Poland
- Official Name:
- Republic of Poland (Poland)
- Area:
- 312.685 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 38.518.241 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 491 km
- Capital:
- Warsaw
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie, Szczecin
- Maritime claims:
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- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: defined by international treaties
- Political divisions:
- 16 provinces (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo); Dolnoslaskie wojewodztwo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie wojewodztwo, Lodzkie wojewodztwo, Lubelskie wojewodztwo, Lubuskie wojewodztwo, Malopolskie wojewodztwo, Mazowieckie wojewodztwo, Opolskie wojewodztwo, Podkarpackie wojewodztwo, Podlaskie wojewodztwo, Pomorskie wojewodztwo, Slaskie wojewodztwo, Swietokrzyskie wojewodztwo, Warminsko-Mazurskie wojewodztwo, Wielkopolskie wojewodztwo, Zachodniopomorskie wojewodztwo
- Language(s):
- Polish 97,8%, other and unspecified 2,2% (2002 census)
- National holiday:
- Constitution Day, 3 May (1791)
- Nationality:
- Pole(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 1. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
- Member of:
- ACCT (observer), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM (guest), NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU (associate), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
- Internet country code:
- .pl
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Zloty (PLN) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD 14.300 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD337.000.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 5,8% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 4,8%
- Industry: 31,2%
- Services: 64%
- Labor force:
- 17.260.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2002):
-
- Agriculture 16,1%
- Industry: 29%
- Services 54,9%
- Unemployment rate:
- 14,9% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 1,3% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 19,2% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD62.000.000.000
- Expenditures: USD71.250.000.000
- Public debt:
- 49% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD -4.548.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 110.700.000.000 FOB (2006 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% (2003)
- Exports - Partners:
- Germany 28,2%, France 6,2%, Italy 6,1%, UK 5,6%, Czech Republic 4,6%, Russia 4,4%, Netherlands 4,2% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 113.200.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and transport equipment 38%, intermediate manufactured goods 21%, chemicals 14.8%, minerals, fuels, lubricants, and related materials 9.1% (2003)
- Imports - partners:
- Germany 29,6%, Russia 8,7%, Italy 6,6%, Netherlands 5,9%, France 5,7% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 49.690.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 147.300.000.000 (2006)
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