NUTS 3 areas of Poland by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Poland by population, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Miasto Warszawa had the highest population of 73 areas in 2018, at 1.76 million. Świecki had the lowest, at 186,327. The median was 505,527 and the figure for Poland was 37.98 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,761,298Miasto Warszawa

Lowest186,327Świecki

Median505,52773 areas

Poland37,976,687History

Top 40 areas, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2018 persons	Change on 2017
1	Miasto Warszawa	1,761,298	+0.6%
2	Bydgosko-toruński	771,072	+0.2%
3	Miasto Kraków	760,626	+0.4%
4	Kielecki	756,740	-0.3%
5	Trójmiejski	743,330	+0.1%
6	Katowicki	736,454	-0.4%
7	Krakowski	720,177	+0.7%
8	Lubelski	709,424	0%
9	Miasto Łódź	689,594	-0.8%
10	Sosnowiecki	679,270	-0.6%
11	Kaliski	666,265	-0%
12	Bielski	660,324	+0.2%
13	Koniński	653,355	-0%
14	Poznański	648,482	+1.5%
15	Wałbrzyski	646,064	-0.7%
16	Miasto Wrocław	636,050	+0.3%
17	Warszawski zachodni	632,012	+1%
18	Warszawski wschodni	631,724	+0.9%
19	Rzeszowski	627,508	+0.6%
20	Zielonogórski	623,444	-0.1%
21	Rybnicki	623,305	-0%
22	Chełmsko-zamojski	620,130	-0.6%
23	Radomski	608,477	-0.2%
24	Olsztyński	607,588	-0.1%
25	Tarnobrzeski	600,624	-0.1%
26	Opolski	583,805	-0.1%
27	Wrocławski	583,690	+0.9%
28	Piotrkowski	583,134	-0.3%
29	Gdański	574,187	+1.4%
30	Jeleniogórski	555,529	-0.5%
31	Leszczyński	552,942	+0.2%
32	Oświęcimski	547,541	-0.1%
33	Miasto Poznań	537,682	-0.3%
34	Nowosądecki	532,952	+0.3%
35	Elbląski	519,207	-0.3%
36	Częstochowski	512,128	-0.5%
37	Szczeciński	505,527	+0.1%
38	Białostocki	504,413	+0.2%
39	Puławski	476,126	-0.5%
40	Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski	475,276	-0.6%
41	Krośnieński	472,097	-0.2%
42	Gliwicki	465,435	-0.3%
43	Tarnowski	452,857	0%
44	Sieradzki	444,385	-0.3%
45	Legnicko-głogowski	444,025	-0.2%
46	Bytomski	432,570	-0.3%
47	Starogardzki	425,816	-0%
48	Szczecinecko-pyrzycki	420,869	-0.5%
49	Siedlecki	418,431	-0%
50	Pilski	406,879	-0.1%
51	Miasto Szczecin	401,556	-0.2%
52	Tyski	391,377	+0.4%
53	Łomżyński	386,211	-0.5%
54	Przemyski	385,648	-0.2%
55	Łódzki	384,780	+0.2%
56	Grudziądzki	384,695	-0.1%
57	Ostrołęcki	382,337	-0.2%
58	Gorzowski	380,683	-0%
59	Nyski	365,003	-0.3%
60	Inowrocławski	360,815	-0.2%
61	Skierniewicki	360,555	-0.4%
62	Włocławski	356,839	-0.3%
63	Koszaliński	350,921	-0%
64	Ciechanowski	339,497	-0.4%
65	Nowotarski	335,345	+0.2%
66	Słupski	329,170	0%
67	Płocki	327,027	-0.3%
68	Bialski	299,762	-0.4%
69	Ełcki	281,620	-0%
70	Suwalski	264,232	-0.3%
71	Żyrardowski	259,024	0%
72	Chojnicki	222,423	+0.3%
73	Świecki	186,327	-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 1.76 million in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Świecki, with 186,327 in 2018.

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.