GUS – Polish Population growth remains slow

The situation concerning the population of Poland remains difficult and in the near future, we should not expect any significant changes that could guarantee stable demographic development, GUS reported today in an assessment of the demographic situation of the country. "We can observe a change in the trend of fertility rates over the last quarter of a century, which will have a negative impact on the future number of births, due to the decreasing number of women of childbearing age," GUS reported. "This phenomenon is compounded by the high scale emigration of Poles (especially the emigration of young people). Low levels of fertility and births will cause a decrease in the labor supply and an increasingly rapid aging of the population" the report continued. According to GUS, in 2016 for every 100 people of working age there were 29 people of pre-working age, while there were 33 people of retirement age or over.