Poland's average life expectancy for newborns projected to reach 75 for men, 82 for women in 2025

New data from Poland's Central Statistical Office (GUS) projects that newborns in 2025 will live an average of 75.37 years if male and 82.48 years if female. This projection assumes current mortality conditions persist throughout their lives.

Compared to 2024, the expected lifespan for male newborns has increased by 0.4 years, and for female newborns by 0.2 years. This upward trend reverses a decline seen during the COVID-19 pandemic years of 2020-2021, with life expectancy in 2023 already surpassing pre-pandemic levels. GUS indicated that the current growth rate is similar to the period before COVID-19.

Further analysis reveals a difference in life expectancy between urban and rural populations. In 2025, male newborns in cities are expected to live 75.67 years, 0.8 years longer than their rural counterparts. For women, this urban-rural difference is notably smaller.

On a European scale, Poland ranks 28th out of 34 countries for male life expectancy at birth (74.8 years) and 25th for female life expectancy (82.2 years), according to 2024 Eurostat data.