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The paper is aimed at presentation of how Polish population policy was affected by socio-political context in the last 100 years and how is implemented in the 21st century. The paper starts with presentation of what is the importance of demographic data for good state governance. Later sections are dealing with history of population censuses, changes in perception of the most important demographic issues over the studied period and a role played by the Governmental Council for Population Policy. The last section is focused on the most important elements of the population policy implemented in the last 20 years.