Poland, Europe
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Image of Warsaw, capital city of Poland
Poland is a Central European EU state with robust manufacturing sectors, a growing technology industry, diversified agricultural exports, and expanding renewable-energy capacity.
Poland in one word would be “Solidarity,” meaning labour unity.
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Poland is a country located in the Eastern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.
Easy learning about Poland |
The capital city of Poland is Warsaw.
| Poland is located in | Eastern Europe Europe Continent |
| Member of | European Union since 2004 Schengen since 2007 NATO since 1999 |
| Poland has a population of | 38,762,844 inhabitants within a total area of 312,685 Km2 (194,293 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Poland’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 32 (world rank position) GPI scale of 1.68 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Poland HDI ranks in position nº 35 worldwide HDI of 0.906 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Poland’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 185 countries Poland passport ranks 7th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Poland GDP per capita is | $26,805 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Poland ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Poland EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as High proficiency has a score of 588 ranks 15th worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 52° 00' N, 20° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Germany, Lithuania, Slovakia, Czechia, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia. |
| Poland Climate | temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers |
| Most predominant religion | Catholic (includes Roman Catholic and other Catholic), |
| Second most predominant religion | Orthodox (almost all are Polish Autocephalous Orthodox), |
| Currency name & code | Zloty (PLN) |
| Internet ccTLD | .pl |
| Poland calling code | +48 |
Poland administrative divisions
16 voivodships [provinces] (wojewodztwa)- Dolnoslaskie (Lower Silesia)
- Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Kuyavia-Pomerania)
- Lodzkie (Lodz)
- Lubelskie (Lublin)
- Lubuskie (Lubusz)
- Malopolskie (Lesser Poland)
- Mazowieckie (Masovia)
- Opolskie (Opole)
- Podkarpackie (Subcarpathia)
- Podlaskie
- Pomorskie (Pomerania)
- Slaskie (Silesia)
- Swietokrzyskie (Holy Cross)
- Warminsko-Mazurskie (Warmia-Masuria)
- Wielkopolskie (Greater Poland)
- Zachodniopomorskie (West Pomerania)
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