| People | Poland |
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Population:
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38,441,588 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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127 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 61% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: -0.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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WARSAW (capital) 1.71 million; Krakow 756,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 14.7% (male 2,910,324/female 2,748,546)
15-64 years: 71.6% (male 13,698,363/female 13,834,779)
65 years and over: 13.7% (male 2,004,550/female 3,245,026) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 38.5 years
male: 36.8 years
female: 40.3 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.062% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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10.01 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.061 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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6 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 6.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 76.05 years
male: 72.1 years
female: 80.25 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.3 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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7.1% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.144 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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6.62 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 80% of population
total: 90% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 20% of population
total: 10% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne disease: tickborne encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1%; 0.1% note - no country specific models provided (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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27,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 200 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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18% (2001) |
Nationality:
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noun: Pole(s)
adjective: Polish |
Ethnic groups:
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Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7% (2002 census) |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002) |
Languages:
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Polish (official) 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.9% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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