# 2011 Polish census

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The **Polish census of 2011** ([Polish](/source/Polish_language): *Narodowy Spis Powszechny 2011*) was a [census](/source/Census) in [Poland](/source/Poland) taken from 1 April to 30 June 2011.

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

## Results

### Population by voivodeships

Source:[1]

Voivodeship Population total urban rural Greater Poland 3,447,441 1,925,817 1,521,624 Kuyavian-Pomeranian 2,097,635 1,269,821 827,814 Lesser Poland 3,337,471 1,640,965 1,696,506 Łódź 2,538,677 1,621,763 916,914 Lower Silesian 2,915,241 2,037,736 877,505 Lublin 2,175,700 1,011,528 1,164,172 Lubusz 1,022,843 649,297 373,546 Masovian 5,268,660 3,381,717 1,886,943 Opole 1,016,212 532,217 483,995 Podkarpackie 2,127,286 881,665 1,245,621 Podlaskie 1,202,365 724,547 477,818 Pomeranian 2,276,174 1,498,272 777,902 Silesian 4,630,366 3,601,602 1,028,764 Świętokrzyskie 1,280,721 577,842 702,879 Warmian-Masurian 1,452,147 863,355 588,792 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](/source/Nation)? ("Jaka jest Pana/Pani [narodowość](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/narodowo%C5%9B%C4%87)?")[2] 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".[3]

- 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](/source/Ethnicity); 3,8% other and 2,4% gave no answer.

- 99.7% of those surveyed declared Polish [citizenship](/source/Citizenship); 0.2% declared other citizenship.

#### Significant ethnic minorities

Other ethnic groups in Poland include:

Ethnicity 2002 2011 (1st declared ethnonationality) 2011 Total 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 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 1,808 ~3,000 ~4,000 French 1,633 ~1,000 ~7,000 American 1,541 ~1,000 ~11,000 Greek 1,404 ~1,000 ~3,000 Italian 1,367 ~2,000 ~8,000 Jews 1,055 ~2,000 7,353 Bulgarian 1,112 ? 2,171 Armenians 1,082 ~3,000 ~3,000 Czechs 831 ~1,000 ~3,000 British 800 ~2,000 ~10,000 Tatars 495 ? 1,916

## See also

- [Demographics of Poland](/source/Demographics_of_Poland)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Ludność. Stan i struktura demograficzno-społeczna. Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011*](https://stat.gov.pl/spisy-powszechne/nsp-2011/nsp-2011-wyniki/ludnosc-stan-i-struktura-demograficzno-spoleczna-nsp-2011,16,1.html) (in Polish). Warsaw: [Główny Urząd Statystyczny](/source/Statistics_Poland). p. 141. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-83-7027-521-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-83-7027-521-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Note:* In Polish, *narodowość* 'nationality' means the association of a person with a particular [nation](/source/Nation) regardless of [state](/source/State_(polity)); i.e., its meaning is closer to that of '[ethnicity](/source/Ethnicity)'.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["UWAGI METODYCZNE"](http://warszawa.stat.gov.pl/ludnosc-stan-oraz-struktura-1179/um-1215/) (Methodical Remarks for the 2011 Census) (retrieved January 2, 2018)

- (in Polish) [Wyniki Narodowego Spisu Powszechnego Ludności i Mieszkań 2011 w zakresie deklarowanej narodowości oraz języka używanego w domu](https://web.archive.org/web/20130116214520/http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_lu_nps2011_wyniki_nsp2011_22032012.pdf)

## External links

- (in Polish) [NSP 2011](http://stat.gov.pl/spisy-powszechne/nsp-2011/)

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