Ethnic Groups in Poland - Demography - Silesians

Silesians

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INTERREG estimated there are up to 2,000,000 Silesians in Poland. In the Polish census of 2002, however, 173,153 people officially declared Silesian nationality, although only about 60,000 declared Silesian as their native language. In the 2011 Polish census, Silesian nationality was declared by 809 thousand responders out of 5 million in the region, including 362 thousand who declared it as their only nationality, 418 thousand who declared it as their first nationality, and 415 thousand who declared it jointly with a Polish nationality.

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