MigrantoMigration trends in Poland
Europe
Poland loses more people than it takes in: 4.6M emigrants against 1.7M immigrants. Net balance −2.8M — 8% of the country's population
36.6M
Population
1.7M
Immigrants
4.6M
Emigrants
−2.8M
Outflow
1 in 21 residents of Poland was born abroad — and 1 in 9 people born in Poland lives abroad
#15 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Poland
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
1M immigrants · 2.3M emigrants
2010
- Surge of departures to United Kingdom — 392.9K people left
Today
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 141%
- Slipped out of the 3 biggest countries by emigrants in Europe
- Surge of immigrants from Ukraine — 922.6K new arrivals
- The foreign-born population passed 1M residents
- Since 1990: 699.2K more foreign-born residents and 2.3M more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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