DEMOGRAPHICAL DATA

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 9, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information a3eoUnf the Na-
tto?al Defense of the United States withlk- the mean-
ing of the Lptma1e I*ws. Title 18, U.S.C. Sloe. 7q
and 794, the :roman or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthadasd person Is prohibited
by law.
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SUBJECT Demographical Data
DATE OF INFO.
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The total population of Poland is approximately 27 million, and its area is
111,730 square kilometers. The density of population is 80 persons per square
kilometer. In 1938 the natural growth of population was 10.7 percent, and in
1953 it reached 19.5 percent. The largest growth, as high as 27.6 percent,
occurred in the occupied areas.
2. Poland has 715 towns with a total population of 9,500,000. Of this number 135
towns have over 10,000 inhabitants; 60 have over 20,000 inhabitants; and 16
have over 100,000 inhabitants.
3.
The density of population by voivodship is as follows:
4TATEE X ARMY
Olsztyn
152.4
Opole
143.0
Poznan
149.0
Rzeszow
186.3
Stalinogrod
132.5
Szczecin
163.9
Wroclaw
172.5
Zielona Gora
158.9
Bialystok
169.2
Warsaw 1
202.4
Bydgoszcz
193.0
Gdansk
136.4
Kielce
193.4
Koszalin
168.5
Krakow
177.9
Lublin 1
167.8
Lodz
198.2
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4. The birth rate per 1,000 persons for selected years between 1936 and 1953
was as follows:
1936
1938
1947
1948
1950
1953
26.4
24.6
26.2
29.3
30.6
30.6
5. Natural growth per 1,000 persons from 1947 through 1953 was as follows:
1947
15.1
1948
18.1
1949
17.8
1953
19.0 to
19.5
6. The mortality rate per 1,000 persons fell from approximately 18 in 1938
to approximately 11.4 in 1953. The mortality rate by age groups was
as follows:
0 - 4 years
37.8 percent
1-4
6.5
5-9
1.6
10 - 14
1.4
15 - 19
2.2
20 - 24
3.3
25 - 29
3.5
30 - 34
3.7
35-39
4.3
40-44
5.3
45-49
7.2
5o-54
10.5
55 - 59
15.0
60 - 64
23.0
65 - 69
35.2
Average life expectancy in 1932 was 49.7 years and rose to 58.6 in 1953.
7. The fallowing is a breakdown of mortality causes per 10,000 persons in the
large towns:
Cause of Death 1936-38 1946 1953
Infectious diseases 6.6
Tuberculosis 18.0
Tars 11.2
General diseases 2.1
Mental diseases 7.1
Blood diseases 22.3
Respiratory diseases 12.6
Digestive diseases 8.6
Urological diseases 2.2
Pregnancy and birth 0.9
Skin, bone, and tissue diseases 0.9
Underdevelopment of babies 6.3
Diseases of old age 5.7
Accidents, crimes 5.6
Suicides 2.6
Unknown 3.3
6.0 3.0
15.7 11.0
10.7 11.1
2.3 2.1
7.2 7.2
23.6 23.9
23.2 8.5
10.3 8.1
2.4 1.5
0.5 0.3
o.8 0.4
9.6 7.8
7.9 7.7
9.7 4.6
1.5 1.2
2.9 1.5
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8. The rate of infant mortality per 100 children for selected years between 1938 and
1953 is as follows:
1938
13.9
1948
11.2
1949
10.7
1953
10.8
Poor health of babies, premature births, and labor irregularities cause 41.2
percent of the above figures, while infectious diseases and tuberculosis cause
9.2 percent. The highest infant mortality for 1953 occurred in the Lodz dis-
trict (10.9 per 100), in Bytom (12.5 per 100), and in Silesia (11 per 100).
9. Physical data of youths in Lodz from 19119 to 1953 were as follows:
Height in cm Weight in kilos Chest measurements in cm
Boys, age 15
155.7
46.6 75.2
16
159.0
50.1 77.7
17
162.6
59.1 79.7
18
165.0
57.0 81.8
Girls, age 15
151.4
52.4 69.4
16
156.0
52.4 69.4
17
157.0
52.9 70.5
18
157.8
55.9 71.5
Physical data of youths in rural area for 1952 were as follows:
Boys, age 18 165.4 59.6 83.05
19
166.5 60.7 83.8
Comments It is presumed that source is referring to the Warsaw and 25X1
Lodz Voivo sh pe rather than the Warsaw City and Lodz City Voivodships.
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