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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Poland	Ukraine	Poland	Ukraine
1960	29,637,450	42,824,093	-	-
1961	29,964,000	43,399,766	1.1%	1.34%
1962	30,308,500	43,943,674	1.15%	1.25%
1963	30,712,000	44,462,372	1.33%	1.18%
1964	31,139,450	44,951,156	1.39%	1.1%
1965	31,444,950	45,386,892	0.98%	0.97%
1966	31,681,000	45,802,519	0.75%	0.92%
1967	31,987,155	46,215,988	0.97%	0.9%
1968	32,294,655	46,614,325	0.96%	0.86%
1969	32,548,300	46,976,256	0.79%	0.78%
1970	32,664,300	47,261,306	0.36%	0.61%
1971	32,783,500	47,573,287	0.36%	0.66%
1972	33,055,650	47,946,893	0.83%	0.79%
1973	33,357,200	48,277,121	0.91%	0.69%
1974	33,678,899	48,576,570	0.96%	0.62%
1975	34,015,199	48,865,229	1%	0.59%
1976	34,356,300	49,120,842	1%	0.52%
1977	34,689,050	49,336,481	0.97%	0.44%
1978	34,965,600	49,521,243	0.8%	0.37%
1979	35,247,217	49,721,381	0.81%	0.4%
1980	35,574,150	49,955,152	0.93%	0.47%
1981	35,898,587	50,189,281	0.91%	0.47%
1982	36,230,481	50,402,724	0.92%	0.43%
1983	36,571,808	50,637,029	0.94%	0.46%
1984	36,904,134	50,887,599	0.91%	0.49%
1985	37,201,885	51,108,770	0.81%	0.43%
1986	37,456,119	51,318,745	0.68%	0.41%
1987	37,668,045	51,515,732	0.57%	0.38%
1988	37,824,487	51,724,853	0.42%	0.41%
1989	37,961,529	51,917,817	0.36%	0.37%
1990	38,110,782	52,054,092	0.39%	0.26%
1991	38,246,193	52,170,961	0.36%	0.22%
1992	38,363,667	52,323,671	0.31%	0.29%
1993	38,461,408	52,350,126	0.25%	0.05%
1994	38,542,652	52,075,998	0.21%	-0.52%
1995	38,594,998	51,665,539	0.14%	-0.79%
1996	38,624,370	51,226,109	0.08%	-0.85%
1997	38,649,660	50,786,885	0.07%	-0.86%
1998	38,663,481	50,379,731	0.04%	-0.8%
1999	38,660,271	49,976,446	-0.008%	-0.8%
2000	38,258,629	49,556,660	-1.04%	-0.84%
2001	38,248,076	49,106,855	-0.03%	-0.91%
2002	38,230,364	48,677,281	-0.05%	-0.87%
2003	38,204,570	48,315,136	-0.07%	-0.74%
2004	38,182,222	47,979,507	-0.06%	-0.69%
2005	38,165,445	47,585,556	-0.04%	-0.82%
2006	38,141,267	47,278,694	-0.06%	-0.64%
2007	38,120,560	47,062,798	-0.05%	-0.46%
2008	38,125,759	46,819,175	0.01%	-0.52%
2009	38,151,603	46,623,731	0.07%	-0.42%
2010	38,042,794	46,456,003	-0.29%	-0.36%
2011	38,063,255	46,307,853	0.05%	-0.32%
2012	38,063,164	46,210,056	-0%	-0.21%
2013	38,040,196	46,126,770	-0.06%	-0.18%
2014	38,011,735	45,972,380	-0.07%	-0.33%
2015	37,986,412	45,784,896	-0.07%	-0.41%
2016	37,970,087	45,616,832	-0.04%	-0.37%
2017	37,974,826	45,436,041	0.01%	-0.4%
2018	37,974,750	45,208,907	-0%	-0.5%
2019	37,965,475	44,957,458	-0.02%	-0.56%
2020	37,515,748	44,680,014	-1.18%	-0.62%
2021	36,981,559	44,298,640	-1.42%	-0.85%
2022	36,821,749	41,048,766	-0.43%	-7.34%
2023	36,687,353	37,732,836	-0.36%	-8.08%
2024	36,554,707	37,860,221	-0.36%	0.34%
2025	36,176,920	38,980,379	-1.03%	2.96%
2026	35,894,534	39,535,850	-0.78%	1.43%
2027	35,753,988	39,245,208	-0.39%	-0.74%
2028	35,605,295	38,952,086	-0.42%	-0.75%
2029	35,447,860	38,654,416	-0.44%	-0.76%
2030	35,283,068	38,353,848	-0.46%	-0.78%
2031	35,111,838	38,050,624	-0.49%	-0.79%
2032	34,934,626	37,746,688	-0.5%	-0.8%
2033	34,753,118	37,442,088	-0.52%	-0.81%
2034	34,567,292	37,135,839	-0.53%	-0.82%
2035	34,377,478	36,828,149	-0.55%	-0.83%
2036	34,183,187	36,519,767	-0.57%	-0.84%
2037	33,984,777	36,209,679	-0.58%	-0.85%
2038	33,782,992	35,897,705	-0.59%	-0.86%
2039	33,577,269	35,584,263	-0.61%	-0.87%
2040	33,368,049	35,270,911	-0.62%	-0.88%
2041	33,156,329	34,957,580	-0.63%	-0.89%
2042	32,941,367	34,641,778	-0.65%	-0.9%
2043	32,722,775	34,324,132	-0.66%	-0.92%
2044	32,501,991	34,004,074	-0.67%	-0.93%
2045	32,278,695	33,680,448	-0.69%	-0.95%
2046	32,052,771	33,351,499	-0.7%	-0.98%
2047	31,824,481	33,017,828	-0.71%	-1%
2048	31,593,911	32,680,968	-0.72%	-1.02%
2049	31,360,713	32,338,515	-0.74%	-1.05%
2050	31,124,396	31,990,136	-0.75%	-1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Poland decreased by 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Poland lost -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).

Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2005 and is 46th in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.