--- entity_id: city:pl:slug:bydgoszcz entity_type: city name: Bydgoszcz country_code: PL country: Poland slug: bydgoszcz canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/bydgoszcz/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/bydgoszcz.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/bydgoszcz.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/pl/bydgoszcz snapshot_id: approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2 generated_at: 2026-08-04 last_verified: 2026-08-01 fact_count: 14 metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is a city in Poland. The unemployment rate was 2.1% at the end of 2025. For Bydgoszcz, annual PM2.5 was 13.7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Its population was 324,043 at the end of 2024. ## Population The city covered 176 km² in 2024. Population density was 1,841 people per km² in 2024. ## Immigration The foreign population count was 1,216 in March 2021. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 1,216 people | city | 2021-03-31 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 324,043 people | gmina | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [2] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 2.1 % | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | aging | verified | [3] | | NO₂ — annual mean | `air_quality_no2_annual_ug_m3` | 21 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | stale | verified | [4] | | PM10 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm10_annual_ug_m3` | 20 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | stale | verified | [5] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 13.667 µg/m³ | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-29 | stale | verified | [6] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 176 km2 | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [7] | | Fitness club membership, monthly | `col_fitness_club_eur_month` | 31.8 EUR/month | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | aging | supplemental | [8] | | Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | `col_internet_60mbps_eur_month` | 14.45 EUR/month | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | aging | supplemental | [8] | | Private kindergarten, monthly | `col_kindergarten_private_eur_month` | 317.61 EUR/month | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | aging | supplemental | [8] | | Mobile plan, 10 GB | `col_mobile_plan_10gb_eur_month` | 7.3 EUR/month | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | aging | supplemental | [8] | | Monthly transport pass | `col_transport_monthly_pass_eur` | 25.04 EUR/month | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | aging | supplemental | [8] | | Basic utilities, 85 m² home | `col_utilities_basic_85m2_eur_month` | 199.72 EUR/month | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | aging | supplemental | [8] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 1,841 people/km² | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [9] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Sources 1. GUS BDL / NSP 2021 non-Polish citizenship variable 1653367 — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/{teryt_gmina}?var-id=1653367&year=2021 2. source-13cace478b27 — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/040410661011?var-id=72305&year=2024 3. Local Data Bank — Share of registered unemployed persons in the working-age population by sex, total, 2025 — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-variable/79214?lang=en&unit-level=6&year=2025 4. EEA air quality statistics — PL NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Bydgoszcz, pl. Poznański) — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=Country_ISO%3D'PL'%20AND%20AirPollutant%3D'NO2'%20AND%20YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant,AirPollutionLevel,Country_ISO,StationName,YearOfStatistics,UnitOfAirpollutionLevel,ReportingMetric,LatitudeOfMeasurementStation,LongitudeOfMeasurementStation,DataCoverage,Preliminary&returnGeometry=false&f=json 5. EEA air quality statistics — PL PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Bydgoszcz, pl. Poznański) — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=Country_ISO%3D'PL'%20AND%20AirPollutant%3D'PM10'%20AND%20YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant,AirPollutionLevel,Country_ISO,StationName,YearOfStatistics,UnitOfAirpollutionLevel,ReportingMetric,LatitudeOfMeasurementStation,LongitudeOfMeasurementStation,DataCoverage,Preliminary&returnGeometry=false&f=json 6. EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Poland 2024 PM2.5 city station means — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=AirPollutant%3D%27PM2.5%27+AND+Country_ISO%3D%27PL%27+AND+YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant%2CAirPollutionLevel%2CCountry_ISO%2CStationName%2CAreaOfMeasurementStation%2CYearOfStatistics%2CUnitOfAirpollutionLevel%2CTypeOfMeasurementStation%2CDataCoverage%2CReportingMetric%2CLatitudeOfMeasurementStation%2CLongitudeOfMeasurementStation&returnGeometry=false&resultRecordCount=1000&resultOffset=0&f=json 7. GUS BDL / GUGiK area variable 2018 — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/{teryt_gmina}?var-id=2018&year=2024 8. Numbeo — Cost of Living in Bydgoszcz (Wayback capture 20250114131338) — Independent source — https://web.archive.org/web/20250114131338/https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Bydgoszcz 9. Reproducible gmina density for Bydgoszcz: population_total_2024 / official area_2024, rounded to the metric contract precision 0. — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/040410661011?var-id=2018&var-id=72305&year=2024 ## Cite ImmigrationDB. "Bydgoszcz, Poland." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-08-01. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/bydgoszcz/ Reuse requires the direct source URL, the observation date and a link back to the ImmigrationDB page: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/bydgoszcz/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/bydgoszcz.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/bydgoszcz.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/pl/bydgoszcz - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - All published city facts, one row each: https://immigrationdb.com/data/facts.ndjson.gz - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json