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How many babies are born in Poland?

283 thousand babies born in Poland in 2026. That is 0.21% of all births worldwide, and the 73rd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Poland: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Poland’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~20K ~500K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~52K ~1.3M 41.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~170K ~4M 41.7 Modelled estimate
1800 ~392K ~9M 43.6 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~997K ~24.3M 41.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 755K 24.8M 30.5 UN estimate
2000 378K 38.3M 9.9 UN estimate
2023 318K 38.8M 8.2 UN estimate
2026 283K 37.8M 7.5 UN projection
2050 235K 32.8M 7.2 UN projection
2075 172K 25.5M 6.7 UN projection
2100 124K 19.3M 6.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Poland among estimates through 2023 were in 1895, at about ~1.03M. That is roughly 50 times the estimated ~20.5K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.31 children per woman, fertility in Poland is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Poland each year?

An estimated 283 thousand babies are born in Poland in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 776 a day and 0.21% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Poland?

Poland has an estimated 7.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.31 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.