The latest officially reported population of Poland was 36,554,707 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Poland's population is 36,176,920 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Sudan's population is 1.46 times bigger than Poland's.
- Poland is ranked the 46th most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
- The countries together account for 1.08% of the world: 0.44% for Poland vs 0.64% for Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Poland has had an average growth rate of -0.36% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of Poland has decreased from 38.2M people to 36.2M (5.21% decline), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
- Sudan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 137M 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 Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
36176920
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52963918
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| Population rank | 46/197 | 29/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.44% | 0.64% |
| One net population change |
3.96 minutes
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1.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
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18.7 seconds
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| One death every |
1.29 minutes
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1.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.21 minutes
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57.9 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -238,062 | -544,257 |
| Daily growth/decline | -363 | +1,113 |
| Annual growth/decline | -132,646 | +406,172 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | +0.81% |
| Population growth rate rank | 179/197 | 118/197 |
Poland and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 29,637,450 | 8,364,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 29,964,000 | 8,634,941 | 1.1% | 3.23% |
| 1962 | 30,308,500 | 8,919,028 | 1.15% | 3.29% |
| 1963 | 30,712,000 | 9,218,077 | 1.33% | 3.35% |
| 1964 | 31,139,450 | 9,531,109 | 1.39% | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 31,444,950 | 9,858,030 | 0.98% | 3.43% |
| 1966 | 31,681,000 | 10,197,578 | 0.75% | 3.44% |
| 1967 | 31,987,155 | 10,550,597 | 0.97% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 32,294,655 | 10,917,999 | 0.96% | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 32,548,300 | 11,298,936 | 0.79% | 3.49% |
| 1970 | 32,664,300 | 11,695,771 | 0.36% | 3.51% |
| 1971 | 32,783,500 | 12,105,539 | 0.36% | 3.5% |
| 1972 | 33,055,650 | 12,527,856 | 0.83% | 3.49% |
| 1973 | 33,357,200 | 13,049,315 | 0.91% | 4.16% |
| 1974 | 33,678,899 | 13,580,723 | 0.96% | 4.07% |
| 1975 | 34,015,199 | 14,064,798 | 1% | 3.56% |
| 1976 | 34,356,300 | 14,569,716 | 1% | 3.59% |
| 1977 | 34,689,050 | 15,086,614 | 0.97% | 3.55% |
| 1978 | 34,965,600 | 15,695,003 | 0.8% | 4.03% |
| 1979 | 35,247,217 | 16,355,352 | 0.81% | 4.21% |
| 1980 | 35,574,150 | 17,058,905 | 0.93% | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 35,898,587 | 17,780,572 | 0.91% | 4.23% |
| 1982 | 36,230,481 | 18,486,645 | 0.92% | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 36,571,808 | 19,109,770 | 0.94% | 3.37% |
| 1984 | 36,904,134 | 19,546,528 | 0.91% | 2.29% |
| 1985 | 37,201,885 | 19,905,872 | 0.81% | 1.84% |
| 1986 | 37,456,119 | 20,288,238 | 0.68% | 1.92% |
| 1987 | 37,668,045 | 20,704,904 | 0.57% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 37,824,487 | 21,138,431 | 0.42% | 2.09% |
| 1989 | 37,961,529 | 21,578,022 | 0.36% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 38,110,782 | 22,021,481 | 0.39% | 2.06% |
| 1991 | 38,246,193 | 22,470,676 | 0.36% | 2.04% |
| 1992 | 38,363,667 | 22,927,355 | 0.31% | 2.03% |
| 1993 | 38,461,408 | 23,445,592 | 0.25% | 2.26% |
| 1994 | 38,542,652 | 24,043,948 | 0.21% | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 38,594,998 | 24,672,143 | 0.14% | 2.61% |
| 1996 | 38,624,370 | 25,231,528 | 0.08% | 2.27% |
| 1997 | 38,649,660 | 25,799,821 | 0.07% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 38,663,481 | 26,458,999 | 0.04% | 2.55% |
| 1999 | 38,660,271 | 27,130,613 | -0.008% | 2.54% |
| 2000 | 38,258,629 | 27,816,745 | -1.04% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 38,248,076 | 28,516,770 | -0.03% | 2.52% |
| 2002 | 38,230,364 | 29,228,727 | -0.05% | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 38,204,570 | 29,896,035 | -0.07% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 38,182,222 | 30,556,637 | -0.06% | 2.21% |
| 2005 | 38,165,445 | 31,262,444 | -0.04% | 2.31% |
| 2006 | 38,141,267 | 31,992,435 | -0.06% | 2.34% |
| 2007 | 38,120,560 | 32,764,135 | -0.05% | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 38,125,759 | 33,623,980 | 0.01% | 2.62% |
| 2009 | 38,151,603 | 34,569,113 | 0.07% | 2.81% |
| 2010 | 38,042,794 | 35,414,399 | -0.29% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 38,063,255 | 36,140,806 | 0.05% | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 38,063,164 | 36,923,178 | -0% | 2.16% |
| 2013 | 38,040,196 | 37,785,849 | -0.06% | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 38,011,735 | 38,823,318 | -0.07% | 2.75% |
| 2015 | 37,986,412 | 40,024,431 | -0.07% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 37,970,087 | 41,259,892 | -0.04% | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 37,974,826 | 42,714,306 | 0.01% | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 37,974,750 | 44,230,596 | -0% | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 37,965,475 | 45,548,175 | -0.02% | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 37,515,748 | 46,789,231 | -1.18% | 2.72% |
| 2021 | 36,981,559 | 48,066,924 | -1.42% | 2.73% |
| 2022 | 36,821,749 | 49,383,346 | -0.43% | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 36,687,353 | 50,042,791 | -0.36% | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 36,554,707 | 50,448,963 | -0.36% | 0.81% |
| 2025 | 36,176,920 | 51,662,152 | -1.03% | 2.4% |
| 2026 | 35,894,534 | 53,282,718 | -0.78% | 3.14% |
| 2027 | 35,753,988 | 54,724,215 | -0.39% | 2.71% |
| 2028 | 35,605,295 | 55,993,833 | -0.42% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 35,447,860 | 57,275,443 | -0.44% | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 35,283,068 | 58,571,624 | -0.46% | 2.26% |
| 2031 | 35,111,838 | 59,872,936 | -0.49% | 2.22% |
| 2032 | 34,934,626 | 61,179,476 | -0.5% | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 34,753,118 | 62,497,205 | -0.52% | 2.15% |
| 2034 | 34,567,292 | 63,822,356 | -0.53% | 2.12% |
| 2035 | 34,377,478 | 65,148,317 | -0.55% | 2.08% |
| 2036 | 34,183,187 | 66,470,018 | -0.57% | 2.03% |
| 2037 | 33,984,777 | 67,791,240 | -0.58% | 1.99% |
| 2038 | 33,782,992 | 69,107,712 | -0.59% | 1.94% |
| 2039 | 33,577,269 | 70,416,631 | -0.61% | 1.89% |
| 2040 | 33,368,049 | 71,730,604 | -0.62% | 1.87% |
| 2041 | 33,156,329 | 73,056,213 | -0.63% | 1.85% |
| 2042 | 32,941,367 | 74,387,562 | -0.65% | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 32,722,775 | 75,723,670 | -0.66% | 1.8% |
| 2044 | 32,501,991 | 77,066,454 | -0.67% | 1.77% |
| 2045 | 32,278,695 | 78,415,205 | -0.69% | 1.75% |
| 2046 | 32,052,771 | 79,767,271 | -0.7% | 1.72% |
| 2047 | 31,824,481 | 81,115,241 | -0.71% | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 31,593,911 | 82,463,202 | -0.72% | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 31,360,713 | 83,828,356 | -0.74% | 1.66% |
| 2050 | 31,124,396 | 85,206,384 | -0.75% | 1.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Poland decreased by 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Poland lost -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).
Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2005 and is 46th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Warsaw | 1.86M |
| Krakow | 804K |
| Wroclaw | 674K |
| Lodz | 649K |
| Poznan | 547K |
| Gdansk | 488K |
| Szczecin | 388K |
| Lublin | 335K |
| Bydgoszcz | 325K |
| Bialystok | 290K |
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| City | Population |
| Khartoum | 5.34M |
| Omdurman | 2.81M |
| Khartoum North | 936K |
| Port Sudan | 580K |
| El-Obeid | 560K |
| Kassala | 536K |
| Kosti | 528K |
| Nyala | 493K |
| El-Gadarif | 355K |
| Al-Fashir | 286K |
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Population differences between Poland and Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 79 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 42.7 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 42.9 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.16 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 309 ppl/mi² | 69.9 ppl/mi² |
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