2011 Polish census
The Polish census of 2011 was a census in Poland taken from 1 April to 30 June 2011.
Censuses in Poland are conducted every 10 years, the previous census was the 2002 Polish census.
The next census was the 2021 Polish census.
Results
Population by voivodeships
Source:National/ethnic identity
The Census included two questions regarding national and ethnic identity:- What is your nation? The census provided the following definition: "Nationality is a declared individual feature of the person, which expresses their emotional, cultural or genealogical relationship with a specific nation".
- Do you feel an affiliation with another nation or ethnic group?
- 93.8% of surveyed declared Polish ethnicity; 3,8% other and 2,4% gave no answer.
- 99.7% of those surveyed declared Polish citizenship; 0.2% declared other citizenship.
Significant ethnic minorities
| Ethnicity | 2002 | 2011 | 2011 Total incl. 2nd declared ethn. |
| Silesians | 173,153 | ~418,000 | ~817,000 |
| Germans | 152,897 | ~59,000 | ~126,000 |
| Belarusians | 48,737 | ~36,000 | ~46,000 |
| Ukrainians | 30,957 | ~37,000 | ~49,000 |
| Roma | 12,855 | ~12,000 | ~16,000 |
| Russians | 6,103 | ~8,000 | ~13,000 |
| Lemkos | 5,863 | ~7,000 | ~10,000 |
| Lithuanians | 5,846 | ~5,000 | ~8,000 |
| Kashubians | 5,062 | ~17,000 | ~229,000 |
| Slovaks | 2,001 | ~2,000 | ~3,000 |
| Vietnamese | 1,808 | ~3,000 | ~4,000 |
| French | 1,633 | ~1,000 | ~7,000 |
| American | 1,541 | ~1,000 | ~11,000 |
| Greek | 1,404 | ~1,000 | ~3,000 |
| Italian | 1,367 | ~2,000 | ~8,000 |
| Jews | 1,055 | ~2,000 | 7,353 |
| Bulgarian | 1,112 | ? | 2,171 |
| Armenians | 1,082 | ~3,000 | ~3,000 |
| Czechs | 831 | ~1,000 | ~3,000 |
| British | 800 | ~2,000 | ~10,000 |
| Tatars | 495 | ? | 1,916 |