MigrantoMigration trends in Poland
Europe
4.6M people from Poland have built lives abroad. That's 12.5% of the country population, spread across 76 different countries
36.6M
Population
1.7M
Immigrants
4.6M
Emigrants
−2.8M
Outflow
Every 9th person born in Poland now lives abroad
The #15 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Poland
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 citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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