List of cities and towns in Poland

Below is the list of the most populated cities and towns in Poland.[2][3] The seats of either a voivode, or a voivodeship legislature, are marked in bold.

Name	Voivodeship	Pop. 1 January 2022	Pop. 1 January 2021	Pop. 30 June 2020	Pop. Dec. 2007	Pop. 1999	Pop. 1970	Pop. 1960	Pop. 1950	Pop. 1900	Change 2020 - 2007
Warsaw	Masovian	1,793,055	1,794,166	1,793,579	1,706,624	1,618,468	1,315,648	1,139,189	822,036	756,400	4.92%
Kraków	Lesser Poland		779,966	780,981	766,583	740,666	583,444	481,296	343,638	120,300	1.63%
L|o|dz|Łódź	Łódź		672,185	677,286	753,192	806,728	762,699	709,698	620,273	351,600	-9.82%
Wrocław	Lower Silesian		641,928	643,782	632,930	643,877	526,000	430,522	308,925	422,700	1.60%
Poznań	Greater Poland		532,048	533,830	567,932	578,235	471,900	408,132	320,670	126,000	-5.83%
Gdańsk (part of Tricity metropolitan area)	Pomeranian	470,805	471,525	458,717	458,988	365,600	286,940	194,633	140,600	2.66%
Szczecin	West Pomeranian	398,255	400,990	410,811	416,988	338,000	269,318	178,907	210,700	-2.17%
Bydgoszcz	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	344,091	346,739	361,222	386,855	282,200	232,007	162,524	52,200	-3.61%
Lublin	Lublin	338,586	339,547	351,806	356,251	238,500	181,304	116,629	53,600	-3.42%
Białystok	Podlaskie	296,958	297,585	294,143	285,000	168,500	120,921	68,503	66,000	1.16%
Katowice (centre of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	290,553	291,774	317,220	345,934	305,000	269,926	175,496	31,700	-7.71%
Gdynia (part of Tricity metropolitan area)	Pomeranian	244,969	245,867	250,242	253,521	191,500	147,625	103,458	900	-1.56%
Częstochowa	Silesian	217,530	219,278	242,300	257,812	188,189	164,906	112,198	53,700	-9.02%
Radom	Masovian	209,296	210,532	224,857	232,262	159,480	130,116	80,298	30,100	-6.00%
Toruń	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	198,613	201,106	206,619	211,955	129,872	104,906	80,637	29,600	-2.50%
Rzeszów	Podkarpackie	197,863	196,821	166,454	162,049	83,105	62,526	28,133	18,300	17.88%
Sosnowiec (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	197,586	198,996	222,586	244,102	145,000	131,654	96,448	86,700	-10.16%
Kielce	Świętokrzyskie	193,415	194,218	205,902	212,383	126,950	89,500	61,332	23,200	-5.37%
Gliwice (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	177,049	178,186	197,393	212,164	172,000	135,300	119,968	52,400	-9.52%
Olsztyn	Warmian-Masurian	171,249	171,853	175,710	171,131	94,753	67,887	43,831	24,300	-2.12%
Zabrze (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	170,924	171,691	189,062	200,177	197,840	190,049	172,355	26,000	-8.82%
Bielsko-Biała	Silesian	169,756	170,303	175,690	178,963	106,200	75,527		17,400	-2.86%
Bytom (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	163,255	164,447	184,765	205,560	187,500	182,578	173,955	51,400	-10.56%
Zielona Góra	Lubusz	140,892	141,280	117,523	118,182	73,485	54,291	31,634	21,000	20.17%
Rybnik	Silesian	137,128	137,782	141,080	144,582	43,700	34,099	27,222	7,200	-2.11%
Ruda Śląska (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	136,423	137,030	144,584	159,665	143,122	131,667	33,962	14,800	-4.99%
Opole	Opole	127,839	128,012	126,748	129,553	86,900	63,500	38,464	30,100	1.02%
Tychy (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	126,871	127,307	129,776	133,178	71,500	49,914		4,900	-1.68%
Gorzów Wielkopolski	Lubusz	122,589	123,341	125,411	126,019	74,782	58,671	32,825	33,600	-1.43%
Elbląg	Warmian-Masurian	118,582	119,097	126,710	129,782	90,051	76,513	48,112	52,500	-5.83%
Dąbrowa Górnicza (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	118,285	118,899	128,795	131,037	61,700	55,720	32,446	3,000	-7.32%
Płock	Masovian	118,268	118,989	126,968	131,011	71,900	42,798	33,128	27,000	-5.94%
Wałbrzych	Lower Silesian	109,971	110,603	123,635	136,923	125,200	117,209	93,842	16,400	-9.93%
Włocławek	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	108,561	109,347	118,432	123,373	82,599	66,820	54,536	23,000	-7.22%
Tarnów	Lesser Poland	107,498	108,177	116,118	118,297	85,929	70,835	37,405	31,700	-6.58%
Chorzów (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	106,846	107,443	113,678	121,708	151,946	147,037	129,456	57,900	-5.16%
Koszalin	West Pomeranian	106,235	106,880	107,376	109,941	65,200	44,410	18,940	20,400	-0.31%
Kalisz	Greater Poland	99,106	99,761	108,031	106,641	81,454	69,946	55,542	22,000	-7.21%
Legnica	Lower Silesian	98,436	99,072	104,754	109,335	76,000	64,185	39,010	54,900	-5.16%
Grudziądz	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	93,564	94,076	99,090	102,434	75,668	64,965	45,327	32,700	-4.77%
Jaworzno (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	90,368	90,759	96,600	99,800	63,600	53,089	20,229	17,500	-5.67%
Słupsk	Pomeranian	89,780	90,320	97,419	102,370	68,939	53,383	33,115	27,300	-6.92%
Jastrzębie Zdrój	Silesian	88,038	88,425	93,939	102,294	24,500			1,700	-5.53%
Nowy Sącz	Lesser Poland	83,558	83,762	84,468	83,911	41,300	34,179	26,216
Jelenia Góra	Lower Silesian	78,335	78,778	86,220	93,407	55,900	49,617	34,996
Siedlce	Masovian	77,813	78,258	76,939	76,056	39,280	32,587	25,322
Mysłowice (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	74,559	74,601	74,912	76,231	44,700	40,228	35,720
Konin	Greater Poland	72,539	73,176	80,140	83,462	40,794	17,638	12,145
Piła	Greater Poland	72,527	72,949	74,687	79,568	43,992	33,785	21,085	18,405
Piotrków Trybunalski	Łódź	72,250	72,785	78,475	81,433	59,843	52,782	42,289
Lubin	Lower Silesian	71,710	72,142	76,306	82,711	28,900	5,471	2,743
Inowrocław	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	71,674	72,561	75,681	79,517	54,911	47,267	38,005
Ostrów Wielkopolski	Greater Poland	71,560	71,829	72,360	74,635	49,705	42,579	32,787	11,800
Suwałki	Podlaskie	69,639	70,126	69,786	69,281	68,815	25,572	19,868	15,456	11,000
Stargard	West Pomeranian	67,579	67,753	70,217	74,166	44,640	33,650	20,684
Gniezno	Greater Poland	67,570	67,968	69,732	71,460	50,926	44,080	36,039
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski	Świętokrzyskie	67,404	67,975	73,111	79,047	50,147	38,108	20,273
Siemianowice Śląskie (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	66,270	66,587	71,621	75,218	67,401	62,411	52,994
Głogów	Lower Silesian	66,120	66,627	68,297	74,294	20,558	9,179	3,825
Pabianice	Łódź	63,945	64,445	69,842	74,689	62,402	56,222	48,817
Leszno	Greater Poland	62,854	63,323	64,057	62,597	33,985	29,157	22,572
Żory	Silesian	62,844	62,670	62,008	63,683	8,700	6,795	5,037
Zamość	Lublin	62,785	63,223	66,375	67,099	35,114	27,638	21,558	11,300
Pruszków	Masovian	62,623	62,489	55,621	53,295	43,366	38,016	27,583
Łomża	Podlaskie	62,573	62,795	63,036	64,915	25,800	19,876	14,839
Ełk	Warmian-Masurian	61,903	62,125	56,698	56,464	27,400	21,952	13,665
Tarnowskie Góry	Silesian	61,756	61,756	60,975	63,126	34,400	28,612	23,115
Tomaszów Mazowiecki	Łódź	61,338	61,645	66,232	69,389	55,011	48,546	39,391
Chełm	Lublin	61,135	61,588	67,782	70,759	39,135	31,108	20,550
Mielec	Podkarpackie	60,075	60,229	61,005	64,455	27,000	22,132	9,205
Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Opole	60,021	60,383	65,161	69,875
Przemyśl	Podkarpackie	59,779	60,442	66,867	68,345	53,509	47,442	32,948
Stalowa Wola	Podkarpackie	59,623	60,179	64,988	71,805	30,100	22,932	7,167
Tczew	Pomeranian	59,430	59,828	60,271	61,124	41,000	33,696	24,619	12,808
Biała Podlaska	Lublin	56,942	57,194	57,783	58,599	26,500	20,148	13,345
Bełchatów	Łódź	56,419	56,740	61,496	61,018	9,250	7,327	5,146
Świdnica	Lower Silesian	56,222	56,564	59,998	65,016	47,673	39,078	27,805	28,439
Będzin	Silesian	56,008	56,191	58,639	60,084	42,800	39,478	34,410
Zgierz	Łódź	55,673	55,985	58,164	58,862	43,025	36,666	26,169
Piekary Śląskie (part of Katowice metropolitan area)	Silesian	54,702	54,860	59,061	61,753	36,400	32,226	22,944
Racibórz	Silesian	54,259	54,529	56,919	64,093	40,600	32,523	26,447	25,250
Legionowo	Masovian	53,529	53,809	51,058	51,301	20,836	19,835
Ostrołęka	Masovian	51,656	51,893	54,109	55,511	22,187	15,216	10,409

Świętochłowice 50 644 Starachowice 49,513 Wejherowo 49,505 Zawiercie 49,334 Rumia 49,230 Skierniewice 48 327 Starogard Gdański 48,136 Wodzisław Śląski 47,992 Skarżysko-Kamienna 47,987 Piaseczno 47,660 Tarnobrzeg 47 595 Puławy 47,417 Dębica 47 234 Kołobrzeg 46,830 Krosno 46 565 Radomsko 45,353 Kutno 44,718 Otwock 44,635 Ciechanów 44,209 Nysa 43,849 Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 42,452 Police 41,745 Sieradz 41,390 Zduńska Wola 41,288 Żyrardów 41,161 Świnoujście 41 115 Mikołów 40,898 Chojnice 40,447 Mińsk Mazowiecki 40,211 Szczecinek 40,211 Świdnik 40,040 Chrzanów 39,797 Oświęcim 39,057 Jarosław 38,970 Bolesławiec 38,852 Nowa Sól 38,763 Malbork 38,723 Kwidzyn 38,553 Sanok 38,397 Knurów 38,310 Żary 37,502 Sochaczew 37,306 Oleśnica 37,169 Sopot 36 849 Jasło 36,641 Olkusz 36,607 Wołomin 36,711 Kraśnik 36,072 Czechowice-Dziedzice 35,926 Brzeg 35,890 Lębork 35,069 Cieszyn 34,513 Nowy Targ 33,493 Dzierżoniów 33,239 Iława 32,276 Ostróda 33,191 Oława 33,029 Ząbki 31,884 Myszków 31,650 Czeladź 31,545 Turek 31,282 Żywiec 31,194 Mława 30,957 Łuków 30,564 Zgorzelec 30,374 Śrem 30,227 Augustów 30,190 Bochnia 29,992 Bielawa 29,971 Giżycko 29,642 Gorlice 29,500 Krotoszyn 29,421 Luboń 29,301 Marki 29,032 Swarzędz 29,894 Łowicz 28,811 Września 28,617 Brodnica 28,574 Czerwionka-Leszczyny 28,156 Skawina 27,691 Kętrzyn 27,478 Zakopane 27,266 Biłgoraj 27,106 Grodzisk Mazowiecki 27,055 Szczytno 27,013 Kłodzko 26,845 Pruszcz Gdański 26,834 Wyszków 26,500 Wałcz 26,140 Ropczyce 26,059 Reda 26,011 Jarocin 25,834 Pszczyna 25,823 Żagań 25,731 Świecie 25,614 Bielsk Podlaski 25,611

According to the law there are two main types of localities (Polish: miejscowość):[4]

• a) independent localities (miejscowość samodzielna) called in register as basic localities (miejscowość podstawowa) - e.g. a city/town and a village, these are always independent localities, and
• b) not independent localities (miejscowość niesamodzielna) integral parts of localities, each of which belongs to some basic locality - e.g. part of city/town, part of village, hamlet and housing estate, these are always not independent localities, however e.g. settlement and colony, these can be independent or not independent localities.

In 2015 there was 103,086 official names of localities and their parts, including (23 types):[5]

• 915 names of cities and towns (miasto),

6,710 names of parts of cities and towns (część miasta),

• 43,069 names of villages (wieś),

36,262 names of parts of villages (część wsi),

520 names of settlements of villages (osada wsi),

974 names of colonies of villages (kolonia wsi),

224 names of forest settlements of villages (osada leśna wsi),

5 names of housing estates of villages (osiedle wsi),

4,619 names of hamlets of villages (przysiółek wsi),

• 5,132 names of settlements (osada),

10 names of parts of settlements (część osady),

3 names of settlements of settlements (osada osady),

6 names of colonies of settlements (kolonia osady),

56 names of hamlets of settlements (przysiółek osady),

• 2,203 names of colonies (kolonia),

200 names of parts of colonies (część kolonii),

0 names of settlements of colonies (osada kolonii),

11 names of colonies of colonies (kolonia kolonii),

41 names of hamlets of colonies (przysiółek kolonii),

• 1,966 names of forest settlements (osada leśna),
• 5 names of housing estates (osiedle),
• 133 names of hamlets (przysiółek),
• 22 names of tourist refuges (schronisko turystyczne).

Thus, there are 53,445 of independent localities, called basic localities (8 types: "urban" - cities/towns, "rural" - villages, settlements, colonies, forest settlements, housing estates, hamlets and tourist refuges) and 49,641 of not independent localities, integral parts of basic localities (15 types: "urban" - parts of cities and towns, "rural" - parts of villages, settlements of villages, colonies of villages, forest settlements of villages, housing estates of villages, hamlets of villages, parts of settlements, settlements of settlements, colonies of settlements, hamlets of settlements, parts of colonies, settlements of colonies, colonies of colonies and hamlets of colonies).

A statistical locality (miejscowość statystyczna)[4] is a separated collection of several localities (out of all 23 types) for statistical purposes, for which statistical data are collected and compiled together. In a special case, the team may contain only one locality. There are two types of statistical localities:

I - city/town (miasto) including one "urban" basic locality and their integral parts, and

II - rural locality (miejscowość wiejska) including at least one "rural" basic locality and their integral parts.

In 2011 there was 42,490 of statistical localities.[6] Thus, a large number (approx. 11,000) of the "rural" basic localities is taken together under the statistical localities (however, this data do not stipulate how many of tham are fully uninhabited).

• List of former cities of Poland
• List of Polish cities damaged in World War II
• list of places which obtained/regained town status in the years since 1900: Nadania praw miejskich w Polsce po 1900 (Polish Wikipedia)

• Central Statistical Office of Poland
• City Population: Poland (statistics & map)
• Map at archive.today (archived 2012-12-16)
• List of official names of localities and their parts