List of cities and towns in Poland
This page contains a list of cities and towns in Poland, preceded by a table of major Polish cities. The table ranks cities by population based on data from the Central Statistical Office of Poland. Note that in the Polish system of administration there is no difference between a city and a town. A gazetteer is available to locate any town or settlement on a detailed map.
As of 1 January 2015 there are 915 towns in Poland. For lists of places which obtained or regained town status in the years since 1900, see Nadania praw miejskich w Polsce po 1900 in Polish Wikipedia.
Largest cities by size
Below is the list of the most populated cities in Poland. The seats of either a voivode, or a voivodeship legislature, are marked in bold.
2007 data |
Name | Voivodeship | Pop. Dec. 2007 |
Pop. 1999 |
Pop. 1970 |
Pop. 1960 |
Pop. 1950 |
Pop. 1900 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Warszawa | Masovian | 1,706,624 | 1,618,468 | 1,315,648 | 1,139,189 | 822,036 | 756,400 |
2 | Kraków | Lesser Poland | 766,583 | 740,666 | 583,444 | 481,296 | 343,638 | 120,300 |
3 | Łódź | Łódź | 753,192 | 806,728 | 762,699 | 709,698 | 620,273 | 351,600 |
4 | Wrocław | Lower Silesian | 632,930 | 643,877 | 526,000 | 430,522 | 308,925 | 422,700 |
5 | Poznań | Greater Poland | 567,932 | 578,235 | 471,900 | 408,132 | 320,670 | 126,000 |
6 | Gdańsk | Pomeranian | 458,717 | 458,988 | 365,600 | 286,940 | 194,633 | 140,600 |
7 | Szczecin | West Pomeranian | 410,811 | 416,988 | 338,000 | 269,318 | 178,907 | 210,700 |
8 | Bydgoszcz | Kuyavian Pomeranian | 361,222 | 386,855 | 282,200 | 232,007 | 162,524 | 52,200 |
9 | Lublin | Lublin | 351,806 | 356,251 | 238,500 | 181,304 | 116,629 | 53,600 |
10 | Katowice
(admin centre of SM) |
Silesian | 317,220
(2,062,200) |
345,934 | 305,000 | 269,926 | 175,496 | 31,700 |
11 | Białystok | Podlaskie | 294,143 | 285,000 | 168,500 | 120,921 | 68,503 | 66,000 |
12 | Gdynia | Pomeranian | 250,242 | 253,521 | 191,500 | 147,625 | 103,458 | 900 |
13 | Częstochowa | Silesian | 242,300 | 257,812 | 188,189 | 164,906 | 112,198 | 53,700 |
14 | Radom | Masovian | 224,857 | 232,262 | 159,480 | 130,116 | 80,298 | 30,100 |
15 | Sosnowiec (incl in SM) | Silesian | 222,586 | 244,102 | 145,000 | 131,654 | 96,448 | 86,700 |
16 | Toruń | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | 206,619 | 206,158 | 129,872 | 104,906 | 80,637 | 29,600 |
17 | Kielce | Świętokrzyskie | 205,902 | 212,383 | 126,950 | 89,500 | 61,332 | 23,200 |
18 | Gliwice (incl in SM) | Silesian | 197,393 | 212,164 | 172,000 | 135,300 | 119,968 | 52,400 |
19 | Zabrze (incl in SM) | Silesian | 189,062 | 200,177 | 197,840 | 190,049 | 172,355 | 26,000 |
20 | Bytom (incl in SM) | Silesian | 184,765 | 205,560 | 187,500 | 182,578 | 173,955 | 51,400 |
21 | Olsztyn | Warmian-Masurian | 175,710 | 170,904 | 94,753 | 67,887 | 43,831 | 24,300 |
22 | Bielsko-Biała | Silesian | 175,690 | 180,307 | 106,200 | 75,527 | 17,400 | |
23 | Rzeszów | Subcarpathian | 166,454 | 162,049 | 83,105 | 62,526 | 28,133 | 18,300 |
24 | Ruda Śląska (incl in SM) | Silesian | 144,584 | 159,665 | 143,122 | 131,667 | 33,962 | 14,800 |
25 | Rybnik | Silesian | 141,080 | 144,582 | 43,700 | 34,099 | 27,222 | 7,200 |
26 | Tychy (incl in SM) | Silesian | 129,776 | 133,178 | 71,500 | 49,914 | 4,900 | |
27 | Dąbrowa Górnicza
(incl in SM) |
Silesian | 128,795 | 131,037 | 61,700 | 55,720 | 32,446 | 3,000 |
28 | Płock | Masovian | 126,968 | 131,011 | 71,900 | 42,798 | 33,128 | 27,000 |
29 | Opole | Opole | 126,748 | 129,553 | 86,900 | 63,500 | 38,464 | 30,100 |
30 | Elbląg | Warmian-Masurian | 126,710 | 129,782 | 90,051 | 76,513 | 48,112 | 52,500 |
31 | Gorzów Wielkopolski | Lubusz | 125,411 | 126,019 | 74,782 | 58,671 | 32,825 | 33,600 |
32 | Wałbrzych | Lower Silesian | 123,635 | 136,923 | 125,200 | 117,209 | 93,842 | 16,400 |
33 | Włocławek | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | 118,432 | 123,373 | 82,599 | 66,820 | 54,536 | 23,000 |
34 | Zielona Góra | Lubusz | 117,523 | 118,182 | 73,485 | 54,291 | 31,634 | 21,000 |
35 | Tarnów | Lesser Poland | 116,118 | 118,297 | 85,929 | 70,835 | 37,405 | 31,700 |
36 | Chorzów (incl in SM) | Silesian | 113,678 | 121,708 | 151,946 | 147,037 | 129,456 | 57,900 |
37 | Kalisz | Greater Poland | 108,031 | 106,641 | 81,454 | 69,946 | 55,542 | 22,000 |
38 | Koszalin | West Pomeranian | 107,376 | 112,375 | 65,200 | 44,410 | 18,940 | 20,400 |
39 | Legnica | Lower Silesian | 104,754 | 109,335 | 76,000 | 64,185 | 39,010 | 54,900 |
40 | Grudziądz | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | 99,090 | 102,434 | 75,668 | 64,965 | 45,327 | 32,700 |
41 | Słupsk | Pomeranian | 97,419 | 102,370 | 68,939 | 53,383 | 33,115 | 27,300 |
42 | Jaworzno (incl in SM) | Silesian | 96,600 | 99,800 | 63,600 | 53,089 | 20,229 | 17,500 |
43 | Jastrzębie Zdrój | Silesian | 93,939 | 102,294 | 24,500 | 1,700 | ||
44 | Jelenia Góra | Lower Silesian | 86,220 | 93,407 | 55,900 | 49,617 | 34,996 | |
45 | Nowy Sącz | Lesser Poland | 84,468 | 83,911 | 41,300 | 34,179 | 26,216 | |
46 | Konin | Greater Poland | 80,140 | 83,462 | 40,794 | 17,638 | 12,145 | |
47 | Piotrków Trybunalski | Łódź | 78,475 | 81,433 | 59,843 | 52,782 | 42,289 | |
48 | Siedlce | Masovian | 76,939 | 76,056 | 39,280 | 32,587 | 25,322 | |
49 | Lubin | Lower Silesian | 76,306 | 82,711 | 28,900 | 5,471 | 2,743 | |
50 | Inowrocław | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | 75,681 | 79,517 | 54,911 | 47,267 | 38,005 | |
51 | Mysłowice (incl in SM) | Silesian | 74,912 | 76,231 | 44,700 | 40,228 | 35,720 | |
52 | Piła | Greater Poland | 74,687 | 79,568 | 43,992 | 33,785 | 21,085 | 18,405 |
53 | Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski | Świętokrzyskie | 73,111 | 79,047 | 50,147 | 38,108 | 20,273 | |
54 | Ostrów Wielkopolski | Greater Poland | 72,360 | 74,635 | 49,705 | 42,579 | 32,787 | 11,800 |
55 | Siemianowice Śląskie
(incl in SM) |
Silesian | 71,621 | 75,218 | 67,401 | 62,411 | 52,994 | |
56 | Stargard Szczeciński | West Pomeranian | 70,217 | 74,166 | 44,640 | 33,650 | 20,684 | |
57 | Pabianice | Łódź | 69,842 | 74,689 | 62,402 | 56,222 | 48,817 | |
58 | Gniezno | Greater Poland | 69,732 | 71,460 | 50,926 | 44,080 | 36,039 | |
59 | Suwałki | Podlaskie | 69,281 | 68,815 | 25,572 | 19,868 | 15,456 | |
60 | Głogów | Lower Silesian | 68,297 | 74,294 | 20,558 | 9,179 | 3,825 | |
61 | Chełm | Lublin | 67,782 | 70,759 | 39,135 | 31,108 | 20,550 | |
62 | Przemyśl | Subcarpathian | 66,867 | 68,345 | 53,509 | 47,442 | 32,948 | |
63 | Zamość | Lublin | 66,375 | 67,099 | 35,114 | 27,638 | 21,558 | 11,300 |
64 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Łódź | 66,232 | 69,389 | 55,011 | 48,546 | 39,391 | |
65 | Stalowa Wola | Subcarpathian | 64,988 | 71,805 | 30,100 | 22,932 | 7,167 | |
66 | Kędzierzyn-Koźle | Opole | 65,161 | 69,875 | ||||
67 | Leszno | Greater Poland | 64,057 | 62,597 | 33,985 | 29,157 | 22,572 | |
68 | Łomża | Podlaskie | 63,036 | 64,915 | 25,800 | 19,876 | 14,839 | |
69 | Żory | Silesian | 62,008 | 63,683 | 8,700 | 6,795 | 5,037 | |
70 | Bełchatów | Łódź | 61,496 | 61,018 | 9,250 | 7,327 | 5,146 | |
71 | Mielec | Subcarpathian | 61,005 | 64,455 | 27,000 | 22,132 | 9,205 | |
72 | Tarnowskie Góry | Silesian | 60,975 | 63,126 | 34,400 | 28,612 | 23,115 | |
73 | Tczew | Pomeranian | 60,271 | 61,124 | 41,000 | 33,696 | 24,619 | 12,808 |
74 | Świdnica | Lower Silesian | 59,998 | 65,016 | 47,673 | 39,078 | 27,805 | 28,439 |
75 | Piekary Śląskie (incl in SM) | Silesian | 59,061 | 61,753 | 36,400 | 32,226 | 22,944 | |
76 | Będzin | Silesian | 58,639 | 60,084 | 42,800 | 39,478 | 34,410 | |
77 | Zgierz | Łódź | 58,164 | 58,862 | 43,025 | 36,666 | 26,169 | |
78 | Biała Podlaska | Lublin | 57,783 | 58,599 | 26,500 | 20,148 | 13,345 | |
79 | Racibórz | Silesian | 56,919 | 64,093 | 40,600 | 32,523 | 26,447 | 25,250 |
80 | Ełk | Warmian-Masurian | 56,698 | 56,464 | 27,400 | 21,952 | 13,665 | |
81 | Pruszków | Masovian | 55,621 | 53,295 | 43,366 | 38,016 | 27,583 | |
82 | Świętochłowice (incl in SM) | Silesian | 54,525 | 57,174 | 57,842 | 57,422 | 56,663 | 37,952 |
83 | Ostrołęka | Masovian | 54,109 | 55,511 | 22,187 | 15,216 | 10,409 | |
84 | Starachowice | Świętokrzyskie | 52,614 | 56,863 | 43,069 | 35,603 | 24,263 | |
85 | Zawiercie | Silesian | 52,435 | 54,617 | 39,500 | 33,058 | 27,620 | |
86 | Legionowo | Masovian | 51,058 | 51,301 | 20,836 | 19,835 | ||
87 | Tarnobrzeg | Subcarpathian | 49,771 | 51,291 | 19,000 | 6,754 | 3,961 | |
88 | Puławy | Lublin | 49,386 | 54,110 | 35,115 | 13,514 | 10,321 | |
89 | Wodzisław Śląski | Silesian | 49,132 | 50,123 | 25,700 | 9,043 | 5,938 | |
90 | Radomsko | Łódź | 49,073 | 50,826 | 31,246 | 26,533 | 20,472 |