NUTS 3 areas of Poland by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Poland by population, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Miasto Warszawa had the highest population of 73 areas in 2016, at 1.74 million. Świecki had the lowest, at 186,547. The median was 503,989 and the figure for Poland was 37.97 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,740,170Miasto Warszawa

Lowest186,547Świecki

Median503,98973 areas

Poland37,967,209History

Top 40 areas, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2016 persons	Change on 2015
1	Miasto Warszawa	1,740,170	+0.5%
2	Bydgosko-toruński	768,134	+0.1%
3	Kielecki	761,361	-0.4%
4	Miasto Kraków	754,092	+0.1%
5	Katowicki	742,474	-0.6%
6	Trójmiejski	741,521	+0.1%
7	Krakowski	710,249	+0.6%
8	Lubelski	708,274	0%
9	Miasto Łódź	699,002	-0.7%
10	Sosnowiecki	686,879	-0.6%
11	Kaliski	666,421	-0.1%
12	Bielski	658,613	0%
13	Wałbrzyski	654,469	-0.8%
14	Koniński	654,345	-0.1%
15	Miasto Wrocław	630,704	+0.3%
16	Poznański	630,631	+1.3%
17	Chełmsko-zamojski	627,690	-0.6%
18	Zielonogórski	624,706	-0.2%
19	Rybnicki	623,559	-0.2%
20	Rzeszowski	620,792	+0.3%
21	Warszawski wschodni	620,458	+0.8%
22	Warszawski zachodni	619,314	+0.9%
23	Radomski	611,777	-0.4%
24	Olsztyński	609,367	-0.2%
25	Tarnobrzeski	601,193	-0%
26	Piotrkowski	586,764	-0.4%
27	Opolski	584,911	-0.3%
28	Wrocławski	573,872	+0.6%
29	Jeleniogórski	560,164	-0.5%
30	Gdański	559,238	+1.1%
31	Leszczyński	550,923	+0.1%
32	Oświęcimski	548,929	-0.2%
33	Miasto Poznań	541,152	-0.5%
34	Nowosądecki	529,660	+0.3%
35	Elbląski	523,096	-0.3%
36	Częstochowski	516,593	-0.5%
37	Szczeciński	503,989	-0.1%
38	Białostocki	502,624	0%
39	Puławski	480,748	-0.6%
40	Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski	480,534	-0.6%
41	Krośnieński	473,688	-0.2%
42	Gliwicki	468,618	-0.4%
43	Tarnowski	452,637	-0.1%
44	Sieradzki	446,488	-0.3%
45	Legnicko-głogowski	445,415	-0.2%
46	Bytomski	435,158	-0.4%
47	Starogardzki	425,793	-0.2%
48	Szczecinecko-pyrzycki	423,865	-0.6%
49	Siedlecki	418,859	-0.2%
50	Pilski	407,494	-0.2%
51	Miasto Szczecin	404,705	-0%
52	Łomżyński	390,441	-0.6%
53	Tyski	388,673	+0.2%
54	Przemyski	387,823	-0.3%
55	Grudziądzki	385,700	-0.4%
56	Łódzki	383,704	+0.1%
57	Ostrołęcki	383,632	-0.3%
58	Gorzowski	380,453	-0.2%
59	Nyski	367,646	-0.7%
60	Skierniewicki	363,392	-0.5%
61	Inowrocławski	362,119	-0.3%
62	Włocławski	359,506	-0.4%
63	Koszaliński	351,466	-0.3%
64	Ciechanowski	341,295	-0.3%
65	Nowotarski	334,464	+0.1%
66	Słupski	329,178	-0.1%
67	Płocki	328,824	-0.4%
68	Bialski	301,816	-0.4%
69	Ełcki	282,271	-0.2%
70	Suwalski	265,880	-0.4%
71	Żyrardowski	258,938	-0.1%
72	Chojnicki	221,329	0%
73	Świecki	186,547	-0.1%

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About this ranking

Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which area has the highest population?

Miasto Warszawa, with 1.74 million in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Świecki, with 186,547 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.