Poland
Life expectancy in Poland
Life expectancy in Poland: 58.3 years in 1950 and 78.6 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 78.6 years
- Since 1950
- +20.3 years
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 89 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 89 years in 2100, between 81.8 years and 96.3 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1931: 49.8 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 78.6 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 77.9 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 75.6 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 76.6 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 77.9 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 77.6 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 77.7 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 77.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 77.6 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 77.3 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 77.1 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 76.8 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 76.6 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 76.3 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 75.9 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 75.6 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 75.4 | 69 |
| 2006 | 75.3 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 75.1 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 74.9 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 74.8 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 74.5 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 74.2 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 73.7 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 73.2 | 66 |
| 1998 | 72.9 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 72.6 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 72.3 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 72 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 71.7 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 71.3 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 70.9 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 70.7 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 70.6 | 64 |
| 1989 | 70.8 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 70.8 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 70.8 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 70.6 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 70.5 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 70.6 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 70.8 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 70.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 70.6 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 70.5 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 70.3 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 70.4 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 70.3 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 70.4 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 70.6 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 70.7 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 70.7 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 70.1 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 69.8 | 56 |
| 1970 | 69.6 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 69.8 | 56 |
| 1968 | 69.8 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 69.9 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 69.7 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 69.4 | 54 |
| 1964 | 68.9 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 68.3 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 68 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 67.8 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 67.1 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 66.4 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 64.9 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 64.4 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 63.4 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 63.1 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 62.3 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 61.3 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 59.7 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 58.9 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 58.3 | 46.4 |
| 1931 | 49.8 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 78.877.9–79.7 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 7977.6–80.4 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 79.277.5–80.8 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 79.377.4–81.2 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 79.577.4–81.6 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 79.777.3–82 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 79.977.2–82.2 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 8077.2–82.6 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 80.277.1–82.9 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 80.477.1–83.1 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 80.577.2–83.4 | 75 |
| 2035 | 80.777.3–83.7 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 80.977.3–84 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 8177.3–84.3 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 81.277.3–84.5 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 81.377.5–84.8 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 81.577.5–85 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 81.777.5–85.1 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 81.877.6–85.5 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 8277.6–85.6 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 82.177.7–85.8 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 82.377.6–86 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 82.477.7–86.3 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 82.677.9–86.6 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 82.777.9–86.6 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 82.978–86.8 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 8378–87 | 77 |
| 2051 | 83.278.2–87.3 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 83.378.3–87.6 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 83.478.5–87.7 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 83.678.6–88 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 83.778.6–88.3 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 83.878.8–88.5 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 8478.7–88.6 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 84.178.9–88.9 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 84.278.9–89 | 78 |
| 2060 | 84.479.1–89.1 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 84.579.2–89.3 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 84.679.2–89.6 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 84.779.3–89.9 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 84.979.4–89.9 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 8579.5–90.2 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 85.179.7–90.4 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 85.279.7–90.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 85.479.9–90.8 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 85.580–91.1 | 79 |
| 2070 | 85.680.2–91.2 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 85.780.1–91.4 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 85.880.3–91.5 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 8680.2–91.8 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 86.180.4–92 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 86.280.5–91.9 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 86.380.4–92.1 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 86.580.6–92.4 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 86.680.7–92.6 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 86.780.8–92.7 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 86.880.8–93 | 80 |
| 2081 | 86.981–93 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 8781–93.5 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 87.281–93.5 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 87.381.2–93.7 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 87.481.3–94 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 87.581.2–94.1 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 87.681.4–94.1 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 87.781.2–94.3 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 87.881.2–94.6 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 87.981.5–94.7 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 8881.3–94.8 | 81 |
| 2092 | 88.181.5–94.9 | 81 |
| 2093 | 88.381.5–95.1 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 88.481.6–95.5 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 88.581.7–95.5 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 88.681.7–95.8 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 88.781.7–95.9 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 88.881.5–96.2 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 88.981.8–96.2 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 8981.8–96.3 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel189,000 people in 2020
- National power0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports59 million TIV in 2025