The article provides details and data regarding thegeographicaldistribution of all Polish speakers, regardless of the legislative status of the countries where it's spoken. The Polish language is the dominant language ofPoland and it's spoken in authochtonous minority areas through Europe and in many immigrant communities in all over the world.

This table depicts thenative speakers of the language, which means that the table includes people who have been exposed to thePolish language from birth and, thus, excludes people who use the language as aL2.

Country	Absolute	%	Year	Reference	Definition
Australia	51,399	0.2%	2016	[1][note 1]	Language spoken at home
Austria	30,598	0.3%	2001	[2]	Colloquial language
Belarus	4,216	0.1%	2009	[3]	Mother tongue
Belgium	16,298	0.2%	2012	[4][note 2]	Mother tongue
Canada	181,710	0.5%	2016	[5]	Mother tongue
Czech Republic	49,669	0.5%	2021	[6][note 1]	Mother tongue
Finland	5,982	0.1%	2021	[7]	Mother tongue
France	275,288	0.4%	2012	[4][note 2]	Mother tongue
Germany	983,000	1.2%	2024	[8]	Language spoken at home
Iceland	9,012	2.7%	2016	[9]	Mother tongue
Ireland	135,895	2.9%	2016	[10]	Language spoken at home
Latvia	1,774	0.1%	2001	[3]	Mother tongue
Lithuania	160,506	5.3%	2011	[10]	Mother tongue
Luxembourg	3,251	0.6%	2021	[11]	Main language
Netherlands	69,000	0.4%	2019	[12]	Language spoken at home
Poland	37,868,618	99.6%	2021	[13]	Language spoken at home
Russia	4,927	0.0%	2010	[14]	Mother tongue
Slovakia	3,821	0.1%	2021	[15]	Mother tongue
Spain	61,926	0.1%	2021	[16]	Mother tongue
Sweden	76,000	0.8%	2012	[17]	Mother tongue
Ukraine	19,195	0.04%	2001	[18]	Mother tongue
United Kingdom	724,014	1.1%	2021/2022	[19][20][21][note 1]	Main language
United States	576,816	0.2%	2016	[22][23][note 1]	Language spoken at home
Total	41,312,915	-

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