The elaboration focuses on the demographic situation of the region in 2018. Selected information has been shown in retrospection from 2000. It contains a wide set of data on the number and structure of population, vital statistics, life expectancy, directions and the intensity of migration as well as on the population projection. Information included in the publication regards the entire voivodship, subregions (NUTS 3), powiats as well as gminas in division into urban and rural areas, and the most important data on the voivodship are displayed against the background of the country. It is presented in the form of analytical commentary, tables, maps and graphs. Tables containing detailed data on urban and rural population by sex and age in all gminas of the voivodship are solely in xls format.