NEWS

15/10/2025

20:12

Morawiecki on Fertility Rates: Constructing a Program for the Next Government, This Issue Keeps Me Up at Night

Tomasz Synowiec

- In the GUS analysis, in the demographic analysis, even fewer children were expected to be born in the next 5, 6, 7 years than were actually born as a result of various actions, but of course, this program [500 plus] also contributed to this, which does not mean that I am satisfied to any extent with the demographic, pronatalist, pro-population effects, because I am not. We are facing a gigantic demographic challenge - said Mateusz Morawiecki during a Q&A session.

- Fertility rates have fallen to a level of approximately 1.1, forgive me for this phrase, child per woman, and this is significantly below the generational replacement level, and this is a significant pain that truly troubles me and causes me to, when constructing a program for the next 4-8 years for the Polish state, for the next government, this issue keeps me up at night and is one of the most important I am dealing with - Morawiecki continued.


Tomasz Synowiec