Migration 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
Where people move to
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 citizens living abroad