Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Poland
Poland: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.3 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Poland, 1950–2024
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Poland stood at 1.3 live births per woman.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Poland peaked at 3.7 live births per woman in 1951 and was at its lowest, 1.23 live births per woman, in 2003.
Poland ranks 210th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.53 live births per woman | 3.25 live births per woman | 3.7 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.58 live births per woman | 2.26 live births per woman | 3 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.26 live births per woman | 2.23 live births per woman | 2.31 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.26 live births per woman | 2.1 live births per woman | 2.42 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.73 live births per woman | 1.38 live births per woman | 2.07 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.3 live births per woman | 1.23 live births per woman | 1.4 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.37 live births per woman | 1.29 live births per woman | 1.47 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.31 live births per woman | 1.26 live births per woman | 1.38 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 207 Greece 1.34 live births per woman compare
- 208 Austria 1.32 live births per woman compare
- 209 Costa Rica 1.32 live births per woman compare
- 211 Finland 1.29 live births per woman compare
- 212 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.27 live births per woman compare
- 213 Mauritius 1.23 live births per woman compare
More education data for Poland
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 135,357 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, female 105.2% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 105.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Poland?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Poland was 1.3 live births per woman in 2024, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7 live births per woman in 1951.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.23 live births per woman in 2003.
- How does Poland rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Poland ranks 210th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.