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Poland: cities by population

Poland has a population of 37,978,548, with Warsaw as its capital. The 50 largest of its 3,708 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Warsaw	Mazovia	1,702,139
2	Kraków	Lesser Poland	816,614
3	Wrocław	Lower Silesia	672,545
4	Łódź	Łódź Voivodeship	639,890
5	Poznań	Greater Poland	536,151
6	Gdańsk	Pomerania	487,371
7	Szczecin	West Pomerania	395,513
8	Lublin	Lublin	336,339
9	Bydgoszcz	Kujawsko-Pomorskie	330,038
10	Białystok	Podlasie	295,683
11	Katowice	Silesia	286,960
12	Gdynia	Pomerania	257,000
13	Częstochowa	Silesia	248,125
14	Sosnowiec	Silesia	227,295
15	Radom	Mazovia	226,794
16	Mokotów	Mazovia	217,683
17	Gliwice	Silesia	198,835
18	Rzeszów	Subcarpathia	198,317
19	Toruń	Kujawsko-Pomorskie	196,935
20	Kielce	Świętokrzyskie	192,468
21	Zabrze	Silesia	192,177
22	Bytom	Silesia	189,186
23	Praga Południe	Mazovia	179,836
24	Bielsko-Biala	Silesia	176,515
25	Olsztyn	Warmia-Masuria	169,793
26	Ursynów	Mazovia	149,775
27	Ruda Śląska	Silesia	146,189
28	Rybnik	Silesia	142,510
29	Wola	Mazovia	140,958
30	Bielany	Mazovia	131,910
31	Tychy	Silesia	130,000
32	Białołeka	Mazovia	129,106
33	Opole	Opole Voivodeship	127,676
34	Elbląg	Warmia-Masuria	127,558
35	Płock	Mazovia	127,474
36	Wałbrzych	Lower Silesia	127,431
37	Targówek	Mazovia	124,279
38	Bemowo	Mazovia	123,932
39	Włocławek	Kujawsko-Pomorskie	120,339
40	Zielona Góra	Lubusz	118,433
41	Tarnów	Lesser Poland	117,799
42	Dąbrowa Górnicza	Silesia	116,971
43	Gorzów Wielkopolski	Lubusz	114,567
44	Chorzów	Silesia	113,430
45	Kalisz	Greater Poland	108,759
46	Koszalin	West Pomerania	107,450
47	Legnica	Lower Silesia	106,033
48	Śródmieście	Mazovia	99,950
49	Słupsk	Pomerania	98,608
50	Jaworzno	Silesia	96,541

Twenty years earlier: Poland in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 38,133,691.