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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Poland	United States	Poland	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	29,637,450	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	29,964,000	183,691,481	1.1%	1.67%
1962	30,308,500	186,537,737	1.15%	1.55%
1963	30,712,000	189,241,798	1.33%	1.45%
1964	31,139,450	191,888,791	1.39%	1.4%
1965	31,444,950	194,302,963	0.98%	1.26%
1966	31,681,000	196,560,338	0.75%	1.16%
1967	31,987,155	198,712,056	0.97%	1.09%
1968	32,294,655	200,706,052	0.96%	1%
1969	32,548,300	202,676,946	0.79%	0.98%
1970	32,664,300	205,052,174	0.36%	1.17%
1971	32,783,500	207,660,677	0.36%	1.27%
1972	33,055,650	209,896,021	0.83%	1.08%
1973	33,357,200	211,908,788	0.91%	0.96%
1974	33,678,899	213,853,928	0.96%	0.92%
1975	34,015,199	215,973,199	1%	0.99%
1976	34,356,300	218,035,164	1%	0.95%
1977	34,689,050	220,239,425	0.97%	1.01%
1978	34,965,600	222,584,545	0.8%	1.06%
1979	35,247,217	225,055,487	0.81%	1.11%
1980	35,574,150	226,542,250	0.93%	0.66%
1981	35,898,587	229,465,744	0.91%	1.29%
1982	36,230,481	231,664,432	0.92%	0.96%
1983	36,571,808	233,792,014	0.94%	0.92%
1984	36,904,134	235,824,908	0.91%	0.87%
1985	37,201,885	237,923,734	0.81%	0.89%
1986	37,456,119	240,132,831	0.68%	0.93%
1987	37,668,045	242,288,936	0.57%	0.9%
1988	37,824,487	244,499,004	0.42%	0.91%
1989	37,961,529	246,819,222	0.36%	0.95%
1990	38,110,782	250,131,894	0.39%	1.34%
1991	38,246,193	253,492,503	0.36%	1.34%
1992	38,363,667	256,894,189	0.31%	1.34%
1993	38,461,408	260,255,352	0.25%	1.31%
1994	38,542,652	263,435,673	0.21%	1.22%
1995	38,594,998	266,557,091	0.14%	1.18%
1996	38,624,370	269,667,391	0.08%	1.17%
1997	38,649,660	272,911,760	0.07%	1.2%
1998	38,663,481	276,115,288	0.04%	1.17%
1999	38,660,271	279,294,713	-0.008%	1.15%
2000	38,258,629	282,162,411	-1.04%	1.03%
2001	38,248,076	284,968,955	-0.03%	0.99%
2002	38,230,364	287,625,193	-0.05%	0.93%
2003	38,204,570	290,107,933	-0.07%	0.86%
2004	38,182,222	292,805,298	-0.06%	0.93%
2005	38,165,445	295,516,599	-0.04%	0.93%
2006	38,141,267	298,379,912	-0.06%	0.97%
2007	38,120,560	301,231,207	-0.05%	0.96%
2008	38,125,759	304,093,966	0.01%	0.95%
2009	38,151,603	306,771,529	0.07%	0.88%
2010	38,042,794	309,327,143	-0.29%	0.83%
2011	38,063,255	311,583,481	0.05%	0.73%
2012	38,063,164	313,877,662	-0%	0.74%
2013	38,040,196	316,059,947	-0.06%	0.7%
2014	38,011,735	318,386,329	-0.07%	0.74%
2015	37,986,412	320,738,994	-0.07%	0.74%
2016	37,970,087	323,071,755	-0.04%	0.73%
2017	37,974,826	325,122,128	0.01%	0.63%
2018	37,974,750	326,838,199	-0%	0.53%
2019	37,965,475	328,329,953	-0.02%	0.46%
2020	37,515,748	331,526,933	-1.18%	0.97%
2021	36,981,559	331,893,745	-1.42%	0.11%
2022	36,821,749	333,271,411	-0.43%	0.42%
2023	36,687,353	334,914,895	-0.36%	0.49%
2024	36,554,707	340,110,988	-0.36%	1.55%
2025	36,176,920	341,931,772	-1.03%	0.54%
2026	35,894,534	343,664,369	-0.78%	0.51%
2027	35,753,988	345,331,185	-0.39%	0.49%
2028	35,605,295	346,981,137	-0.42%	0.48%
2029	35,447,860	348,601,982	-0.44%	0.47%
2030	35,283,068	350,176,974	-0.46%	0.45%
2031	35,111,838	351,725,612	-0.49%	0.44%
2032	34,934,626	353,249,060	-0.5%	0.43%
2033	34,753,118	354,749,644	-0.52%	0.42%
2034	34,567,292	356,234,239	-0.53%	0.42%
2035	34,377,478	357,694,316	-0.55%	0.41%
2036	34,183,187	359,119,002	-0.57%	0.4%
2037	33,984,777	360,517,853	-0.58%	0.39%
2038	33,782,992	361,895,407	-0.59%	0.38%
2039	33,577,269	363,229,908	-0.61%	0.37%
2040	33,368,049	364,512,364	-0.62%	0.35%
2041	33,156,329	365,753,139	-0.63%	0.34%
2042	32,941,367	366,969,419	-0.65%	0.33%
2043	32,722,775	368,146,925	-0.66%	0.32%
2044	32,501,991	369,258,123	-0.67%	0.3%
2045	32,278,695	370,318,770	-0.69%	0.29%
2046	32,052,771	371,328,255	-0.7%	0.27%
2047	31,824,481	372,299,116	-0.71%	0.26%
2048	31,593,911	373,230,539	-0.72%	0.25%
2049	31,360,713	374,119,803	-0.74%	0.24%
2050	31,124,396	374,986,259	-0.75%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Poland decreased by 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Poland lost -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2005 and is 46th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.