Population of Warsaw

In 2005 Warsaw had a population of 1,687,600.

Warsaw’s population declined during World War II, when as many as 670,000 residents died, including the city’s 375,000 Jews who were systematically exterminated by the Nazis. Warsaw’s population is now ethnically and religiously homogeneous.

Most residents are ethnic Poles, and the population is predominantly Roman Catholic, though there is a small minority of Protestants.

In the early postwar period, many Poles moved to Warsaw from the countryside.

Migration from rural areas has slowed, however, in part because of a lack of housing in Warsaw.