Australia vs Poland: Urban population

Australia
24.22 million
in 2025
Poland
21.89 million
in 2025
Australia rank
40th
Poland rank
41st

Urban population over time

  • Australia
  • Poland
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 24.22 million against 21.89 million in Poland, a difference of 2.33 million.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Poland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Poland ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 40th and Poland ranks 41st of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.