The breakdown of inhabitants on this page deals mainly with the Kresy Regions, however general information on the remainder of the country is included.
This page will be updated as additional information is gathered
The rebuilt Polish state had a territory of 389,000 sq. km. Its population, according to the census of 1921, amounted to 27 million.
The breakdown of it's population was
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Poles amounting to 69% (18.7 million) |
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Ukrainians 14% |
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Jews 8% |
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Byelorussians 3.9% |
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Germans 3.8% |
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The remaining 1.3% were Lithuanian, Russians and Czechs |
The overwhelming majority, that is 75% of the population lived in the countryside, the breakdown by trade/profession was
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Peasants 55% |
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Workers 27% |
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Small businessmen 11% |
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Intelligentsia 5% |
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Bourgeoisie 1% |
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Landowners 0.3% |
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The Kresy Districts compromised of the following number of inhabitants
Wilno/Nowogrodek
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Poles |
65.9% |
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Jews |
28.0% |
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Ukrainians/Ruthenians |
0.1% |
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White Ruthenians |
0.9% |
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Russians |
3.8% |
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Lithuanians |
0.8% |
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Germans |
0.3% |
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Others |
0.2% |
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Polesie - In progress
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Podole
|
Poles |
63.5% |
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Jews |
24.1% |
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Ukrainians/Ruthenians |
11.2% |
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Russians |
0.2% |
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Germans |
0.8% |
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Others |
0.2% |
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Wolyn
Area of 35,754 square km. The population of Wolyn was slightly over two million
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Ukrainians |
68% |
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Poles |
16.6% |
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Jews |
9.9% |
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Czechs, Germans, and Russians |
5.5% |
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This is the breakdown percentage of each Religious group of the subsequent District in 1921, a comparison with the census of 1931 is also shown.
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1921 |
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Roman Catholic |
Orthodox |
Jewish |
Other |
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Nowogródzkie |
39,0 |
51,6 |
9,1 |
0,3 |
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Podolskie |
In Progress |
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Poleskie |
7,3 |
79,3 |
13,0 |
0,4 |
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Wilenskie |
42,2 |
48,5 |
5,9 |
3,4 |
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Wolynskie |
11,5 |
74,6 |
11,3 |
2,6 |
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1931 |
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Roman Catholic |
Orthodox |
Jewish |
Other |
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Nowogródzkie |
40,2 |
51,3 |
7,8 |
0,7 |
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Podolskie |
In Progress |
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Poleskie |
11,0 |
77,4 |
10,1 |
2,5 |
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Wilenskie |
62,5 |
25,4 |
8,7 |
3,4 |
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Wolynskie |
15,7 |
69,8 |
10,0 |
4,5 |
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At the end of World War One when the Polish borders were firmly established this was the estimate of non Poles living in the Kresy regions
Russians - 80.000
Byelorussians - 150.00
Ukrainians - 5.000.000 (approximately)
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Poles that were left outside the current borders - 2.000.000