GUS: Poland sixth most populous EU country

With 38.43 million people at the end of 2015, Poland was the sixth most populous country in the EU and 34th in the world, according to the Central Statistical Office of Poland. In 2015, for 100 males there were 107 females. The average Polish woman lives 81.6 years and a Polish man - 73.6 years, GUS said. As much as 62 percent of Poles are of working age, 18 percent are of pre-working age and 20 percent of post-working age. In 2015, 369,300 babies were born, the figure is lower by 25,600 than the number of deceased.