List of cities and towns in Poland

Map of Poland

This is a list of cities and towns in Poland. This list is made up of a list of Polish cities and towns by population and a full list of cities and towns in Poland in alphabetical order.

Largest cities and towns by population

Poland has:

1 city over 1,000,000
4 cities from 500,000 to 999,999:
6 cities from 250,000 to 499,999:
26 cities from 100,000 to 249,999:
45 cities and 1 town from 50,000 to 99,999
25 cities and 69 towns from 25,000 to 49,999
221 towns from 10,000 do 24,999
187 towns from 5,000 to 9,999
220 towns from 2,500 to 4,999
140 towns from 1,000 to 2,499
9 towns below 1,000.

Below is a table of the most populated cities and towns in Poland. The table ranks cities by population based on data from the Central Statistical Office of Poland.^[1]^[2]

Population at various dates
Name	Voivodeship	1 Jan 2022	1 Jan 2021	30 June 2020	Dec. 2007	1999	1970	1960	1950	1900	Change 2007 – 2020
Warsaw	Masovian	1,795,569	1,794,166	1,793,579	1,706,624	1,618,468	1,315,648	1,139,189	822,036	756,400	4.92%
Kraków	Lesser Poland	782,137	779,966	780,981	766,583	740,666	583,444	481,296	343,638	120,300	1.63%
L\|o\|dz\|Łódź	Łódź	664,071	672,185	677,286	753,192	806,728	762,699	709,698	620,273	351,600	-9.82%
Wrocław	Lower Silesian	642,687	641,928	643,782	632,930	643,877	526,000	430,522	308,925	422,700	1.60%
Poznań	Greater Poland	529,410	532,048	533,830	567,932	578,235	471,900	408,132	320,670	126,000	-5.83%
Gdańsk (part of Tricity metropolitan area)	Pomeranian	470,621	471,525	458,717	458,988		365,600	286,940	194,633	140,600	2.66%
Szczecin	West Pomeranian	395,513	400,990	410,811	416,988		338,000	269,318	178,907	210,700	-2.17%
Bydgoszcz	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	339,053	346,739	361,222	386,855		282,200	232,007	162,524	52,200	-3.61%
Lublin	Lublin	336,339	339,547	351,806	356,251		238,500	181,304	116,629	53,600	-3.42%
Białystok	Podlaskie	295,683	297,585	294,143	285,000		168,500	120,921	68,503	66,000	1.16%
Katowice (centre of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	286,960	291,774	317,220	345,934		305,000	269,926	175,496	31,700	-7.71%
Gdynia (part of Tricity metropolitan area)	Pomeranian	243,918	245,867	250,242	253,521		191,500	147,625	103,458	900	-1.56%
Częstochowa	Silesian	214,342	219,278	242,300	257,812		188,189	164,906	112,198	53,700	-9.02%
Radom	Masovian	206,946	210,532	224,857	232,262		159,480	130,116	80,298	30,100	-6.00%
Rzeszów	Podkarpackie	198,609	196,821	166,454	162,049		83,105	62,526	28,133	18,300	17.88%
Toruń	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	196,935	201,106	206,619	211,955		129,872	104,906	80,637	29,600	-2.50%
Sosnowiec (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	194,818	198,996	222,586	244,102		145,000	131,654	96,448	86,700	-10.16%
Kielce	Świętokrzyskie	191,448	194,218	205,902	212,383		126,950	89,500	61,332	23,200	-5.37%
Gliwice (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	175,102	178,186	197,393	212,164		172,000	135,300	119,968	52,400	-9.52%
Olsztyn	Warmian-Masurian	169,793	171,853	175,710	171,131		94,753	67,887	43,831	24,300	-2.12%
Zabrze (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	168,946	171,691	189,062	200,177		197,840	190,049	172,355	26,000	-8.82%
Bielsko-Biała	Silesian	168,319	170,303	175,690	178,963		106,200	75,527		17,400	-2.86%
Bytom (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	161,139	164,447	184,765	205,560		187,500	182,578	173,955	51,400	-10.56%
Zielona Góra	Lubusz	140,403	141,280	117,523	118,182		73,485	54,291	31,634	21,000	20.17%
Rybnik	Silesian	135,994	137,782	141,080	144,582		43,700	34,099	27,222	7,200	-2.11%
Ruda Śląska (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	135,008	137,030	144,584	159,665		143,122	131,667	33,962	14,800	-4.99%
Opole	Opole	127,077	128,012	126,748	129,553		86,900	63,500	38,464	30,100	1.02%
Tychy (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	125,781	127,307	129,776	133,178		71,500	49,914		4,900	-1.68%
Gorzów Wielkopolski	Lubusz	120,087	123,341	125,411	126,019		74,782	58,671	32,825	33,600	-1.43%
Elbląg	Warmian-Masurian	117,390	119,097	126,710	129,782		90,051	76,513	48,112	52,500	-5.83%
Dąbrowa Górnicza (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	116,971	118,899	128,795	131,037		61,700	55,720	32,446	3,000	-7.32%
Płock	Masovian	116,962	118,989	126,968	131,011		71,900	42,798	33,128	27,000	-5.94%
Wałbrzych	Lower Silesian	108,222	110,603	123,635	136,923		125,200	117,209	93,842	16,400	-9.93%
Włocławek	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	106,928	109,347	118,432	123,373		82,599	66,820	54,536	23,000	-7.22%
Tarnów	Lesser Poland	105,922	108,177	116,118	118,297		85,929	70,835	37,405	31,700	-6.58%
Chorzów (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	105,628	107,443	113,678	121,708		151,946	147,037	129,456	57,900	-5.16%
Koszalin	West Pomeranian	104,994	106,880	107,376	109,941		65,200	44,410	18,940	20,400	-0.31%
Kalisz	Greater Poland	97,905	99,761	108,031	106,641		81,454	69,946	55,542	22,000	-7.21%
Legnica	Lower Silesian	97,300	99,072	104,754	109,335		76,000	64,185	39,010	54,900	-5.16%
Grudziądz	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	92,552	94,076	99,090	102,434		75,668	64,965	45,327	32,700	-4.77%
Jaworzno (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	89,350	90,759	96,600	99,800		63,600	53,089	20,229	17,500	-5.67%
Słupsk	Pomeranian	88,835	90,320	97,419	102,370		68,939	53,383	33,115	27,300	-6.92%
Jastrzębie Zdrój	Silesian	86,632	88,425	93,939	102,294		24,500			1,700	-5.53%
Nowy Sącz	Lesser Poland	83,116	83,762	84,468	83,911		41,300	34,179	26,216		-0.95%
Jelenia Góra	Lower Silesian	77,366	78,778	86,220	93,407		55,900	49,617	34,996		-17.1%
Siedlce	Masovian	77,354	78,258	76,939	76,056		39,280	32,587	25,322		1.7%
Mysłowice (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	74,085	74,601	74,912	76,231		44,700	40,228	35,720		-2.88%
Konin	Greater Poland	71,427	73,176	80,140	83,462		40,794	17,638	12,145		-14.5%
Piła	Greater Poland	71,846	72,949	74,687	79,568		43,992	33,785	21,085	18,405	-9.80%
Piotrków Trybunalski	Łódź	71,252	72,785	78,475	81,433		59,843	52,782	42,289		-12.5%
Lubin	Lower Silesian	70,815	72,142	76,306	82,711		28,900	5,471	2,743		-14.4%
Inowrocław	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	70,713	72,561	75,681	79,517		54,911	47,267	38,005		11.1%
Ostrów Wielkopolski	Greater Poland	70,982	71,829	72,360	74,635		49,705	42,579	32,787	11,800	-4.10%
Suwałki	Podlaskie	69,206	70,126	69,786	69,281	68,815	25,572	19,868	15,456	11,000	0%
Stargard	West Pomeranian	67,293	67,753	70,217	74,166		44,640	33,650	20,684
Gniezno	Greater Poland	66,769	67,968	69,732	71,460		50,926	44,080	36,039
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski	Świętokrzyskie	66,258	67,975	73,111	79,047		50,147	38,108	20,273
Siemianowice Śląskie (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	65,684	66,587	71,621	75,218		67,401	62,411	52,994
Głogów	Lower Silesian	65,400	66,627	68,297	74,294		20,558	9,179	3,825
Pabianice	Łódź	63,023	64,445	69,842	74,689		62,402	56,222	48,817
Leszno	Greater Poland	62,200	63,323	64,057	62,597		33,985	29,157	22,572
Żory	Silesian	62,848	62,670	62,008	63,683		8,700	6,795	5,037
Zamość	Lublin	62,021	63,223	66,375	67,099		35,114	27,638	21,558	11,300
Pruszków	Masovian	62,750	62,489	55,621	53,295		43,366	38,016	27,583
Łomża	Podlaskie	62,019	62,795	63,036	64,915		25,800	19,876	14,839
Ełk	Warmian-Masurian	61,677	62,125	56,698	56,464		27,400	21,952	13,665
Tarnowskie Góry	Silesian	61,842	61,756	60,975	63,126		34,400	28,612	23,115
Tomaszów Mazowiecki	Łódź	60,529	61,645	66,232	69,389		55,011	48,546	39,391
Chełm	Lublin	60,231	61,588	67,782	70,759		39,135	31,108	20,550
Mielec	Podkarpackie	59,509	60,229	61,005	64,455		27,000	22,132	9,205
Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Opole	58,899	60,383	65,161	69,875
Przemyśl	Podkarpackie	58,721	60,442	66,867	68,345		53,509	47,442	32,948
Stalowa Wola	Podkarpackie	58,545	60,179	64,988	71,805		30,100	22,932	7,167
Tczew	Pomeranian	59,111	59,828	60,271	61,124		41,000	33,696	24,619	12,808
Biała Podlaska	Lublin	56,498	57,194	57,783	58,599		26,500	20,148	13,345
Bełchatów	Łódź	55,583	56,740	61,496	61,018		9,250	7,327	5,146
Świdnica	Lower Silesian	55,413	56,564	59,998	65,016		47,673	39,078	27,805	28,439
Będzin	Silesian	55,183	56,191	58,639	60,084		42,800	39,478	34,410
Zgierz	Łódź	54,974	55,985	58,164	58,862		43,025	36,666	26,169
Piekary Śląskie (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	54,226	54,860	59,061	61,753		36,400	32,226	22,944
Racibórz	Silesian	53,632	54,529	56,919	64,093		40,600	32,523	26,447	25,250
Legionowo	Masovian	53,205	53,809	51,058	51,301		20,836	19,835
Ostrołęka	Masovian	51,012	51,893	54,109	55,511		22,187	15,216	10,409