This is a list of metropolitan areas in Poland.
| Area | European Spatial Planning Observation Network[1] | Eurostat (Larger Urban Zones)[2] | Ministry of Regional Development[3] | United Nations[4] | Demographia.com[5] (urban area) | Citypopulation.de[6] | Scientific description by Markowski[7] | Scientific description by Swianiewicz, Klimska[8] | Scientific description by K. & J. Fiedorowicz[9] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katowice | 3,029,000 | 2,710,397 | 3,239,200 | 3,069,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,775,000 | 2,746,000 | 2,733,000 | 2,886,700 | |
| 2,785,000 | 2,660,406 | 2,680,600 | 2,194,000 | 2,035,000 | 2,375,000 | 2,631,900 | 2,504,000 | 2,761,000 | ||
| Kraków | 1,236,000 | 1,264,322 | 1,227,200 | 818,000 | 700,000 | No data | 1,257,500 | 1,367,000 | 1,961,200 | |
| Łódź | 1,165,000 | 1,163,516 | 1,061,600 | 974,000 | 910,000 | 1,060,000 | 1,178,000 | 1,129,000 | 1,152,800 | |
| Gdańsk-Sopot-Gdynia | 993,000 | 1,105,203 | 1,220,800 | 854,000 | 775,000 | No data | 1,098,400 | 1,210,000 | 1,226,800 | |
| Poznań | 919,000 | 1,018,511 | 1,227,200 | No data | 600,000 | No data | 1,011,200 | 846,000 | 1,102,600 | |
| Wrocław | 861,000 | 1,031,439 | 1,136,900 | No data | 600,000 | No data | 1,029,800 | 956,000 | 1,164,600 | |
| Bydgoszcz–Toruń | 721,000 | 878,314 | 724,700 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 755,000 | 755,300 | |
| Szczecin | 610,000 | 777,806 | 683,900 | No data | 400,000 | No data | No data | 674,000 | 725,000 | |
| Bielsko-Biała | 584,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 325,000 | No data | |
| Rybnik | 525,000 (634,000) | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 507,000 | No data | |
| Lublin | 451,000 | 652,642 | 465,900 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 564,000 | 715,300 | |
| Białystok | 403,000 | 523,958 | 365,700 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 427,000 | 548,500 | |
| Częstochowa | 365,000 | 466,735 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 393,000 | No data | |
| Kielce | 319,000 | 406,922 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 348,000 | No data | |
| Rzeszów | 314,000 | 331,465 | 245,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 346,000 | 602,200 | |
| Radom | 287,000 | 371,995 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 346,000 | No data | |
| Opole | 285,000 | 263,934 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 212,000 | No data | |
| Tarnów | 269,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 225,000 | No data | |
| Wałbrzych | 248,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 251,000 | No data | |
| Olsztyn | 222,000 | 286,290 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 241,000 | No data | |
| Płock | 162,000 | 233,696 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 233,000 | No data | |
| Zielona Góra | 153,000 | 207,451 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 206,000 | No data | |
| Gorzów | 153,000 | 190,251 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Koszalin | 152,000 | 171,469 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Konin | 148,000 | 143,305 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 204,000 | No data | |
| Kalisz | No data | 409,307 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 348,000 | No data | |
| Nowy Sącz | No data | 158,620 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 278,000 | No data |