1931 Polish census

The Polish census of 1931 or Second General Census in Poland (Polish: Drugi Powszechny Spis LudnoĊ›ci) was the second census taken in sovereign Poland during the interwar period, performed on December 9, 1931 by the Main Bureau of Statistics. It established that Poland's population amounted to almost 32 million people (over 6 million more than in the previous census of 1921).

Polish census of 1931
Mother tongue in Poland, based on 1931 census
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The census was organised following the rules established by an act of the Polish Parliament of October 14, 1931. In contrast to the earlier census of 1921, the 1931 census did not count national minorities and detailed information on types of farms, leaving only the question of the overall area of land owned by the citizen. The part related to education was expanded to include questions of ability to read and write.

The results of the census were being published in 39 volumes between 1936 and 1939 in a publishing series titled "Statistics of Poland". A list of all settlements in Poland was also prepared, but only a part related to Wilno Voivodeship was published.

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