Median age of the population in Poland
The median age in Poland was 43.4 years on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag ep”.
Poland, 2025
43.4ep (Source flag ep)
Change from 2024
+0.9%
European Union, 2025
44.9 yearsep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
43.8 years
Position in 2025
20th of 40
Median age of the population in Poland over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Poland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.4 yearsep (estimated, provisional) | 44.9 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 43.0 yearsep (estimated, provisional) | 44.7 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 42.6 yearsep (estimated, provisional) | 44.5 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 42.2 yearsep (estimated, provisional) | 44.4 years |
| 2021 | 41.9 yearsb (break in time series) | 44.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 41.3 years | 43.9 yearse (estimated) |
| 2019 | 41.0 years | 43.7 years |
| 2018 | 40.6 years | 43.5 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 40.3 years | 43.2 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 39.9 years | 43.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 39.6 years | 42.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 39.2 years | 42.5 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 38.8 years | – |
| 2012 | 38.5 years | 41.9 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 38.2 years | 41.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 37.9 yearsb (break in time series) | 41.3 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 37.5 years | 41.0 years |
| 2008 | 37.3 years | 40.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 37.0 years | 40.3 years |
| 2006 | 36.7 years | 40.0 years |
| 2005 | 36.5 years | 39.6 years |
| 2004 | 36.2 years | 39.3 years |
| 2003 | 35.9 years | 39.0 years |
| 2002 | 35.7 years | 38.7 years |
| 2001 | 35.4 years | 38.4 yearsb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9% from 43.0 years in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 39.6 years, the figure has changed by +9.6%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 20th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 44.9 years.
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All statistics for Poland
Population aged 65 and over
21.0%ep (Source flag ep)
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Old-age dependency ratio
32.7ep (Source flag ep) per 100 working-age people
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Population on 1 January
36,497,495 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
36,497,495 people
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Crude birth rate
6.5 per 1,000 people
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Crude death rate
11.1 per 1,000 people
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