The Polish census of 2011 () was a
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
taken from 1 April to 30 June 2011.
Censuses in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
are conducted every 10 years, the previous census was the
2002 Polish census.
The next census was the
2021 Polish census
The results of the Polish census of 2021 (officially, the National Population and Housing Census 2021, ) were published in 2023. Data was gathered from April 1 to September 30 (the previously planned duration from April 1 to June 31 was extended be ...
.
Results
Population by voivodeships
Source:
National/ethnic identity
The Census included two questions regarding national and ethnic identity:
*What is your
nation
A nation is a type of social organization where a collective Identity (social science), identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, t ...
? ("Jaka jest Pana/Pani
narodowość?") The census provided the following definition: "Nationality (national or ethnic affiliation) is a declared (based on subjective feeling) individual feature of the person, which expresses their emotional, cultural or genealogical relationship (due to the origin of parents) with a specific nation".
"UWAGI METODYCZNE"
(Methodical Remarks for the 2011 Census) (retrieved January 2, 2018)
*Do you feel an affiliation with another nation or ethnic group? ("Czy odczuwa Pan/Pani przynależność także do innego narodu lub wspólnoty etnicznej?")
*93.8% of surveyed declared Polish ethnicity
An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people with shared attributes, which they Collective consciousness, collectively believe to have, and long-term endogamy. Ethnicities share attributes like language, culture, common sets of ancestry, ...
; 3,8% other and 2,4% gave no answer.
*99.7% of those surveyed declared Polish citizenship
Citizenship is a membership and allegiance to a sovereign state.
Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world, international law does not usually use the term ''citizenship'' to refer to nationalit ...
; 0.2% declared other citizenship.
Significant ethnic minorities
Other ethnic groups in Poland include:
See also
*Demographics of Poland
The demographics of Poland constitute all demographics, demographic features of the population of Poland including population density, Ethnic group, ethnicity, education level, the health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, ...
References
Wyniki Narodowego Spisu Powszechnego Ludności i Mieszkań 2011 w zakresie deklarowanej narodowości oraz języka używanego w domu
External links
NSP 2011
2011
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2011 in Poland
2011 censuses
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