Elon Musk comments on the alarming data about Poland. “Population collapse is accelerating”
The author of the entry regarding the dramatically low fertility rate in Poland is the DogeDesigner profile. “URGENT: The fertility rate in Poland has fallen sharply, reaching around 1.1 children per woman, one of the lowest in Europe, and is expected to fall even further to around 1.05. Civilization is disappearing. Wake up before it's too late,” we read.
Elon Musk retweeted this entry on his profile. The billionaire added a short comment to it. “The population collapse is accelerating,” wrote the Tesla owner, who, according to media reports, has a total of 14 children with four different partners.
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Dramatic fertility rate in Poland. The Central Statistical Office presented the data
The latest data published by the Central Statistical Office shows that in 2024 the fertility rate in Poland was exactly 1.099. It is assumed that maintaining a constant population of a given country, i.e. generation replacement, occurs when the fertility rate is 2.1.
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It is estimated that if the fertility situation in Poland does not improve, by 2060 the population in our country may decline by almost 25%. This would mean that just over 28 million people will live there.
The Central Statistical Office reports dramatic data
In November, the Central Statistical Office published the latest data on Poland's changing demography. The fertility rate in 2024 was 1.099 — results from the latest demographic yearbook of the Central Statistical Office. According to the Central Statistical Office, Poland in 2024 had a negative natural increase: – 4.17. The average lifespan for women was 82.26 years and for men 74.93 years.
The fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would give birth to during the entire reproductive period (15-49 years), assuming that in each phase of this period she would give birth at the intensity observed among women in the year in question.
Data from the Central Statistical Office show that Poland has a negative natural increase: – 4.17. In 2024, there were 6.7 live births per thousand people and 10.88 deaths per thousand people.
The average life expectancy for women in 2024 was 82.26 years and for men 74.93 years, the Central Statistical Office reported.
Overall, the majority of deaths in 2024 were caused by circulatory system diseases, followed by cancer and the so-called other causes of death. In terms of population, Poland is the fifth country in the EU (Warsaw, Kraków and Wrocław, Tricity and Poznań). Poland's population is 8.1 percent. EU population. In first place is Germany – 18.6 percent, France 15.2 percent, Italy 13.1 percent, Spain 10.9 percent.
Metropolises are growing, the rest are being depopulated
Five large urban centers are sucking young people out of smaller towns. The situation of the so-called the eastern wall and the peripheries of voivodeships, and the Kielce region is absorbed by neighboring regions. These are the results of research on the migration of Poles conducted by sociologists from the University of Łódź.
Ph.D. Piotr Szukalski, prof. The University of Lodz, from the Institute of Sociology of this university, presented the results of demographic research on the migrations of young Poles in Łódź. The research shows a trend indicating that Poland is experiencing depopulation at the local and regional level with a slow concentration of population in metropolitan areas.
