Geographical distribution of Polish speakers

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.

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.

Country	Absolute	%	Year	Reference
Australia	51,399	0.2%	2016	[1][note 1]
Austria	30,598	0.3%	2001	[2]
Belarus	4,216	0.1%	2009	[3]
Belgium	16,298	0.2%	2012	[4][note 2]
Canada	181,710	0.5%	2016	[5]
Czech Republic	52,170	0.5%	2011	[6][note 1]
Finland	5,982	0.1%	2021	[7]
France	275,288	0.4%	2012	[4][note 2]
Germany	1,112,818	1.5%	2022	[8][note 2]
Iceland	9,012	2.7%	2016	[9]
Ireland	135,895	2.9%	2016	[10]
Latvia	1,774	0.1%	2001	[3]
Lithuania	160,506	5.3%	2011	[10]
Poland	37,815,606	98.2%	2011	[11]
Russia	4,927	0.0%	2010	[12]
Sweden	76,000	0.8%	2012	[13]
United Kingdom	660,138	1.0%	2011	[3]
United States	576,816	0.2%	2016	[14][15][note 1]
Ukraine	19,195	0.04%	2001	[16]
Total 41190348	-	-

• Geolinguistics