One in every 489 babies born in the world today is born in Poland. Poland has about 270,000 births a year, around 0.2% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
270,000
Share of world births
0.2%
Birth odds
1/489
Life expectancy
78 years
Risk of dying before age 5
0.4%
Income per person, PPP
$45,000
Children per woman
1.2
Urban population
60%

Life expectancy in Poland is 78 years, which is 5 years longer than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 4 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.

Income per person is about $45,000 in purchasing power. That is 2.0 times the world average.

On average a woman has 1.2 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 60% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 40% chance of being born in the countryside.

Religious makeup

  • Christianity94%
  • No religion6%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Artyom · Ivan · Mikhail · Oleksandr · Anastasia · Sofia · Daria · Olena

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.