Population in Poland compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Poland and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Poland	United Kingdom	Poland	United Kingdom
1960	29,637,450	52,400,000	-	-
1961	29,964,000	52,800,000	1.1%	0.76%
1962	30,308,500	53,250,000	1.15%	0.85%
1963	30,712,000	53,650,000	1.33%	0.75%
1964	31,139,450	54,000,000	1.39%	0.65%
1965	31,444,950	54,348,050	0.98%	0.64%
1966	31,681,000	54,648,500	0.75%	0.55%
1967	31,987,155	54,943,600	0.97%	0.54%
1968	32,294,655	55,211,700	0.96%	0.49%
1969	32,548,300	55,441,750	0.79%	0.42%
1970	32,664,300	55,663,250	0.36%	0.4%
1971	32,783,500	55,896,223	0.36%	0.42%
1972	33,055,650	56,086,065	0.83%	0.34%
1973	33,357,200	56,194,527	0.91%	0.19%
1974	33,678,899	56,229,974	0.96%	0.06%
1975	34,015,199	56,225,800	1%	-0.007%
1976	34,356,300	56,211,968	1%	-0.02%
1977	34,689,050	56,193,492	0.97%	-0.03%
1978	34,965,600	56,196,504	0.8%	0.005%
1979	35,247,217	56,246,951	0.81%	0.09%
1980	35,574,150	56,314,216	0.93%	0.12%
1981	35,898,587	56,333,829	0.91%	0.03%
1982	36,230,481	56,313,641	0.92%	-0.04%
1983	36,571,808	56,332,848	0.94%	0.03%
1984	36,904,134	56,422,072	0.91%	0.16%
1985	37,201,885	56,550,268	0.81%	0.23%
1986	37,456,119	56,681,396	0.68%	0.23%
1987	37,668,045	56,802,050	0.57%	0.21%
1988	37,824,487	56,928,327	0.42%	0.22%
1989	37,961,529	57,076,711	0.36%	0.26%
1990	38,110,782	57,247,586	0.39%	0.3%
1991	38,246,193	57,424,897	0.36%	0.31%
1992	38,363,667	57,580,402	0.31%	0.27%
1993	38,461,408	57,718,614	0.25%	0.24%
1994	38,542,652	57,865,745	0.21%	0.25%
1995	38,594,998	58,019,030	0.14%	0.26%
1996	38,624,370	58,166,950	0.08%	0.25%
1997	38,649,660	58,316,954	0.07%	0.26%
1998	38,663,481	58,487,141	0.04%	0.29%
1999	38,660,271	58,682,466	-0.008%	0.33%
2000	38,258,629	58,892,514	-1.04%	0.36%
2001	38,248,076	59,119,673	-0.03%	0.39%
2002	38,230,364	59,370,479	-0.05%	0.42%
2003	38,204,570	59,647,577	-0.07%	0.47%
2004	38,182,222	59,987,905	-0.06%	0.57%
2005	38,165,445	60,401,206	-0.04%	0.69%
2006	38,141,267	60,846,820	-0.06%	0.74%
2007	38,120,560	61,322,463	-0.05%	0.78%
2008	38,125,759	61,806,995	0.01%	0.79%
2009	38,151,603	62,276,270	0.07%	0.76%
2010	38,042,794	62,766,365	-0.29%	0.79%
2011	38,063,255	63,258,810	0.05%	0.78%
2012	38,063,164	63,711,000	-0%	0.71%
2013	38,040,196	64,139,000	-0.06%	0.67%
2014	38,011,735	64,620,000	-0.07%	0.75%
2015	37,986,412	65,088,000	-0.07%	0.72%
2016	37,970,087	65,607,000	-0.04%	0.8%
2017	37,974,826	65,966,000	0.01%	0.55%
2018	37,974,750	66,289,000	-0%	0.49%
2019	37,965,475	66,631,000	-0.02%	0.52%
2020	37,515,748	66,744,000	-1.18%	0.17%
2021	36,981,559	66,984,000	-1.42%	0.36%
2022	36,821,749	67,604,000	-0.43%	0.93%
2023	36,687,353	68,492,000	-0.36%	1.31%
2024	36,554,707	69,226,000	-0.36%	1.07%
2025	36,176,920	69,639,673	-1.03%	0.6%
2026	35,894,534	70,020,350	-0.78%	0.55%
2027	35,753,988	70,382,853	-0.39%	0.52%
2028	35,605,295	70,732,699	-0.42%	0.5%
2029	35,447,860	71,061,482	-0.44%	0.46%
2030	35,283,068	71,377,535	-0.46%	0.44%
2031	35,111,838	71,678,351	-0.49%	0.42%
2032	34,934,626	71,959,934	-0.5%	0.39%
2033	34,753,118	72,234,509	-0.52%	0.38%
2034	34,567,292	72,497,650	-0.53%	0.36%
2035	34,377,478	72,749,096	-0.55%	0.35%
2036	34,183,187	72,990,847	-0.57%	0.33%
2037	33,984,777	73,218,850	-0.58%	0.31%
2038	33,782,992	73,441,349	-0.59%	0.3%
2039	33,577,269	73,658,392	-0.61%	0.3%
2040	33,368,049	73,868,334	-0.62%	0.29%
2041	33,156,329	74,074,316	-0.63%	0.28%
2042	32,941,367	74,275,779	-0.65%	0.27%
2043	32,722,775	74,475,035	-0.66%	0.27%
2044	32,501,991	74,667,284	-0.67%	0.26%
2045	32,278,695	74,848,605	-0.69%	0.24%
2046	32,052,771	75,020,949	-0.7%	0.23%
2047	31,824,481	75,184,478	-0.71%	0.22%
2048	31,593,911	75,337,543	-0.72%	0.2%
2049	31,360,713	75,476,141	-0.74%	0.18%
2050	31,124,396	75,600,588	-0.75%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Poland decreased by 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Poland lost -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2005 and is 46th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.