Poland

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PROFILE
  • Area: 312,685 sq. km (120,728 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 38,523,261 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: -0.11% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 77.6 years (2016)
  • Languages: Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%
  • Religions: Catholic 87.2% (Roman Catholic 86.9%), Orthodox 1.3% (Polish Autocephalous Orthodox), Protestant 0.4%, other 0.4%, unspecified 10.8%
  • Formal name: Republic of Poland
  • Alternate names: Lengyelország, Lenkija, Polen, Polija, Polish People’s Republic, Pologne, Polonia, Polsha, Polska, Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, Polsko, Poola, Republic of Poland, Rzeczpospolita Polska
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Andrzej DUDA; head of government: Prime Minister Beata SZYDLO
  • Capital: Warsaw
  • Administrative divisions: 16 provinces
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $26,500 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate manufactured goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%, food and live animals 7.6% (2012 est.)
  • Imports: machinery and transport equipment 38%, intermediate manufactured goods 21%, chemicals 15%, minerals, fuels, lubricants, and related materials 9% (2011 est.)
  • Currency: zloty (PLN)
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