The publication contains extensive statistical information concerning the demographic situation, the living conditions ofBialostokian inhabitants and the state of the economy of Białystok in 2023. In order to illustrate changes and tendencies, most data are compared with the results of the analogous surveys in 2015, 2020 and 2022 and selected information was shown in a longer retrospective. Moreover, there is a table presenting Białystok against the background of other cities which are the seats of voivod or voivodship regional councils. The publication has been enriched with the results of the latest population projection until 2060.