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Population in Palestine compared to Poland: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Palestine was 5,289,152 in 2024 vs 36,554,707 people in Poland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Palestine's population is 5,459,557 people compared to 36,176,920 in Poland.

Population statistics:

  • Poland's population is 6.63 times bigger than Palestine's.
  • Palestine is ranked the 122nd most populous country in the world, while Poland is the 46th.
  • The countries together account for 0.5% of the world: 0.07% for Palestine vs 0.44% for Poland.
  • For the last 10 years, Palestine has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs -0.36% in Poland.
  • Since 2005, the population of Palestine has increased from 3.32M people to 5.46M (64.4% growth), while Poland has declined from 38.2M to 36.2M (5.21% decline).
  • Palestine is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 11.1M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.

Palestine vs Poland: live population counter

Palestine Poland
Current population
5459557
36176920
Population rank 122/197 46/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.44%
One net population change
4.26 minutes
3.96 minutes
One birth every
3.76 minutes
1.94 minutes
One death every
14.1 minutes
1.29 minutes
One migration net change every
22.7 minutes
2.21 minutes
Annual migration change -23,145 -238,062
Daily growth/decline +338 -363
Annual growth/decline +123,377 -132,646
Annual growth/decline rate +2.39% -0.36%
Population growth rate rank 36/197 179/197

Palestine and Poland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Palestine
Population

Growth rate
Poland
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Palestine Poland Palestine Poland
1960 - 29,637,450 - -
1961 - 29,964,000 - 1.1%
1962 - 30,308,500 - 1.15%
1963 - 30,712,000 - 1.33%
1964 - 31,139,450 - 1.39%
1965 - 31,444,950 - 0.98%
1966 - 31,681,000 - 0.75%
1967 - 31,987,155 - 0.97%
1968 - 32,294,655 - 0.96%
1969 - 32,548,300 - 0.79%
1970 - 32,664,300 - 0.36%
1971 - 32,783,500 - 0.36%
1972 - 33,055,650 - 0.83%
1973 - 33,357,200 - 0.91%
1974 - 33,678,899 - 0.96%
1975 - 34,015,199 - 1%
1976 - 34,356,300 - 1%
1977 - 34,689,050 - 0.97%
1978 - 34,965,600 - 0.8%
1979 - 35,247,217 - 0.81%
1980 - 35,574,150 - 0.93%
1981 - 35,898,587 - 0.91%
1982 - 36,230,481 - 0.92%
1983 - 36,571,808 - 0.94%
1984 - 36,904,134 - 0.91%
1985 - 37,201,885 - 0.81%
1986 - 37,456,119 - 0.68%
1987 - 37,668,045 - 0.57%
1988 - 37,824,487 - 0.42%
1989 - 37,961,529 - 0.36%
1990 1,978,248 38,110,782 - 0.39%
1991 2,068,845 38,246,193 4.58% 0.36%
1992 2,163,591 38,363,667 4.58% 0.31%
1993 2,262,676 38,461,408 4.58% 0.25%
1994 2,366,298 38,542,652 4.58% 0.21%
1995 2,474,666 38,594,998 4.58% 0.14%
1996 2,587,997 38,624,370 4.58% 0.08%
1997 2,706,518 38,649,660 4.58% 0.07%
1998 2,776,568 38,663,481 2.59% 0.04%
1999 2,848,431 38,660,271 2.59% -0.008%
2000 2,922,153 38,258,629 2.59% -1.04%
2001 2,997,784 38,248,076 2.59% -0.03%
2002 3,075,373 38,230,364 2.59% -0.05%
2003 3,154,969 38,204,570 2.59% -0.07%
2004 3,236,626 38,182,222 2.59% -0.06%
2005 3,320,396 38,165,445 2.59% -0.04%
2006 3,406,334 38,141,267 2.59% -0.06%
2007 3,494,496 38,120,560 2.59% -0.05%
2008 3,591,977 38,125,759 2.79% 0.01%
2009 3,689,099 38,151,603 2.7% 0.07%
2010 3,786,161 38,042,794 2.63% -0.29%
2011 3,882,986 38,063,255 2.56% 0.05%
2012 3,979,998 38,063,164 2.5% -0%
2013 4,076,708 38,040,196 2.43% -0.06%
2014 4,173,398 38,011,735 2.37% -0.07%
2015 4,270,092 37,986,412 2.32% -0.07%
2016 4,367,088 37,970,087 2.27% -0.04%
2017 4,454,805 37,974,826 2.01% 0.01%
2018 4,569,087 37,974,750 2.57% -0%
2019 4,685,306 37,965,475 2.54% -0.02%
2020 4,803,269 37,515,748 2.52% -1.18%
2021 4,922,749 36,981,559 2.49% -1.42%
2022 5,043,612 36,821,749 2.46% -0.43%
2023 5,165,775 36,687,353 2.42% -0.36%
2024 5,289,152 36,554,707 2.39% -0.36%
2025 5,379,801 36,176,920 1.71% -1.03%
2026 5,479,090 35,894,534 1.85% -0.78%
2027 5,582,345 35,753,988 1.88% -0.39%
2028 5,684,855 35,605,295 1.84% -0.42%
2029 5,787,948 35,447,860 1.81% -0.44%
2030 5,892,492 35,283,068 1.81% -0.46%
2031 5,998,645 35,111,838 1.8% -0.49%
2032 6,106,047 34,934,626 1.79% -0.5%
2033 6,215,922 34,753,118 1.8% -0.52%
2034 6,327,947 34,567,292 1.8% -0.53%
2035 6,441,493 34,377,478 1.79% -0.55%
2036 6,555,481 34,183,187 1.77% -0.57%
2037 6,669,212 33,984,777 1.73% -0.58%
2038 6,783,431 33,782,992 1.71% -0.59%
2039 6,899,866 33,577,269 1.72% -0.61%
2040 7,018,099 33,368,049 1.71% -0.62%
2041 7,135,825 33,156,329 1.68% -0.63%
2042 7,253,328 32,941,367 1.65% -0.65%
2043 7,369,647 32,722,775 1.6% -0.66%
2044 7,484,632 32,501,991 1.56% -0.67%
2045 7,598,729 32,278,695 1.52% -0.69%
2046 7,710,259 32,052,771 1.47% -0.7%
2047 7,818,786 31,824,481 1.41% -0.71%
2048 7,925,101 31,593,911 1.36% -0.72%
2049 8,029,929 31,360,713 1.32% -0.74%
2050 8,134,618 31,124,396 1.3% -0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palestine increased by 949,696 people (a 28.6% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palestine gained 1,189,465 (a 27.9% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).

Palestine was ranked 127th most populous country in 2005 and is 122nd 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) Palestine's population will grow by 49% to 8,134,618 people with a rank change from 122nd to 112th. The population of Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.

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