | 0.78% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 52,900,500 | 31,987,155 | 0.73% | 0.97% |
| 1968 | 53,235,750 | 32,294,655 | 0.63% | 0.96% |
| 1969 | 53,537,950 | 32,548,300 | 0.57% | 0.79% |
| 1970 | 53,821,850 | 32,664,300 | 0.53% | 0.36% |
| 1971 | 54,073,490 | 32,783,500 | 0.47% | 0.36% |
| 1972 | 54,381,345 | 33,055,650 | 0.57% | 0.83% |
| 1973 | 54,751,406 | 33,357,200 | 0.68% | 0.91% |
| 1974 | 55,110,868 | 33,678,899 | 0.66% | 0.96% |
| 1975 | 55,441,001 | 34,015,199 | 0.6% | 1% |
| 1976 | 55,718,260 | 34,356,300 | 0.5% | 1% |
| 1977 | 55,955,411 | 34,689,050 | 0.43% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 56,155,143 | 34,965,600 | 0.36% | 0.8% |
| 1979 | 56,317,749 | 35,247,217 | 0.29% | 0.81% |
| 1980 | 56,433,883 | 35,574,150 | 0.21% | 0.93% |
| 1981 | 56,501,675 | 35,898,587 | 0.12% | 0.91% |
| 1982 | 56,543,548 | 36,230,481 | 0.07% | 0.92% |
| 1983 | 56,564,074 | 36,571,808 | 0.04% | 0.94% |
| 1984 | 56,576,718 | 36,904,134 | 0.02% | 0.91% |
| 1985 | 56,593,071 | 37,201,885 | 0.03% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 56,596,155 | 37,456,119 | 0.005% | 0.68% |
| 1987 | 56,601,931 | 37,668,045 | 0.01% | 0.57% |
| 1988 | 56,629,288 | 37,824,487 | 0.05% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 56,671,781 | 37,961,529 | 0.08% | 0.36% |
| 1990 | 56,719,240 | 38,110,782 | 0.08% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 56,758,521 | 38,246,193 | 0.07% | 0.36% |
| 1992 | 56,797,087 | 38,363,667 | 0.07% | 0.31% |
| 1993 | 56,831,821 | 38,461,408 | 0.06% | 0.25% |
| 1994 | 56,843,400 | 38,542,652 | 0.02% | 0.21% |
| 1995 | 56,844,303 | 38,594,998 | 0.002% | 0.14% |
| 1996 | 56,860,281 | 38,624,370 | 0.03% | 0.08% |
| 1997 | 56,890,372 | 38,649,660 | 0.05% | 0.07% |
| 1998 | 56,906,744 | 38,663,481 | 0.03% | 0.04% |
| 1999 | 56,916,317 | 38,660,271 | 0.02% | -0.008% |
| 2000 | 56,942,108 | 38,258,629 | 0.05% | -1.04% |
| 2001 | 56,976,981 | 38,248,076 | 0.06% | -0.03% |
| 2002 | 57,089,824 | 38,230,364 | 0.2% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 57,399,184 | 38,204,570 | 0.54% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 57,828,179 | 38,182,222 | 0.75% | -0.06% |
| 2005 | 58,166,682 | 38,165,445 | 0.59% | -0.04% |
| 2006 | 58,399,861 | 38,141,267 | 0.4% | -0.06% |
| 2007 | 58,756,247 | 38,120,560 | 0.61% | -0.05% |
| 2008 | 59,211,181 | 38,125,759 | 0.77% | 0.01% |
| 2009 | 59,555,454 | 38,151,603 | 0.58% | 0.07% |
| 2010 | 59,819,407 | 38,042,794 | 0.44% | -0.29% |
| 2011 | 60,026,841 | 38,063,255 | 0.35% | 0.05% |
| 2012 | 60,191,247 | 38,063,164 | 0.27% | -0% |
| 2013 | 60,311,613 | 38,040,196 | 0.2% | -0.06% |
| 2014 | 60,320,707 | 38,011,735 | 0.02% | -0.07% |
| 2015 | 60,229,605 | 37,986,412 | -0.15% | -0.07% |
| 2016 | 60,115,223 | 37,970,087 | -0.19% | -0.04% |
| 2017 | 60,002,252 | 37,974,826 | -0.19% | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 60,148,658 | 37,974,750 | 0.24% | -0% |
| 2019 | 59,729,081 | 37,965,475 | -0.7% | -0.02% |
| 2020 | 59,438,851 | 37,515,748 | -0.49% | -1.18% |
| 2021 | 59,133,173 | 36,981,559 | -0.51% | -1.42% |
| 2022 | 59,013,667 | 36,821,749 | -0.2% | -0.43% |
| 2023 | 58,993,475 | 36,687,353 | -0.03% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 58,986,023 | 36,554,707 | -0.01% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 58,790,597 | 36,176,920 | -0.33% | -1.03% |
| 2026 | 58,571,823 | 35,894,534 | -0.37% | -0.78% |
| 2027 | 58,335,864 | 35,753,988 | -0.4% | -0.39% |
| 2028 | 58,094,373 | 35,605,295 | -0.41% | -0.42% |
| 2029 | 57,851,042 | 35,447,860 | -0.42% | -0.44% |
| 2030 | 57,597,622 | 35,283,068 | -0.44% | -0.46% |
| 2031 | 57,333,277 | 35,111,838 | -0.46% | -0.49% |
| 2032 | 57,071,235 | 34,934,626 | -0.46% | -0.5% |
| 2033 | 56,812,747 | 34,753,118 | -0.45% | -0.52% |
| 2034 | 56,548,816 | 34,567,292 | -0.46% | -0.53% |
| 2035 | 56,279,536 | 34,377,478 | -0.48% | -0.55% |
| 2036 | 56,009,844 | 34,183,187 | -0.48% | -0.57% |
| 2037 | 55,737,477 | 33,984,777 | -0.49% | -0.58% |
| 2038 | 55,460,735 | 33,782,992 | -0.5% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 55,177,508 | 33,577,269 | -0.51% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 54,889,107 | 33,368,049 | -0.52% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 54,601,628 | 33,156,329 | -0.52% | -0.63% |
| 2042 | 54,307,412 | 32,941,367 | -0.54% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 53,997,106 | 32,722,775 | -0.57% | -0.66% |
| 2044 | 53,679,603 | 32,501,991 | -0.59% | -0.67% |
| 2045 | 53,357,669 | 32,278,695 | -0.6% | -0.69% |
| 2046 | 53,025,288 | 32,052,771 | -0.62% | -0.7% |
| 2047 | 52,680,150 | 31,824,481 | -0.65% | -0.71% |
| 2048 | 52,324,241 | 31,593,911 | -0.68% | -0.72% |
| 2049 | 51,959,050 | 31,360,713 | -0.7% | -0.74% |
| 2050 | 51,579,060 | 31,124,396 | -0.73% | -0.75% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Italy increased by 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Italy lost -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).
Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2005 and is 25th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Italy's population will shrink by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people with a rank change from 25th to 40th. The population of Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.
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Population differences between Italy and Poland
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| Life expectancy | 84 years | 79 years |
| Average age | 46.5 years | 42.7 years |
| Median age | 48.8 years | 42.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.9:51.1 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman |
| Population density | 517 ppl/mi² | 309 ppl/mi² |
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