Overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Poland
Poland: Overcrowding rate by household type - total population was 18.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Poland, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Poland is 18.3%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Poland peaked at 33.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 18.3%, in 2025.
Poland ranks 6th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Poland, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 33.4% | — |
| 2006 | 32.3% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 29.8% | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 28.8% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 29.6% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 30.3% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 31.3% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 27.3% | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 26.1% | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 27.0% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 27.3% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 27.1% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 24.8% | -8.5% |
| 2018 | 26.9% | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 24.5% | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 20.5% | -16.3% |
| 2021 | 19.3% | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 21.3% | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 19.1% | -10.3% |
| 2024 | 19.4% | +1.6% |
| 2025 | 18.3% | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.8% | 28.8% | 33.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 27.3% | 24.5% | 31.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.7% | 18.3% | 21.3% | 6 |
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- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates -0.3006 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population on 1 January by age group, sex and NUTS 2 region 36.50 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 36.50 million Number (2025)
- Animal populations by NUTS 2 region 6,143 Thousand heads (animals) (2025)
- Live births (total) by NUTS 3 region 251,782 Number (2024)
- Population density by NUTS 3 region 119 Persons per square kilometre (2024)
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- Live births by mother's age and NUTS 2 region 251,782 Number (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Poland?
- Overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Poland was 18.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by household type - total population recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 33.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by household type - total population recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.3% in 2025.
- How does Poland rank for overcrowding rate by household type - total population?
- Poland ranks 6th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by household type - total population rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Overcrowding rate by household type - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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