Pomerania - Demographics

Demographics

See also: Historical demography of Pomerania

Western Pomerania is inhabited by German Pomeranians. In the eastern parts, Poles are the dominating ethnic group since World War II. Kashubians, descendants of the medieval Slavic Pomeranians, are numerous in rural Pomerelia.

Polish Voivodeship/
German Landschaft
Capital Registration
plates
Area
(km²)
Population

Territorial
code
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Bydgoszcz
Toruń
C 17,969.72 2,100,771 04
Pomeranian Voivodeship Gdańsk G 18,292.88 2,192,268 22
West Pomeranian Voivodeship Szczecin Z 22,901.48 1,732,838 32
Polish Pomerania and Kuyavia total 59,164.08 6,025,877
Vorpommern-Greifswald Greifswald 3,927 245,733
Vorpommern-Rügen Stralsund 3,188 230,743
German Pomerania total 7,115 476,476

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