Poland's GUS reports experimental 2025 population count of 38.8 million

Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) released experimental data on the population residing in the country at the end of 2025. Using “life‑trace” records (PESEL combined with activity in at least one other administrative register), the office estimated 38.8 million people, about 40 000 more than the previous year.

The count includes roughly 2.3 million foreign‑nationals (about 6 % of the total), 73 % of whom are Ukrainian citizens. The highest share of foreigners was observed in the Lower Silesian (9.8 %) and Masovian (9.3 %) regions, with the lowest in Podkarpackie and Świętokrzyskie (about 2 %). In major cities, foreigners made up 14.5 % of Warsaw’s residents, 19.5 % of Wrocław, 12.5 % of Poznań and 11.3 % of Kraków.

GUS also mapped age structures: senior citizens (60 +) were most concentrated in selected municipalities of Świętokrzyskie, parts of Podlaskie, Lublin, Lower Silesia, Opole and northern Silesia, some exceeding 40 % of local populations. Children (under 14) were relatively abundant in municipalities of the Pomeranian, Lesser Poland and Greater Poland regions and in suburbs of larger cities. The methodology is experimental and the figures are not official statistics.