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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Poland	Spain	Poland	Spain
1960	29,637,450	30,455,000	-	-
1961	29,964,000	30,739,250	1.1%	0.93%
1962	30,308,500	31,023,366	1.15%	0.92%
1963	30,712,000	31,296,651	1.33%	0.88%
1964	31,139,450	31,609,195	1.39%	1%
1965	31,444,950	31,954,292	0.98%	1.09%
1966	31,681,000	32,283,194	0.75%	1.03%
1967	31,987,155	32,682,947	0.97%	1.24%
1968	32,294,655	33,113,134	0.96%	1.32%
1969	32,548,300	33,441,054	0.79%	0.99%
1970	32,664,300	33,814,531	0.36%	1.12%
1971	32,783,500	34,224,490	0.36%	1.21%
1972	33,055,650	34,604,469	0.83%	1.11%
1973	33,357,200	34,988,947	0.91%	1.11%
1974	33,678,899	35,373,335	0.96%	1.1%
1975	34,015,199	35,757,900	1%	1.09%
1976	34,356,300	36,137,812	1%	1.06%
1977	34,689,050	36,511,638	0.97%	1.03%
1978	34,965,600	36,864,898	0.8%	0.97%
1979	35,247,217	37,191,330	0.81%	0.89%
1980	35,574,150	37,491,165	0.93%	0.81%
1981	35,898,587	37,758,631	0.91%	0.71%
1982	36,230,481	37,986,012	0.92%	0.6%
1983	36,571,808	38,171,525	0.94%	0.49%
1984	36,904,134	38,330,364	0.91%	0.42%
1985	37,201,885	38,469,512	0.81%	0.36%
1986	37,456,119	38,584,624	0.68%	0.3%
1987	37,668,045	38,684,815	0.57%	0.26%
1988	37,824,487	38,766,939	0.42%	0.21%
1989	37,961,529	38,827,764	0.36%	0.16%
1990	38,110,782	38,867,322	0.39%	0.1%
1991	38,246,193	38,966,376	0.36%	0.25%
1992	38,363,667	39,157,685	0.31%	0.49%
1993	38,461,408	39,361,262	0.25%	0.52%
1994	38,542,652	39,549,108	0.21%	0.48%
1995	38,594,998	39,724,050	0.14%	0.44%
1996	38,624,370	39,889,852	0.08%	0.42%
1997	38,649,660	40,057,389	0.07%	0.42%
1998	38,663,481	40,223,509	0.04%	0.41%
1999	38,660,271	40,386,875	-0.008%	0.41%
2000	38,258,629	40,567,864	-1.04%	0.45%
2001	38,248,076	40,850,412	-0.03%	0.7%
2002	38,230,364	41,431,558	-0.05%	1.42%
2003	38,204,570	42,187,645	-0.07%	1.82%
2004	38,182,222	42,921,895	-0.06%	1.74%
2005	38,165,445	43,653,155	-0.04%	1.7%
2006	38,141,267	44,397,319	-0.06%	1.7%
2007	38,120,560	45,226,803	-0.05%	1.87%
2008	38,125,759	45,954,106	0.01%	1.61%
2009	38,151,603	46,362,946	0.07%	0.89%
2010	38,042,794	46,576,897	-0.29%	0.46%
2011	38,063,255	46,742,697	0.05%	0.36%
2012	38,063,164	46,773,055	-0%	0.06%
2013	38,040,196	46,604,197	-0.06%	-0.36%
2014	38,011,735	46,460,733	-0.07%	-0.31%
2015	37,986,412	46,422,303	-0.07%	-0.08%
2016	37,970,087	46,458,139	-0.04%	0.08%
2017	37,974,826	46,571,232	0.01%	0.24%
2018	37,974,750	46,782,011	-0%	0.45%
2019	37,965,475	47,118,501	-0.02%	0.72%
2020	37,515,748	47,359,424	-1.18%	0.51%
2021	36,981,559	47,443,821	-1.42%	0.18%
2022	36,821,749	47,786,102	-0.43%	0.72%
2023	36,687,353	48,352,528	-0.36%	1.19%
2024	36,559,233	48,848,840	-0.35%	1.03%
2025	36,181,399	48,827,866	-1.03%	-0.04%
2026	35,898,979	48,787,930	-0.78%	-0.08%
2027	35,758,415	48,738,456	-0.39%	-0.1%
2028	35,609,703	48,683,694	-0.42%	-0.11%
2029	35,452,249	48,619,674	-0.44%	-0.13%
2030	35,287,436	48,542,955	-0.46%	-0.16%
2031	35,116,185	48,454,221	-0.49%	-0.18%
2032	34,938,952	48,362,482	-0.5%	-0.19%
2033	34,757,421	48,271,264	-0.52%	-0.19%
2034	34,571,572	48,177,551	-0.53%	-0.19%
2035	34,381,734	48,077,695	-0.55%	-0.21%
2036	34,187,419	47,970,911	-0.57%	-0.22%
2037	33,988,985	47,860,116	-0.58%	-0.23%
2038	33,787,175	47,747,343	-0.59%	-0.24%
2039	33,581,427	47,629,540	-0.61%	-0.25%
2040	33,372,181	47,504,152	-0.62%	-0.26%
2041	33,160,435	47,373,061	-0.63%	-0.28%
2042	32,945,446	47,234,914	-0.65%	-0.29%
2043	32,726,827	47,092,497	-0.66%	-0.3%
2044	32,506,015	46,942,712	-0.67%	-0.32%
2045	32,282,692	46,778,501	-0.69%	-0.35%
2046	32,056,740	46,604,170	-0.7%	-0.37%
2047	31,828,421	46,421,312	-0.71%	-0.39%
2048	31,597,823	46,230,109	-0.72%	-0.41%
2049	31,364,596	46,024,720	-0.74%	-0.44%
2050	31,128,250	45,808,469	-0.75%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Poland decreased by 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Poland lost -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2006 and is 46th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Poland's population will shrink by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.