2011 Polish census

{{Short description|none}} The '''Polish census of 2011''' ({{langx|pl|Narodowy Spis Powszechny 2011}}) was a [[census]] in [[Poland]] taken from 1 April to 30 June 2011.

Censuses in [[Poland]] are conducted every 10 years, the previous census was the [[2002 Polish census]]. The next census was the [[2021 Polish census]].

==Results== ===Population by voivodeships=== Source:<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://stat.gov.pl/spisy-powszechne/nsp-2011/nsp-2011-wyniki/ludnosc-stan-i-struktura-demograficzno-spoleczna-nsp-2011,16,1.html|title=Ludność. Stan i struktura demograficzno-społeczna. Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011|publisher=[[Statistics Poland|Główny Urząd Statystyczny]]|isbn=978-83-7027-521-1|location=Warsaw|page=141|language=pl}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" |Voivodeship ! colspan="3" |Population |- !total !urban !rural |- |[[Greater Poland Voivodeship|Greater Poland]] |3,447,441 |1,925,817 |1,521,624 |- |[[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|Kuyavian-Pomeranian]] |2,097,635 |1,269,821 |827,814 |- |[[Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Lesser Poland]] |3,337,471 |1,640,965 |1,696,506 |- |[[Łódź Voivodeship|Łódź]] |2,538,677 |1,621,763 |916,914 |- |[[Lower Silesian Voivodeship|Lower Silesian]] |2,915,241 |2,037,736 |877,505 |- |[[Lublin Voivodeship|Lublin]] |2,175,700 |1,011,528 |1,164,172 |- |[[Lubusz Voivodeship|Lubusz]] |1,022,843 |649,297 |373,546 |- |[[Masovian Voivodeship|Masovian]] |5,268,660 |3,381,717 |1,886,943 |- |[[Opole Voivodeship|Opole]] |1,016,212 |532,217 |483,995 |- |[[Podkarpackie Voivodeship|Podkarpackie]] |2,127,286 |881,665 |1,245,621 |- |[[Podlaskie Voivodeship|Podlaskie]] |1,202,365 |724,547 |477,818 |- |[[Pomeranian Voivodeship|Pomeranian]] |2,276,174 |1,498,272 |777,902 |- |[[Silesian Voivodeship|Silesian]] |4,630,366 |3,601,602 |1,028,764 |- |[[Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship|Świętokrzyskie]] |1,280,721 |577,842 |702,879 |- |[[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Warmian-Masurian]] |1,452,147 |863,355 |588,792 |- |[[West Pomeranian Voivodeship|West Pomeranian]] |1,722,885 |1,187,748 |535,137 |- !Poland !38,511,824 !23,405,892 !15,105,932 |} ===National/ethnic identity=== The Census included two questions regarding national and ethnic identity: *What is your [[nation]]? ("Jaka jest Pana/Pani [[:pl:narodowość|narodowość]]?")<ref>''Note:'' In Polish, ''narodowość'' 'nationality' means the association of a person with a particular [[nation]] regardless of [[state (polity)|state]]; i.e., its meaning is closer to that of '[[ethnicity]]'.</ref> The census provided the following definition: "Nationality (national or ethnic affiliation) is a declared (based on subjective feeling) individual feature of the person, which expresses their emotional, cultural or genealogical relationship (due to the origin of parents) with a specific nation".<ref>[http://warszawa.stat.gov.pl/ludnosc-stan-oraz-struktura-1179/um-1215/ "UWAGI METODYCZNE"] (Methodical Remarks for the 2011 Census) (retrieved January 2, 2018)</ref> *Do you feel an affiliation with another nation or ethnic group? ("Czy odczuwa Pan/Pani przynależność także do innego narodu lub wspólnoty etnicznej?")

*93.8% of surveyed declared Polish [[ethnicity]]; 3,8% other and 2,4% gave no answer. *99.7% of those surveyed declared Polish [[citizenship]]; 0.2% declared other citizenship.

==== Significant ethnic minorities ====

Other ethnic groups in Poland include:

{| class="wikitable" !Ethnicity|| 2002 || 2011<br>(1st declared<br>ethnonationality) || 2011<br>Total<br>incl. 2nd declared ethn. |- |[[Silesians]]||173,153|| ~418,000 || ~817,000 |- |[[Germans]]||152,897|| ~59,000 || ~126,000 |- |[[Belarusians]]||48,737|| ~36,000 || ~46,000 |- |[[Ukrainians]]||30,957|| ~37,000 || ~49,000 |- |[[Romani people|Roma]]||12,855|| ~12,000 || ~16,000 |- |[[Russians]]||6,103|| ~8,000 || ~13,000 |- |[[Lemkos]]||5,863|| ~7,000 || ~10,000 |- |[[Lithuanians]]||5,846|| ~5,000 || ~8,000 |- |[[Kashubians]]||5,062|| ~17,000 || ~229,000 |- |[[Slovaks]]||2,001|| ~2,000 || ~3,000 |- |[[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]]||1,808|| ~3,000|| ~4,000 |- |[[French people|French]]||1,633|| ~1,000 || ~7,000 |- |[[United States|American]]||1,541|| ~1,000 || ~11,000 |- |[[Greeks|Greek]]||1,404|| ~1,000 || ~3,000 |- |[[Italians|Italian]]||1,367 || ~2,000 || ~8,000 |- |[[Jews]]||1,055|| ~2,000|| 7,353  |- |[[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]]||1,112|| ? || 2,171 |- |[[Armenians]]||1,082|| ~3,000 || ~3,000 |- |[[Czechs]]||831|| ~1,000 || ~3,000 |- |[[British people|British]]||800|| ~2,000 || ~10,000 |- |[[Tatars]]||495|| ? || 1,916 |}

==See also== *[[Demographics of Poland]]

==References== {{reflist}} *{{in lang|pl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130116214520/http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_lu_nps2011_wyniki_nsp2011_22032012.pdf Wyniki Narodowego Spisu Powszechnego Ludności i Mieszkań 2011 w zakresie deklarowanej narodowości oraz języka używanego w domu]

==External links== *{{in lang|pl}} [http://stat.gov.pl/spisy-powszechne/nsp-2011/ NSP 2011]

[[Category:Censuses in Poland|2011]] [[Category:2011 in Poland]] [[Category:2011 censuses]]