NUTS 3 areas of Poland by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Poland by population, 2017
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Miasto Warszawa had the highest population of 73 areas in 2017, at 1.75 million. Świecki had the lowest, at 186,455. The median was 504,852 and the figure for Poland was 37.97 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,750,345Miasto Warszawa

Lowest186,455Świecki

Median504,85273 areas

Poland37,972,964History

Top 40 areas, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2017 persons	Change on 2016
1	Miasto Warszawa	1,750,345	+0.6%
2	Bydgosko-toruński	769,556	+0.2%
3	Kielecki	759,368	-0.3%
4	Miasto Kraków	757,685	+0.5%
5	Trójmiejski	742,845	+0.2%
6	Katowicki	739,483	-0.4%
7	Krakowski	715,099	+0.7%
8	Lubelski	709,266	+0.1%
9	Miasto Łódź	694,990	-0.6%
10	Sosnowiecki	683,319	-0.5%
11	Kaliski	666,344	-0%
12	Bielski	659,211	+0.1%
13	Koniński	653,607	-0.1%
14	Wałbrzyski	650,502	-0.6%
15	Poznański	639,180	+1.4%
16	Miasto Wrocław	634,192	+0.6%
17	Warszawski wschodni	626,313	+0.9%
18	Warszawski zachodni	625,620	+1%
19	Chełmsko-zamojski	624,123	-0.6%
20	Zielonogórski	624,092	-0.1%
21	Rzeszowski	623,968	+0.5%
22	Rybnicki	623,357	-0%
23	Radomski	609,946	-0.3%
24	Olsztyński	608,208	-0.2%
25	Tarnobrzeski	601,203	0%
26	Piotrkowski	585,005	-0.3%
27	Opolski	584,460	-0.1%
28	Wrocławski	578,531	+0.8%
29	Gdański	566,182	+1.2%
30	Jeleniogórski	558,059	-0.4%
31	Leszczyński	551,802	+0.2%
32	Oświęcimski	548,281	-0.1%
33	Miasto Poznań	539,262	-0.3%
34	Nowosądecki	531,216	+0.3%
35	Elbląski	520,777	-0.4%
36	Częstochowski	514,496	-0.4%
37	Szczeciński	504,852	+0.2%
38	Białostocki	503,465	+0.2%
39	Puławski	478,488	-0.5%
40	Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski	478,150	-0.5%
41	Krośnieński	472,939	-0.2%
42	Gliwicki	466,947	-0.4%
43	Tarnowski	452,730	0%
44	Sieradzki	445,570	-0.2%
45	Legnicko-głogowski	444,934	-0.1%
46	Bytomski	433,811	-0.3%
47	Starogardzki	425,919	0%
48	Szczecinecko-pyrzycki	423,003	-0.2%
49	Siedlecki	418,592	-0.1%
50	Pilski	407,278	-0.1%
51	Miasto Szczecin	402,415	-0.6%
52	Tyski	389,904	+0.3%
53	Łomżyński	388,337	-0.5%
54	Przemyski	386,612	-0.3%
55	Grudziądzki	385,116	-0.2%
56	Łódzki	384,041	+0.1%
57	Ostrołęcki	382,940	-0.2%
58	Gorzowski	380,800	+0.1%
59	Nyski	366,250	-0.4%
60	Skierniewicki	362,014	-0.4%
61	Inowrocławski	361,420	-0.2%
62	Włocławski	358,028	-0.4%
63	Koszaliński	350,976	-0.1%
64	Ciechanowski	340,804	-0.1%
65	Nowotarski	334,792	+0.1%
66	Słupski	329,051	-0%
67	Płocki	327,970	-0.3%
68	Bialski	300,910	-0.3%
69	Ełcki	281,656	-0.2%
70	Suwalski	265,145	-0.3%
71	Żyrardowski	258,954	0%
72	Chojnicki	221,803	+0.2%
73	Świecki	186,455	-0%

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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 1.75 million in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Świecki, with 186,455 in 2017.

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.