Number of foreigners registered for pension and disability insurance by citizenship - at the end of the year

The data from the Central Register of Insureds indicate that the number of individuals who were subject to retirement and disability insurance and who had citizenship other than Polish increased from 65,000 in December 2008 to nearly 570 thousand in December 2018 (table 4 and figure 4). This means a nearly 9-time increase, while the number of foreigners from EU countries increased by 2-time, and non-EU foreigners increased by almost 11-time. As at December 31, 2018, the number of foreigners from EU countries was 36,000 people, while the number of foreigners from outside the EU - nearly 534 thousand, including 421 thousand people with Ukrainian citizenship (78.8%). Next in terms of numbers were also for migrants from outside the EU, followed by citizens of Belarus (34.1 thousand), Vietnam (8.1 thousand), Moldova (7.6 thousand) and Russia (7.5 thousand). At the end of 2008, foreigners constituted less than 1% of the total insured, while as at December 31, 2018, their share was already 3.6%.