The current GUS data indicates that there are 129,819 fewer Poles in the national population registers than in the same period last year.
The most significant population decline was in Silesia (still the most densely populated area in Poland), while Mazovia experienced the smallest decrease.
Among cities, Łódź, Bydgoszcz, and Poznań saw the largest population losses, with Konin and Wałbrzych experiencing the highest percentage declines.
In rural areas, the population decreased by 32,315, with the largest drops in the Lublin (9,558), Łódź (9,276), Mazovia (7,371), and Świętokrzyskie (6,010) provinces.
Conversely, rural areas in the Pomeranian province gained 6,553 inhabitants, and those in the Lower Silesian province gained 4,330.
Population change by voivodeships in 2024 according to GUS statistics.
Population density remains around 120 people per km², with the lowest density (56 people per km²) still in Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian provinces.
The territorial unit with the lowest population density (193 people per km²) remains Świnoujście in the West Pomeranian province, located near the Polish-German border.
As of January 1, 2024, Poland has 16 provinces, 314 counties, 66 cities with county rights, and 2,477 municipalities, including 302 urban, 1,464 rural, and 711 mixed urban-rural municipalities.
The country's area increased by 225 hectares to 31,393,361 hectares, mainly due to adjusting territorial boundaries to the baseline of the territorial sea in the West Pomeranian province.
Gminas and voivodeships with territorial changes in 2024 according to GUS statistics.
Source: PAP/ GUS
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