First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Poland's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 23.9% compared to 2023, reaching 488,846.

Poland accounts for 13.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

Poland ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 32.5% (from 724,416 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.