Fertility rate: births per woman in Poland
Poland: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.3 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Poland, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Poland recorded 1.3 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Poland peaked at 3.7 live births per woman in 1951 and was at its lowest, 1.23 live births per woman, in 2003.
Poland ranks 210th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.53 live births per woman | 3.25 live births per woman | 3.7 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.58 live births per woman | 2.26 live births per woman | 3 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.26 live births per woman | 2.23 live births per woman | 2.31 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.26 live births per woman | 2.1 live births per woman | 2.42 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.73 live births per woman | 1.38 live births per woman | 2.07 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.3 live births per woman | 1.23 live births per woman | 1.4 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.37 live births per woman | 1.29 live births per woman | 1.47 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.32 live births per woman | 1.26 live births per woman | 1.38 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 207 Greece 1.33 live births per woman compare
- 208 Costa Rica 1.33 live births per woman compare
- 209 Austria 1.32 live births per woman compare
- 211 Finland 1.28 live births per woman compare
- 212 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.27 live births per woman compare
- 213 Mauritius 1.24 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Poland
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0055 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.3 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.3 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.906 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.5769 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 66.89 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 70.01 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.7522 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.4987 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 74.41 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Poland?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Poland was 1.3 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7 live births per woman in 1951.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.23 live births per woman in 2003.
- How does Poland rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Poland ranks 210th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.