Poland Working Population to Shrink by a Third Without Migration
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Poland’s working-age population will decline by nearly a third by 2060 unless the country opens its borders to more migrants from beyond eastern Europe, according to a study by the state statistics office.
The projection reflects a dwindling birth rate and highlights political battles over opening the European Union’s sixth-largest economy to more migration. Such a drop would pile more pressure on Poland’s labor-hungry $688 billion economy and strain public finances as the number of retirees surges.