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Poland, Detailed Information and
Statistics
Area: 312,685 sq. km of which land
304,465 sq. km and water 8,220 sq. km.
Latitude
and longitude: Poland stretches between 49°00’N (Opolonek
mount) and 54°50’N (Rozewie peninsula), and between 14°07’E
(Odra river near the town of Cedynia) and 24°08’E (Bug
river near the town of Strzyzow).
Land boundaries: 2,788 km of which 658 km with the Czech Republic,
526 km with Ukraine, 456 km with Germany, 444 km
with Slovakia, 407 km with Belarus, 206 km with Russia’s Kaliningrad
enclave, 91 km with Lithuania. Coastline 491 km.
Elevation:
lowest -2 m (Raczki Elblaskie), highest 2,499 m (Mount Rysy).
Natural
resources: coal, copper, sulfur, natural gas,
silver, lead, salt.
Arable
land: 47% of which permanent crops 1%, permanent
pastures 13%, forests and woodland 29%, other
10%.
Poland's
Population (2005
est.)
38,635,000
of which male 48.4% and female 51.6% (106.5 women for every 100 men).
Age: 16.7% age 0-14, 70.3% age 15-64, 13% age 65 years and more. Population growth:
0.03% yearly. Birth rate: 1.08 births per 100 inhabitants. Death rate:
1 death per 100 inhabitants. Net migration:
minus 49 migrants per 100,000 inhabitants. Urban 61.8%, rural
38.2%.
Nationality:
Polish 96.7%, Silesian 0.45, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.13%, Ukrainian 0.08%, .
Religion:
Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing),
Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%.
Suffrage:
universal from age 18.
Infant
mortality: 8.51 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Life
expectancy at birth: 74.7 years, of which male 70.7 years, female
79 years.
Fertility:
139 children per 100 women.
Languages:
Polish. Literacy: 99.8% age 15 and over can read
and write.
Poland's
Government
President as the head of state, council of
ministers chaired by prime minister as the
executive branch, bicameral National Assembly
(the Sejm with 460 deputies and the senate with
100 senators) as the legislative branch. Judicial
branch consists of the Supreme Court, the
Constitutional Tribunal, the Chief Administrative
Court, and the local and district courts.
Administrative
divisions: 16 provinces (wojewodztwa,
singular–wojewodztwo) with local
governments–Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie,
Lodzkie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Malopolskie,
Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie,
Pomorskie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie,
Warminsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie,
Zachodniopomorskie. Capital: Warsaw.
National
holidays: Constitution Day May 3, Independence
Day November 11.
Defense:
1.71% GDP, about 206,000 active troops in Army, Navy, Air
and Air Defense Force.
Poland's
Economy
Services
65.5%, industry 31.7%, agriculture 2.8%.
GDP:
US$ 249 billion (US$ 489.3 billion purchasing power parity) in
2005, per capita (purchasing power
parity) US$ 12,700, annual growth rate 6.1 percent in 2006,
inflation was one percent in 2006.
External debt:
US$123.4
billion in mid-2005 (est.)
Budget:
revenues US$52.73 billion,
expenditures US$63.22 billion (2005 est.) proportion
of public debt to GDP 47.3% in 2005 (est.).
Labor
force: 17.1 million. Unemployment 14.9% by the end of 2006.
Industries:
machinery, iron and steel, coal mining,
chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass,
beverages, textiles.
Agriculture:
potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry,
eggs, pork, beef, dairy
Exports:
US$92.72 billion (2005, est.) of which manufactured goods and
chemicals 57%, machinery and equipment 21%, food
12%, mineral fuels 7%. Germany 30%,
Italy 6.1%, France 6%, UK 5.4%, Czech Republic 4.3%,
Netherlands 4.3% (2004).
Imports:
US$95.67 billion (2005,
est.) of which manufactured goods and
chemicals 43%, machinery and equipment 36%,
mineral fuels 9%, food 8%. Germany
24.4%, Italy 7.9%, Russia 7.3%, France 6.7%, China 4.6%
(2004).
Transport
in Poland
Roads
364,697 km of which 399 km expressways.
Railways 23,852 km. Waterways 3,997 km. Ports
and harbors: Gdansk, Gdynia, Gliwice, Szczecin, Swinoujscie.
Airports with paved runways: 84.
Education
in Poland
Free
compulsory education for ages 6-19. Free university education.
Literacy: universal among those older than 15
years.
Poland's
Participation in International Organizations
Poland
has joined the European Union on May 1, 2004.
Member:
Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CE, CEI,
CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt,
ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC,
IOM, ISO, ITU, MIGA, MINURSO, MONUC, NATO, NSG, OECD, OPCW, OSCE,
PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMEE,
UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNOMIG, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WToO, WTO, ZC
associate: WEU
observer: ACCT ,
BSEC, OAS,
guest: NAM,
International
Agreements on Environment
Air
Pollution, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine
Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty,
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea, Marine
Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
Signed,
but not ratified: Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic
Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94.
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