Geographical distribution of Polish speakers explained

The article provides details and data regarding the geographical distribution of all Polish speakers, regardless of the legislative status of the countries where it's spoken. The Polish language is the dominant language of Poland and it's spoken in authochtonous minority areas through Europe and in many immigrant communities in all over the world.

Statistics

Native speakers

This table depicts the native speakers of the language, which means that the table includes people who have been exposed to the Polish language from birth and, thus, excludes people who use the language as a L2.

CountryAbsolute%YearReference
51,3990.2%2016[1] [2]
30,5980.3%2001[3]
4,2160.1%2009[4]
16,2980.2%2012[5] [6]
181,7100.5%2016[7]
52,1700.5%2011[8]
5,9820.1%2021[9]
275,2880.4%2012
1,112,8181.5%2022[10]
9,0122.7%2016[11]
135,8952.9%2016[12]
1,7740.1%2001
160,5065.3%2011
37,815,60698.2%2011[13]
4,9270.0%2010[14]
76,0000.8%2012[15]
660,1381.0%2011
576,8160.2%2016[16] [17]
19,1950.04%2001[18]
Total 41190348--

See also

Notes and References

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  2. The reported population size was obtained by projecting the respondent percentage to the total population, since the source either included the part of the population who didn't answer or didn't take into account some parts of the population, for example children.
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  6. Population data by Eurostat, using the source year. Web site: The number of persons having their usual residence in a country on 1 January of the respective year.. ec.europa.eu. 2018-11-08.
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  8. http://vdb.czso.cz/sldbvo/#!stranka=podle-tematu&tu=30629&th=&v=&vo=H4sIAAAAAAAAAFvzloG1uIhBMCuxLFGvtCQzR88jsTjDN7GAlf3WwcNiCReZGZjcGLhy8hNT3BKTS_KLPBk4SzKKUosz8nNSKgrsHRhAgKecA0gKADF3CQNnaLBrUIBjkKNvcSFDHQMDhhqGCqCiYA__cLCiEgZGvxIGdg9_Fz__EMeCEgY2b38XZ89gIIvLxTHEP8wx2NEFJM4ZHOIY5u_t7-MJ1OIP5IdEBkT5OwU5RgH5IUB9fo4ePq4uEPNYw1yDolzhPstJzEvX88wrSU1PLRJ6tGDJ98Z2CyYGRk8G1rLEnNLUiiIGAYQ6v9LcpNSitjVTZbmnPOhmArq34D8QlDDwAG10C_KFWcoe4ugU6uPtWMLA4eni6hcSEAZ0FYe_k3OQmaGJUwUA4lOtR1sBAAA.&vseuzemi=null&void= 2011 Census results – Tab. 614b Population by age, native language, and gender
  9. Web site: Language according to age and sex by region, 1990-2021 . Statistics Finland . 10 January 2023.
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  11. Web site: What Languages Are Spoken In Iceland? . WorldAtlas . 10 January 2023.
  12. 2016. Census 2016 Summary Results - Part 1. Central Statistics Office - Republic of Ireland.
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