Location: Central Europe, east of Germany
Area:
total area:
312,680 sq km
land area:
304,510 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than New Mexico
Land boundaries:
total 3,114 km ;
Belarus 605 km, Czech Republic 658 km,
Germany 456km, Lithuania 91 km,
Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km,
Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 428 km
Coastline: 491 km
Population: 38,792,442 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
23% (female 4,349,467; male 4,559,536)
15-64 years:
66% (female 12,849,300; male 12,698,179)
65 years and over:
11% (female 2,693,407; male 1,642,553)
Population growth rate: 0.36% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 13.34 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 9.23 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: -0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 12.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
73.13 years
male:
69.15 years
female:
77.33 years
Total fertility rate: 1.92 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Polish 97.6%, German 1.3%,
Ukrainian 0.6%, Byelorussian 0.5% (1990est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing),
Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%
Languages: Polish
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1978)
total population:
99%
male:
99%
female:
98%
Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Poland
conventional short form:
Poland
Type: democratic state
Capital: Warsaw
Independence:
11 November 1918
(independent republic proclaimed)
Constitution:
interim "small constitution" came into
effect in December 1992 replacing the Communist-
imposed constitution of 22 July 1952;
new democratic constitutionbeing drafted
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $191.1 billion
National product real growth rate: 5.5%
National product per capita: $4,920
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 30%
Unemployment rate: 16.1%
Electricity:
capacity:
31,120,000 kW
production:
124 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
2,908 kWh
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