The latest officially reported population of Poland was 36,554,707 in 2024 vs 2,857,822 people in Qatar in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Poland's population is 36,176,920 people compared to 2,964,497 in Qatar.
Population statistics:
- Poland's population is 12.2 times bigger than Qatar's.
- Poland is ranked the 46th most populous country in the world, while Qatar is the 137th.
- The countries together account for 0.47% of the world: 0.44% for Poland vs 0.04% for Qatar.
- For the last 10 years, Poland has had an average growth rate of -0.36% per year vs +3.86% in Qatar.
- Since 2005, the population of Poland has decreased from 38.2M people to 36.2M (5.21% decline), while Qatar has grown from 825K to 2.96M (259.2% growth).
- Qatar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.82M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.
Poland vs Qatar: live population counter
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| Current population |
36176920
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2964497
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| Population rank | 46/197 | 137/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.44% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
3.96 minutes
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2.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
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20 minutes
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| One death every |
1.29 minutes
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3.55 hours
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| One migration net change every |
2.21 minutes
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11.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -238,062 | +46,105 |
| Daily growth/decline | -363 | +553 |
| Annual growth/decline | -132,646 | +201,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | +7.6% |
| Population growth rate rank | 179/197 | 1/197 |
Poland and Qatar: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 29,637,450 | 36,010 | - | - |
| 1961 | 29,964,000 | 39,680 | 1.1% | 10.2% |
| 1962 | 30,308,500 | 44,630 | 1.15% | 12.5% |
| 1963 | 30,712,000 | 50,380 | 1.33% | 12.9% |
| 1964 | 31,139,450 | 56,867 | 1.39% | 12.9% |
| 1965 | 31,444,950 | 64,065 | 0.98% | 12.7% |
| 1966 | 31,681,000 | 72,192 | 0.75% | 12.7% |
| 1967 | 31,987,155 | 81,439 | 0.97% | 12.8% |
| 1968 | 32,294,655 | 91,749 | 0.96% | 12.7% |
| 1969 | 32,548,300 | 103,025 | 0.79% | 12.3% |
| 1970 | 32,664,300 | 116,350 | 0.36% | 12.9% |
| 1971 | 32,783,500 | 131,346 | 0.36% | 12.9% |
| 1972 | 33,055,650 | 146,506 | 0.83% | 11.5% |
| 1973 | 33,357,200 | 161,841 | 0.91% | 10.5% |
| 1974 | 33,678,899 | 177,362 | 0.96% | 9.59% |
| 1975 | 34,015,199 | 193,087 | 1% | 8.87% |
| 1976 | 34,356,300 | 209,052 | 1% | 8.27% |
| 1977 | 34,689,050 | 225,285 | 0.97% | 7.77% |
| 1978 | 34,965,600 | 241,808 | 0.8% | 7.33% |
| 1979 | 35,247,217 | 258,670 | 0.81% | 6.97% |
| 1980 | 35,574,150 | 275,913 | 0.93% | 6.67% |
| 1981 | 35,898,587 | 293,553 | 0.91% | 6.39% |
| 1982 | 36,230,481 | 311,537 | 0.92% | 6.13% |
| 1983 | 36,571,808 | 329,709 | 0.94% | 5.83% |
| 1984 | 36,904,134 | 347,878 | 0.91% | 5.51% |
| 1985 | 37,201,885 | 365,940 | 0.81% | 5.19% |
| 1986 | 37,456,119 | 382,422 | 0.68% | 4.5% |
| 1987 | 37,668,045 | 397,005 | 0.57% | 3.81% |
| 1988 | 37,824,487 | 411,264 | 0.42% | 3.59% |
| 1989 | 37,961,529 | 425,646 | 0.36% | 3.5% |
| 1990 | 38,110,782 | 440,175 | 0.39% | 3.41% |
| 1991 | 38,246,193 | 454,853 | 0.36% | 3.33% |
| 1992 | 38,363,667 | 469,657 | 0.31% | 3.25% |
| 1993 | 38,461,408 | 484,545 | 0.25% | 3.17% |
| 1994 | 38,542,652 | 499,459 | 0.21% | 3.08% |
| 1995 | 38,594,998 | 514,325 | 0.14% | 2.98% |
| 1996 | 38,624,370 | 529,019 | 0.08% | 2.86% |
| 1997 | 38,649,660 | 550,500 | 0.07% | 4.06% |
| 1998 | 38,663,481 | 580,540 | 0.04% | 5.46% |
| 1999 | 38,660,271 | 612,500 | -0.008% | 5.51% |
| 2000 | 38,258,629 | 644,989 | -1.04% | 5.3% |
| 2001 | 38,248,076 | 677,925 | -0.03% | 5.11% |
| 2002 | 38,230,364 | 711,205 | -0.05% | 4.91% |
| 2003 | 38,204,570 | 744,682 | -0.07% | 4.71% |
| 2004 | 38,182,222 | 773,332 | -0.06% | 3.85% |
| 2005 | 38,165,445 | 825,408 | -0.04% | 6.73% |
| 2006 | 38,141,267 | 972,831 | -0.06% | 17.9% |
| 2007 | 38,120,560 | 1,208,595 | -0.05% | 24.2% |
| 2008 | 38,125,759 | 1,426,938 | 0.01% | 18.1% |
| 2009 | 38,151,603 | 1,608,903 | 0.07% | 12.8% |
| 2010 | 38,042,794 | 1,616,832 | -0.29% | 0.49% |
| 2011 | 38,063,255 | 1,624,761 | 0.05% | 0.49% |
| 2012 | 38,063,164 | 1,722,438 | -0% | 6.01% |
| 2013 | 38,040,196 | 1,916,426 | -0.06% | 11.3% |
| 2014 | 38,011,735 | 2,151,745 | -0.07% | 12.3% |
| 2015 | 37,986,412 | 2,344,557 | -0.07% | 8.96% |
| 2016 | 37,970,087 | 2,477,113 | -0.04% | 5.65% |
| 2017 | 37,974,826 | 2,545,820 | 0.01% | 2.77% |
| 2018 | 37,974,750 | 2,580,734 | -0% | 1.37% |
| 2019 | 37,965,475 | 2,638,657 | -0.02% | 2.24% |
| 2020 | 37,515,748 | 2,794,148 | -1.18% | 5.89% |
| 2021 | 36,981,559 | 2,504,910 | -1.42% | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 36,821,749 | 2,657,333 | -0.43% | 6.08% |
| 2023 | 36,687,353 | 2,656,032 | -0.36% | -0.05% |
| 2024 | 36,554,707 | 2,857,822 | -0.36% | 7.6% |
| 2025 | 36,176,920 | 2,921,065 | -1.03% | 2.21% |
| 2026 | 35,894,534 | 2,975,134 | -0.78% | 1.85% |
| 2027 | 35,753,988 | 3,019,526 | -0.39% | 1.49% |
| 2028 | 35,605,295 | 3,057,695 | -0.42% | 1.26% |
| 2029 | 35,447,860 | 3,092,803 | -0.44% | 1.15% |
| 2030 | 35,283,068 | 3,125,174 | -0.46% | 1.05% |
| 2031 | 35,111,838 | 3,156,754 | -0.49% | 1.01% |
| 2032 | 34,934,626 | 3,189,188 | -0.5% | 1.03% |
| 2033 | 34,753,118 | 3,222,500 | -0.52% | 1.04% |
| 2034 | 34,567,292 | 3,256,691 | -0.53% | 1.06% |
| 2035 | 34,377,478 | 3,291,711 | -0.55% | 1.08% |
| 2036 | 34,183,187 | 3,327,585 | -0.57% | 1.09% |
| 2037 | 33,984,777 | 3,364,333 | -0.58% | 1.1% |
| 2038 | 33,782,992 | 3,401,906 | -0.59% | 1.12% |
| 2039 | 33,577,269 | 3,440,293 | -0.61% | 1.13% |
| 2040 | 33,368,049 | 3,479,439 | -0.62% | 1.14% |
| 2041 | 33,156,329 | 3,519,302 | -0.63% | 1.15% |
| 2042 | 32,941,367 | 3,559,840 | -0.65% | 1.15% |
| 2043 | 32,722,775 | 3,601,019 | -0.66% | 1.16% |
| 2044 | 32,501,991 | 3,642,784 | -0.67% | 1.16% |
| 2045 | 32,278,695 | 3,685,111 | -0.69% | 1.16% |
| 2046 | 32,052,771 | 3,727,959 | -0.7% | 1.16% |
| 2047 | 31,824,481 | 3,771,287 | -0.71% | 1.16% |
| 2048 | 31,593,911 | 3,815,108 | -0.72% | 1.16% |
| 2049 | 31,360,713 | 3,859,368 | -0.74% | 1.16% |
| 2050 | 31,124,396 | 3,904,074 | -0.75% | 1.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Poland decreased by 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Poland lost -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).
Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2005 and is 46th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Poland's population will shrink by 14% to 31,124,396 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.
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Population differences between Poland and Qatar
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| Life expectancy | 79 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 42.7 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 42.9 years | 34.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 71.3:28.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.16 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 309 ppl/mi² | 644 ppl/mi² |
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