Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Poland

Population in cities over 1 million in Poland in 2025 — 1,800,233 people. Ranked 90 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 60.9%.

2025 1.8M people +0.04% vs 2024
World rank 90of 121
Period maximum 1.8M people2025
Period minimum 1.12M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Poland, 1960–20251M1.2M1.4M1.6M1.8M2M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,119,181 people1962: 1,161,377 people1964: 1,194,617 people1966: 1,228,760 people1968: 1,263,928 people1970: 1,300,052 people1972: 1,353,138 people1974: 1,412,978 people1976: 1,475,552 people1978: 1,540,805 people1980: 1,565,082 people1982: 1,577,520 people1984: 1,590,074 people1986: 1,602,710 people1988: 1,615,465 people1990: 1,628,303 people1992: 1,641,262 people1994: 1,648,822 people1996: 1,654,592 people1998: 1,660,373 people2000: 1,666,183 people2002: 1,672,106 people2004: 1,679,705 people2006: 1,687,328 people2008: 1,694,997 people2010: 1,702,689 people2012: 1,712,984 people2014: 1,731,060 people2016: 1,749,352 people2018: 1,767,798 people2020: 1,783,251 people2022: 1,794,532 people2024: 1,799,451 people2025: 1,800,233 people
Change over the period: +681,052 (+60.85%) Average annual rate: 0.73 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Poland

Poland 1.8M people
World computed 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia computed 186M people
Eastern Europe computed 49.81M people
High-income countries computed 499M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.8M +782 +0.04%
2024 1.8M +1,935 +0.11%
2023 1.8M +2,984 +0.17%
2022 1.79M +4,912 +0.27%
2021 1.79M +6,369 +0.36%
2020 1.78M +7,318 +0.41%
2019 1.78M +8,135 +0.46%
2018 1.77M +9,247 +0.53%
2017 1.76M +9,199 +0.53%
2016 1.75M +9,177 +0.53%
2015 1.74M +9,115 +0.53%
2014 1.73M +9,068 +0.53%
2013 1.72M +9,008 +0.53%
2012 1.71M +6,433 +0.38%
2011 1.71M +3,862 +0.23%
2010 1.7M +3,853 +0.23%
2009 1.7M +3,839 +0.23%
2008 1.69M +3,841 +0.23%
2007 1.69M +3,828 +0.23%
2006 1.69M +3,818 +0.23%
2005 1.68M +3,805 +0.23%
2004 1.68M +3,806 +0.23%
2003 1.68M +3,793 +0.23%
2002 1.67M +3,016 +0.18%
2001 1.67M +2,907 +0.17%
2000 1.67M +2,909 +0.17%
1999 1.66M +2,901 +0.17%
1998 1.66M +2,895 +0.17%
1997 1.66M +2,886 +0.17%
1996 1.65M +2,890 +0.17%
1995 1.65M +2,880 +0.17%
1994 1.65M +2,875 +0.17%
1993 1.65M +4,685 +0.29%
1992 1.64M +6,497 +0.4%
1991 1.63M +6,462 +0.4%
1990 1.63M +6,436 +0.4%
1989 1.62M +6,402 +0.4%
1988 1.62M +6,394 +0.4%
1987 1.61M +6,361 +0.4%
1986 1.6M +6,335 +0.4%
1985 1.6M +6,301 +0.4%
1984 1.59M +6,294 +0.4%
1983 1.58M +6,260 +0.4%
1982 1.58M +6,236 +0.4%
1981 1.57M +6,202 +0.4%
1980 1.57M +6,195 +0.4%
1979 1.56M +18,082 +1.17%
1978 1.54M +33,002 +2.19%
1977 1.51M +32,251 +2.19%
1976 1.48M +31,648 +2.19%
1975 1.44M +30,926 +2.19%
1974 1.41M +30,264 +2.19%
1973 1.38M +29,576 +2.19%
1972 1.35M +29,022 +2.19%
1971 1.32M +24,064 +1.85%
1970 1.3M +18,202 +1.42%
1969 1.28M +17,922 +1.42%
1968 1.26M +17,720 +1.42%
1967 1.25M +17,448 +1.42%
1966 1.23M +17,204 +1.42%
1965 1.21M +16,939 +1.42%
1964 1.19M +16,749 +1.42%
1963 1.18M +16,491 +1.42%
1962 1.16M +16,260 +1.42%
1961 1.15M +25,936 +2.32%
1960 1.12M

Eastern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.