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Poland

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Capital:	Warsaw
Area size (Land only):	312685 sq. km Slightly smaller than Norway
Time zone:	GMT +1
Currency:	Zloty
Area code:	(+) 48
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Cold winters with lower temperatures towards the east and in the southern mountains. Slightly milder in coastlands with cooler summers. Rainfall throughout the year. Snow in winters and summers fairly warm

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Polish
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	38.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	38.5 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	38.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	38.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	38.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	38.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	38.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	38.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	38.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
32.0 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Ethnic Poles make up about 96 percent of the population. There are Ukrainian, Belarusian, German and Swedish minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholic 91 percent, with smaller Orthodox, Protestant and other communities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	62.3 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	62.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	62.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	62.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	61.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	61.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	61.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	61.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1918
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
96 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15

2005	16.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	16.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	17.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	17.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	18.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	19.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	75.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	74.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	74.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	73.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	73.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	73.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	71.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	70.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	70.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	69.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	69.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	69.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	79.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	78.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	78.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	77.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	77.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	77.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	6 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	6 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	6 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	7 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	8 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	8 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	9 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	7 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	7 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	7 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	8 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	7 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	9 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	9 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	10 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	8 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	13 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	37	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	37	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	36	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	37	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	35	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	37	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	<5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	<2.5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	<2.5 percent	FAO 2006
1999-2001average	No data available percent
1998-2000average	No data available percent

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water
No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation
No data available percent

Literacy - average

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	No data available percent
2001	99.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2008	271 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	271 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	301 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	310 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	328 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	321 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	309 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	297 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	285 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1085 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	1085 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	963 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	764 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	604 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	455 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	363 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	261 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	176 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	440 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	440 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	400 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	350 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	290 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	247 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	210 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	98 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	72 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	58 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	61 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	61 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	70 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	67 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	64 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	45 (joint)	Transparency International
2001	44 (joint)	Transparency International
2000	43 (joint)	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	No data available percent
1990-2004	No data available percent
1990-2002	No data available percent
1990-2001	<2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	9850 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	8340 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	7270 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	6230 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	5440 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	4830 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	4650 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	4570 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	422.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	341.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	303.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	252.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	216.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	198.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	190.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	171.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	6.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	3.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	5.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	3.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	1.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	4.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	3.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	1.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	2.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	4.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	0.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	2.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	3.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	7.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.1 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
27.0 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	247 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	247 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	220 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	233 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	25 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	26 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	27 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	28 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	30 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	32 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	33 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	35 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2008	2391	UNHCR
2007	2915	UNHCR
2006	13513	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	19641	UNHCR
2004	10677	UNHCR
2003	15211	UNHCR
2002	16712	UNHCR
2001	3191	UNHCR
2000	865	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2008	12774	UNHCR
2007	9790	UNHCR
2006	6790	UNHCR
2005	4604	UNHCR
2004	2507	UNHCR
2003	1836	UNHCR
2002	1591	UNHCR
2001	1311	UNHCR
2000	1020	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2007	42	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006	21	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004	10	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	16	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Signed but not yet ratified (1997 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	2.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	2.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	5.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	5.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	5.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	5.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	5.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	4.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	4.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	4.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	4.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	4.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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