Poland
Information
| Capital | Warsaw |
| Currency | Polish zloty (PLN) |
| Government | Parliamentary Republic |
| Area/ Size | 312,685 sq km |
| Population | 38,476,269 (July 2017 est.) |
| Language | Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.3% |
| Religion | Catholic 87.2% (includes Roman Catholic 86.9% and Greek Catholic, Armenian Catholic, and Byzantine-Slavic Catholic .3%), Orthodox 1.3% (almost all are Polish Autocephalous Orthodox), Protestant 0.4% (mainly Augsburg Evangelical and Pentacostal), other 0.4% (includes Jehovah’s Witness, Buddhist, Hare Krishna, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Muslim, Jewish, Mormon), unspecified 10.8% (2012 est.) |
| Climate | Temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers |
| Industry | Industries: machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles
Industrial production growth rate: 4.2% (2017 est.) Exports – commodities: machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate manufactured goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%, food and live animals 7.6% (2012 est.) Exports – partners: Germany 27.4%, Czech Republic 6.4%, UK 6.4%, France 5.6%, Italy 4.9%, Netherlands 4.4% (2017) |
| Transport | Airports: 126 (2013)
Pipelines: gas 14,198 km; oil 1,374 km; refined products 2,483 km (2016) Railways: total: 19,231 km Roadways: total: 420,000 km; paved: 291,000 km Waterways: 3,997 km |
| Economy | GDP (PPP): $1.202 trillion (2018 est.)
GDP – composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 2.4% industry: 40.2% services: 57.4% (2017 est.) |
| Other Facts | Electricity – from fossil fuels: 77.7% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Internet users: total: 28,237,820; percent of population: 73.3% (July 2016 est.) |